Type Limited Partnership Headquarters Düsseldorf, Germany Founded 1900, Düsseldorf, Germany | Industry Retail Products Apparel Parent organization Peek & Cloppenburg KG | |
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Key people Harro Uwe Cloppenburg, Patrick Cloppenburg, John Cloppenburg, Uwe Fehr, Aribert Müller, Roland Schick, Engelbert Thulfaut, Dr. Horst Clemens, Wolfgang Sauerzapf Number of employees 13,700 throughout Europe CEO Harro Uwe Cloppenburg (1986–) Founders Johann Theodor Peek, Heinrich Anton Adolph Cloppenburg Profiles | ||
Peek & Cloppenburg is an international chain of retail clothing stores with headquarters in Germany. The chain is operated by two separate and independent companies, Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf (known as P&C West) and Peek & Cloppenburg KG Hamburg (known as P&C North).
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History
On 20 April 1900, the Dutch merchants Johann Theodor Peek (1845–1907) and Heinrich Anton Adolph Cloppenburg (1844–1922) founded "Peek et Cloppenburg GmbH" in the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Both men had moved from the Netherlands to Germany to realize their vision of offering high-quality men’s fashion at a reasonable price. A short time after the company was formed they opened their first store in the center of Düsseldorf. The business was immediately successful. James Cloppenburg, son of founder Anton Adolph Cloppenburg, opened the company's second store in 1901 in Berlin.
- In 1926, James Cloppenburg junior (died 1986), son of James Cloppenburg senior entered the business.
- In 1998, the until then separate P&C companies in the Netherlands and Belgium were added to the Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf.
- In 1991, John Cloppenburg started Anson’s, a men’s fashion retail company that is not part of Peek & Cloppenburg.
- Harro Uwe Cloppenburg (born 1940) is now the head of the company. His sons Hendrik, John and Patrick are active in the company.
In 1937, Fritz Cloppenburg (1914–2003), son of Anton Cloppenburg, entered the business. His son, James Cloppenburg, is the most recent generation now active in the company.
Internationally
Peek & Cloppenburg trades in 15 countries in Europe. These are run by two independent partnerships. Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf runs 67 stores in Germany, two in Belgium, three in the Netherlands and two in Switzerland. Its subsidiary, Peek & Cloppenburg KG Wien (Vienna), runs 43 stores in countries including Austria, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania and Latvia.
Peek & Cloppenburg Hamburg trades as Van Graaf in Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Hungary and Austria.
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Logo
The Peek & Cloppenburg logo consists of a shield with the white letters "P" and "C" on it. The shield is divided into two colours. The left side is dark red and the right side is dark blue.
Facts
One son of founder Cloppenburg, James Cloppenburg (1877–1926), entered the business in 1901 and opened the second store in Berlin, Germany. The other (younger) son, Anton Cloppenburg, married the daughter of founder Johann Theodor Peek, Marie Peek (1879–1937) in 1901.Ten years later Anton Cloppenburg founded a separate private partnership of Peek & Cloppenburg in Hamburg in 1911. From this date, the Cloppenburg family was divided into the companies operating under the same name.