Dutch High Street: Who Owns Who?
Whether you are new to the Netherlands or not, retail stores on the Dutch High Street can seem completely unrelated when in fact they may be owned by the same parent company…
Walking along the average High Street in Holland, whether it be Haarlemmerstraat in Leiden, Spuistraat in The Hague, Nieuwendijk in Amsterdam or Lijnbaan in Rotterdam, you are likely to pass clothing stores named America Today, Claudia Strater, Cool Cat, Expresso, Jack & Jones, Miss Etam, M.S. Mode, Name It, Only, Pieces, Steps and Vero Moda. Those brands operate hundreds of stores across the Netherlands.
What may be interesting to know that is those 12, seemingly unrelated and independent store chains, actually represent just 3 different multi-brand retail conglomerates.
Here is a list of some larger retail organizations that own more than one store chain common found along the Dutch High Street…
Store Chains: ALBERT HEIJN, BOL, GALL&GALL, ETOS
Parent Company: AHOLD-DELHAIZE (Netherlands)
Store Chains: ICI PARIS XL, KRUIDVAT, POUR VOUS, PRIJSMEPPER, TREKPLEISTER
Parent Company: A.S. WATSON (Hong Kong)
Store Chains & Brands: JACK&JONES, JUNAROSE, MAMALICIOUS, NAME IT, ONLY, ONLY&SONS, PIECES, SELECTED, VERO MODA, VILA CLOTHING, Y.A.S.
Parent Company: BESTSELLERS (Denmark)
Store Chains: AMERICA TODAY, COOL CAT, M.S. MODE
Parent Company: COOL INVESTMENTS (Netherlands)
Store Chains: SNIPES, VAN HAREN
Parent Company: DIECHMANN (Germany)
Store Chains: INTERSPORT, RUNNERSWORLD, THE ATHLETE’S FOOT
Parent Company: EURETCO (Netherlands)
Store Chains & Brands: BAKER BRIDGE, BRANTANO, CKS, CLAUDIA STRATER, EXPRESSO, FRED&GINGER, MISS ETAM, PROMISS, STEPS
Parent Company: FNG (Belgium)
Store Chains & Brands: & OTHER STORIES, ARKET, COS, H&M, H&M HOME, MONKI, WEEKDAY
Parent Company: HENNES & MAURITS (Sweden)
Store Chains: BERSHKA, PULL&BEAR, MASSIMO DUTTI, STRADIVARIUS, ZARA
Parent Company: INDITEX (Spain)
Store Chains: AKTIESPORT, JD SPORTS, PERRY SPORT
Parent Company: JD SPORTS (United Kingdom)
Store Chains: ECCO, NELSON
Parent Company: NELSON SCHOENEN (Netherlands)
Store Chains: CHASIN’, SCORE
Parent Company: SCORE GROUP (Netherlands)
Store Chains: MANFIELD, SACHA, SISSY-BOY
Parent Company: TERMEER SCHOENEN (Netherlands)
Store Chains: COSTES, DISTRIKT NORREBRO, LADY STING, THE STING
Parent Company: THE STING (Netherlands)
Store Chains: SCAPINO, ZIENGS
Parent Company: ZIENGS (Netherlands)
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