What does that mean for Cologne and Düsseldorf?
C&A branches in Germany will be closed in 2023 – in several cities. This is the case with the locations in Cologne and Düsseldorf.
Cologne – C&A has been working on a major restructuring across Europe since the Corona pandemic. Liked this change, but some branches were also victims. 2022 therefore 13 C&A branches in Germany are closing and also In 2023, several C&A locations will be closed. Do the branches in Cologne or Dusseldorf scared?
C&A will close more branches in 2023 – but Cologne and Düsseldorf will not be affected for the time being
No, C&A is not planning to close branches in either city for the time being. “Branch offices in Cologne and Düsseldorf are not affected by closures or are currently planned,” says C&A spokeswoman Claudia Junge to 24RHEIN. As with all other C&A stores in North Rhine-Westphalia, but is unclear. When asked, the fashion giant does not intend to close other places in the most populous federal state. At least in Lower Saxony it looks similar, because die too C&A branches in Göttingen and Duderstadt are to be retainedreported die HNA.
With masses Closings, as recently at Orsay, but is not to be expected at C&A. Things are very different for other industry giants. Among other things, threaten to close more than 90 branches of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof and also at Primark or Görtz there are current branch closures.
C&A: Over 400 locations in Germany and almost 100 in NRW
C&A currently operates around 1,300 branches across Europe. With 409 locations, almost a third is in Germany, 95 of which are in North Rhine-Westphalia. While the fashion company operates two branches in Düsseldorf, there are four stores in Cologne. In addition, C&A also performs in Bonn, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Neuss, Bochum such as Oberhausen several more locations.
Northern Germany in particular affected by C&A closures – other branches are being modernized
Across from 24RHINE C&A confirmed that three locations in Schleswig-Holstein will close in 2023. “The reports about the closures in Kiel, Rendsburg and Elmshorn are correct. As part of optimized analyses, C&A came to the decision to close these branches,” says spokeswoman Claudia Junge. They did not give specific reasons or details. “Please understand that we do not release any data on employees and precise information or background information about the store closure.”
As a result of the long-term restructuring of C&A, significantly more locations are actually being modernized than closed. “In the past 18 months, C&A has modernized more than 730 stores across Europe,” says Junge. The fashion company wants to continuously invest in the remaining stores “to optimize the shopping experience of our customers”. (os) Fairly and independently informed, what happened in Cologne & NRW – here our free one 24RHEIN newsletter subscribe to.