Peek & Cloppenburg
{{Short description|German fashion store chain}}
{{Expand German|Peek & Cloppenburg (Düsseldorf)|date=January 2021}}
{{Prose|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf
| logo = 290px
| type = Kommanditgesellschaft
| company_slogan =
| foundation = 20 April 1900 in Düsseldorf
| location = Düsseldorf, Germany
| key_people = Harro Uwe Cloppenburg, Patrick Cloppenburg, John Cloppenburg, Uwe Fehr, Aribert Müller, Roland Schick, Engelbert Thulfaut, Dr. Horst Clemens, Wolfgang Sauerzapf
| num_employees = 13,700 throughout Europeadding P&C KG Düsseldorf and P&C KG Wien; updated: 31.12.2010
| industry = Retail
| products = Clothing
| revenue =
| homepage = [http://www.peek-cloppenburg.com www.peek-cloppenburg.com]
}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Peek & Cloppenburg KG Hamburg
| logo = Peek-und-cloppenburg.svg
| type = Kommanditgesellschaft
| company_slogan =
| foundation = Netherlands 1886
| key_people =
| num_employees =
| industry = Retail
| products = Clothing
| revenue =
| homepage = [https://www.peek-und-cloppenburg.de/ www.peek-und-cloppenburg.de]
}}
File:Weltstadthaus Köln - Ansicht von der Schildergasse (4013-15).jpg, Schildergasse]]
File:Gottfried Boehm Peek&Cloppenburg Tauentzienstrasse Berlin.jpg, Tauentzienstraße]]
File:Shopping center in Lübeck.jpg by architect Christoph Ingenhoven]]
File:Peek & Cloppenburg GmbH 1915.JPG
Peek & Cloppenburg is a German fast fashion retail chain{{Cite web |url=https://www.peek-cloppenburg.de/ |title=Peek & Cloppenburg|lang=de}} based in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. 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).
History
Peek & Cloppenburg has its origins in the relationship between Johann Theodor Peek{{Cite web|title=Familienstammbaum von James Joseph Anton Cloppenburg|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/berkemeijer?lang=de&n=cloppenburg&oc=0&p=james+joseph+anton|access-date=2021-02-28|website=Geneanet|language=de}}{{Cite web|title=Geschichte - Landcafé Peek - Landcafé, Gaststätte|url=http://www.gaststaette-peek.de/geschichte.html|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.gaststaette-peek.de}} (1845–1907) and Heinrich Anton Adolph Cloppenburg (1844–1922), both from the Cloppenburg area of Lower Saxony, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, now part of Germany. In or before 1868 the men met as trainees at manufacturing companies in Zwolle and Rotterdam in the Netherlands where they visited clients in surrounding villages.[http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de/getperson.php?personID=I52913&tree=Auswanderer Cloppenburg, Hinrich Anton Adolph] bij de Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde
In 1869 they established a business together in Rotterdam.
A second store was opened the following year in Utrecht.{{cite web | url=https://www.duic.nl/cultuur/verdwenen-winkels-peek-cloppenburg-aan-de-oudegracht/?mc_cid=cd3da2a6ab&mc_eid=053b691138 | title=Verdwenen winkels: Peek & Cloppenburg aan de Oudegracht | date=28 January 2022 }} Both men moved to Düsseldorf in Germany and on 20 April 1900,{{Cite web|title=P&C* Geschichte ▷ P&C Online Shop|url=https://www.peek-cloppenburg.de/geschichte/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.peek-cloppenburg.de|language=de-DE}} they founded "Peek et Cloppenburg GmbH" in that city. A short time after the company was formed they opened their first store in the center of Düsseldorf. James Cloppenburg, son of founder Anton Adolph Cloppenburg, opened the company's second store in 1901 in Berlin. Barely 20 years after the founding of the trading house in Rotterdam, there were already branches in Amsterdam, The Hague, Breda, Leeuwarden, Groningen, Haarlem, Leiden and Utrecht.{{Cite web|title=Cloppenburg, Hinrich Anton Adolph geb. 11 Apr 1844 Altenoythe / Aoy., Friesoythe, CLP, NI, D gest. 14 Nov 1922 's Gravenhage, ZH, NL = Den Haag, ZH, NL|url=http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de/getperson.php?personID=I52913&tree=Auswanderer|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de}}
= Foundation in Germany =
Peek & Cloppenburg was founded in Düsseldorf in March 1901.{{Cite web|title=History of Peek & Cloppenburg KG – FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/peek-cloppenburg-kg-history/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.fundinguniverse.com}} This was followed in the same year by the opening of the first sales outlet in Düsseldorf at Schadowstrasse 31–33. To mark the company's 100th birthday, a new building designed by the New York architect Richard Meier was opened on this site with a sales area of around 14,200 square metres. Like all buildings by Richard Meier, this building also bears a white façade.{{Cite web|title=Peek & Cloppenburg Filialen {{!}} P&C ▷ P&C Online Shop|url=https://www.peek-cloppenburg.de/standorte/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.peek-cloppenburg.de|language=de-DE}}
A short time later, also in 1901, James Cloppenburg, the son of Heinrich Cloppenburg and son-in-law of Johann Theodor Peek, opened the second German sales house in Berlin at Gertraudenstrasse, corner Roßstrasse 26–27. This was initially independent; the Peek family was not involved. Later (in 1911 at the latest) he brought the Berlin house into his father's company and took over the management of the entire firm.
Peek & Cloppenburg introduced the uniform size system in menswear as a novelty in its first two shops.
Internationally
The two independent Peek & Cloppenburg partnerships trade in 15 countries in Europe.
=Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf=
Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf runs two stores in Belgium, five in the Netherlands, and two in Switzerland, in addition to its 67 stores in Germany. A subsidiary company, Peek & Cloppenburg KG Wien (Vienna), runs 43 stores in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Slovenia.
= [[Magasin du Nord]] =
In May 2021, Peek & Cloppenburg acquired Danish department store chain Magasin du Nord from British retailer Debenhams in a £120 million deal.{{Cite web|title=Debenhams' Danish fascia Magasin du Nord sold to new owners|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2021/05/debenhams-danish-fascia-magasin-du-nord-sold-to-new-owners/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=www.retailgazette.co.uk}}{{Cite news|last=Eley|first=Jonathan|date=2021-11-17|title=Hedge funds secure bulk of £300m recovered from Debenhams|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3c02899f-1d86-481f-9a31-63d10c4c71bc|access-date=2021-11-17}}
Brands
- Both Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf and Peek & Cloppenburg Hamburg sell designer and own-brand fashion for men, women, teens, and children.
- The brands McNeal (men's fashion) and Review (young fashion for men and women) have ties to the Cloppenburg family of Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf. The two sub-brands are also sold outside of P&C in competitors' stores and have their own shops in Austria, Croatia, and Germany.
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.
- Peek & Cloppenburg Hamburg has a white "&"-sign between the two letters.
- Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf has a white small letter "u" for the word "und" (meaning and) between the two letters.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Peek-amp;-Cloppenburg-KG-Company-History.html|title=History of Peek & Cloppenburg KG |publisher=fundinguniverse.com}}