Maus Frères

Maus Frères SA is a Swiss holding company that owns the Lacoste[1] brand, department stores and other businesses.

Maus Frères (French for "Maus Brothers") was founded in 1902 by wholesalers Ernest and Henri Maus and retailer Léon Nordmann.[2] Its oldest business remains the Manor department store chain, which gets its name from founders' names "Maus" and "Nordmann". Until the early 1990s, Maus also owned Printemps in France and the Bergner's, Carson Pirie Scott, and Boston Store department store chains in the Midwestern United States.

Holdings

Current Maus Frères holdings as of 2007:[3][4]

Switzerland
  • Manor, the original Maus Frères department store business
  • Jumbo Do-it/Deco/Garden, a home improvement chain
  • Athleticum, a sporting goods chain
  • Fly, a furniture and accessories chain
  • Manora Restaurants
  • Management of 6 shopping centers in Switzerland
  • myOne, a credit card company
  • 60% ownership of the Carrefour Jumbo supermarket chain

International
  • Parashop, a French self-service drug store chain
  • 90% ownership of textile company Devanlay, the clothing maker and distributor for Lacoste
  • 91.2% ownership of clothing retailer Aigle, which still manufacturers some of its own products
  • Gant clothing company (31 January 2008)

See also

References
  1. "Switzerland's Maus Freres snaps up Lacoste". 15 November 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2017 – via Reuters.
  2. Maus Frères - Histoire, Maus Frères SA. Accessed 2007-01-04.
  3. Maus Frères - Suisse Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Maus Frères SA. Accessed 2007-01-04.
  4. Maus Frères - International Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, Maus Frères SA. Accessed 2007-01-04.



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