C&A

Founded by the Brenninkmeijer family, that still remains as head of the group. It started in Netherlands in 1841 with an offer to bring fashion at a more affordable price. The group is one of the biggest retailers of the world by revenue and it has a strong presence in Europe, but it is also in Mexico, Brazil and China.

Organic cotton has become a synonym for sustainability, but several scandals with fake certifications in India and forced labor in China question this raw material.

Grupo Axo to increase by 20% following acquisition of C&A in Mexico

The franchisee of brands such as CK Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfiger continues spending, counting two acquisitions in less than two weeks.

Coronavirus threatens the sourcing of fashion giants

Logistic restrictions have been implemented due to the epidemic put production and shipments in check from the largest clothing factory in the world. The country exports 157.8 billion dollars in clothing each year.

Sustainability to the P&L: eco in fashion

Although done at a slow pace, the Spanish fashion business incorporates methods to connect sustainability with its performance.

C&A reinforces its board with former Otto and Walmart execs

The Dutch fashion company has named Allan Leighton as the new president of its board of directors.

Inditex, H&M and C&A split the core of sourcing up move on in labour rights

The ACT project, boosted by IndustriAll Global Union, assigned Turkey to Inditex, Cambodia to H&M and Myanmar to C&A to coordinate the application of a sectoral collective bargaining.

Mercedes Gorriti, who took over the manager position in womenswear in 2015, was part of Spanish childrenswear brand Gocco’s founder team and was assistant manager in the retail section in Continente before signing up with the department store’s group.

The Dutch fashion company has announced the exit of Bart Brenninkmeijer, Frank Beeck, Andreas Seitz and Manfred Mandel. Only Brenninkmeijer, a member of the founding family, will remain attached to the group, keeping a seat in the board of directors.

Hogue, responsible of the sustainability strategy of the company and board member in the C&A Foundation ensures that there’s no other industry paying such an attention to what happens in supplier factories as fashion.