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Clemens (1818–1902) and August (1819–1892) Brenninkmeijer. Brenninkmeijer (German: Brenninkmeyer) is a Roman Catholic Dutch, German and Swiss family of manufacturers, which own an international chain of clothing stores.
Jan 29, 2022 · Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer were apprenticed to learn their trade in Mettingen in the early 1830s. The brothers opened a small textile firm C&A Brenninkmeijer in the small town of Sneek in 1841 with a loan from their father.
Mar 12, 2023 · In 1841, two of those traders, brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer, set up a clothing warehouse in the Dutch town of Sneek. It went on to become C&A, the retail chain that is Cofra’s...
Dec 8, 2023 · It was there in 1841 that Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer opened their first clothing store, which became an international chain. The C&A stores still bear the initials of their first names...
Brenninkmeijer oder Brenninkmeyer ist der Name einer niederländischen Großfamilie mit deutschen Wurzeln. Sie ist Eigentümerin der Cofra Holding AG, zu der insbesondere das von Clemens und August Brenninkmeyer 1841 gegründete Textilhandelsunternehmen C&A gehört. Die über 500-köpfige Großfamilie zählt mit einem geschätzten Vermögen von ...
Jul 18, 2016 · The company has 2,005 stores in 23 countries including the Americas and Asia, with its largest numbers in Europe. The company was founded in 1841 by brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer.
From the small German town of Mettingen near the border with the Netherlands, Clemens and August’s ancestors had long been successful traders in northern Holland, leaving the family farm in 1671 to sell their wares as travelling linen merchants.
Still family owned after six generations, C&A continues to adapt and innovate, just as it did when brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer (the C and A behind the company’s name) set out in 1841 to make their names.
The COFRA story began in 1841 when two brothers, Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer, founded the business that would go on to be the global fashion retailer C&A. Young entrepreneurs with shared aspirations, they left the existing family business and set up in partnership.
Sep 4, 2022 · C&A, founded in 1841 by young Dutch brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer, was operating 1,400 shops in 18 European countries — but they were wildly different sizes and layouts, including...
