| 1841 |
 Clemens & August settled in Sneek (The Netherlands) |
| 1861 |
Opening of first retail store in Sneek |
| 1911 |
 Opening of first retail store in Germany (Berlin) |
| 1922 |
 Opening of first retail store in United Kingdom |
| 1945 |
 Opening of first retail store in North America |
| 1963 |
 Opening of first retail store in Belgium |
| 1969 |
- First Financial Services activities in Europe
- First business activities in private equity in North America
|
| 1972 |
Opening of first retail stores in France and Canada |
| 1976 |
Opening of first store in Latin America (Brazil) |
| 1977 |
Opening of first retail store in Switzerland
|
| 1979 |
Opening of first retail store in Japan |
| 1982 |
Opening of first retail store in Luxembourg |
| 1983 |
Opening of first retail store in Spain |
| 1984 |
- First financial service activities in Latin America
- Opening of first retail store in Austria
|
| 1990 |
Opening of first retail store in Denmark |
| 1991 |
Opening of first retail store in Portugal |
| 1993 |
Closure of retail activities in Japan |
| 1996 |
Opening of first retail store in Argentina |
| 1999 |
- Set up of REDEVCO as a dedicated real estate company
- Opening of first retail store in Czech Republic
- Opening of first retail store in Mexico
|
| 2000 |
- Closure of retail activities in the UK
- Closure of retail activities in Denmark
|
| 2001 |
- Acquisition of GIB real estate portfolio in Belgium- value € 1 bln
- Legal set up of
COFRA Group
- Bregal Investments
established
- Opening of first retail
store in Poland
- Good Energies Inc. established
|
| 2002 |
- First real estate acquisition in Hungary
- Opening of first retail store in Hungary
- Banco ibi established in Brazil
- Entrepreneurs Fund established
|
| 2003 |
- First real estate acquisition in Italy
- First real estate acquisition in Czech Republic
|
| 2004 |
- First real estate acquisition in Sweden
- Closure of retail activities in North America
|
| 2005 |
- Acquisition of Ahold portfolio in Spain
- Opening of first retail store in Moscow (franchise formula)
|
| 2006 |
- First real estate acquisition in Finland
- Opening of 1000th retail store in Europe
- C&A Money established in Germany
|
| 2007 |
- Opening of first retail store in Slovakia
- Opening of first retail store in Turkey
- Opening of first retail store in Slovenia
- Opening of first retail store in China
- Renewable Energies set up as a separate division managed by Good Energies Inc.
- First real estate acquisitions in Poland & Russia
|
| 2008 |
- First real estate acquisition in Turkey
- Avanti launched as a new retail brand - first store opened in Augsburg, Germany
- Redevco Asia and Redevco India incorporated
- C&A Online launched in Germany
- First store opening in Italy
|
| 2009 |
- Closure of C&A Argentina
- Sale of Banco ibi Brazil
- Avanti discontinued after the test-phase
- First store opening in Romania
- First store opening in Croatia
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