C&A

C&A is a multinational of retail clothing stores, with European head offices in Vilvoorde, Belgium, and Düsseldorf, Germany. The Brenninkmeyer family had traded in linen and textiles since the 17th century from Mettingen, Germany. In 1841, the company was founded in Sneek by brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer as a Dutch textile company, later taking its company name from the initials of the founders.