C&A, a famous European fashion retail brand, is famous for providing fashionable, fashionable, fashionable and inexpensive fashion and accessories. The company headquarters is located in Belgium Brussels And Germany Dusseldorf It has about 30000 employees and is rapidly expanding its business territory. By the end of 2007, C&A will occupy a strong market position in 20 countries, with more than 1400 stores in Europe, Latin America and China. In the past three years, C&A has opened 450 new stores in Europe, with a daily visitor flow of more than 2 million people. The company plans to open 300-350 new stores in the next 2-3 years. For young Chinese consumers with rising income levels, the pursuit of individuality has become more and more important in their diversified lives. With the addition of more and more international brands and the growing maturity of domestic retailers, China's fashion retail market has developed rapidly. In this context, C&A has also accelerated its development in China.
In the eyes of C&A, the first concern is fashion, followed by cost performance. All clothes sold by C&A in the Chinese market not only follow the international fashion trend, but also adjust the tailoring to fit the Asian figure, which is different from the two previous brands Zara and H&M that entered China and completely use the same version as Europe. C&A's development and procurement team will use more European designs in communication with suppliers, and will also adjust and supplement according to local market requirements.
C&A has set up 17 purchasing units around the world to cooperate with local textile manufacturers by signing contracts. At present, about 45% of ready to wear clothes come from India and Far East 。 In order to better enter China, C&A has established a Wholly foreign-owned enterprises And obtained the retail business license. C&A has conducted direct procurement in Asia for more than 30 years. In addition to the original suppliers serving C&A, C&A (China) has also established a local supply chain system for its upcoming business in China. In the process of establishing its supplier system, C&A Company regards social responsibility as the primary condition for considering suppliers. Since 1995 Social responsibility standards As one of the management projects, SOCAM (Service Organization for Comfort Audit Management) is entrusted to supervise whether its suppliers comply with the internationally recognized social responsibility standards, and prevent suppliers from exploiting labor and violating the basic rights and interests of labor, mainly including the working environment, health and safety of workers. C&A's commitment and principles on responsible business practices have been written into the Code of Conduct for the Supply of Commerce, which has been an important part of C&A's business relationship since 1996. SOCAM is an independent organization, whose members are experienced international auditors. It supervises 1200 suppliers around the world on behalf of C&A, and has the right to review all levels of business behavior in the supply chain. Textile mills must be recognized by SOCAM before they can become suppliers of C&A. When SOCAM inspectors visit the supplier's manufacturing plant, they will use the method of spot check without prior notice. If they find serious violations of the supervision standards of the Code of Conduct for C&A Suppliers, C&A will immediately terminate the cooperation between the two parties. The supplier must improve before it can cooperate with C&A again. C&A Company spends at least US $3 million every year to supervise the implementation of this standard, and insists that the supplier should provide the information of upstream source manufacturers for inspection, that is, the supplier must inform each manufacturer of the address.
As early as 2000, C&A's infant clothing suppliers in China were required to provide Oeko Tex Standard 100 certificates for their products. By 2005, C&A will extend this requirement to all adult clothing. C&A Company requires that all textiles must comply with the latest standards for prohibited harmful substances, and underwear, socks, swimwear and infant products must comply with Oeko Tex Standard 100. Only manufacturers that meet strict testing procedures and can provide quality assurance can hang Oeko Tex labels on their products. This standard prohibits and restricts the use of textiles containing harmful substances, including azo dye , carcinogenic or allergic dyes, formaldehyde, pesticides, heavy metals, color fastness, pH value, etc. In C&A's view, its business principles have become an important foundation for the company's future development. The Code of Conduct for C&A Suppliers will also apply to all C&A (China) clothing suppliers. C&A has been established in Shanghai since 2005 Wholly foreign-owned enterprises Since then, it has not only brought China the world's leading retail experience, but also established localized institutions and a series of infrastructure Chinese suppliers The dependence of will further increase. and Chinese clothing In the direct competition with international garment giants, the brand's "quick response ability" to the market will also become the key to measure its core competitiveness. Therefore, building a responsible, fast and flexible supply chain system to meet the challenges of domestic and foreign buyers and various access systems has become the most basic compulsory course of China's textile industry; The supplier system based on social responsibility standards will also guarantee the sustainable development of clothing brands. As one of the world's leading fashion retailers, C&A brings the world's latest fashion retail concept to China. C&A provides "fashion is your choice" - bringing young and value for money unlimited choices to emerging urban middle - and high-income consumers. C&A's five new and unique brands with different styles cover all aspects of the fashion field, and are specially designed for different life concepts - from the most avant-garde fashion style to the elegant dress in the city, all series are constantly updated to meet the special needs of target consumers with different lifestyles.
Clockhouse: publicize your individuality and free mood - designed for students who are eager to innovate, pursue free life and release their youthful vitality.
Jessica: Elegant, charming, independent and self-confident - designed for young professional women who are confident, sophisticated and yet still charming.
Angelo Litrico: urban leisure style - designed for relaxed, introverted and confident young professional men.
Palomino: Comfortable, reliable and childlike - provides children with colorful and cool high-quality clothes.
BabyClub: More care and more loveliness - we have carefully prepared high-quality, safe and comfortable fashionable children's clothes for babies.
In addition, C&A also has accessories, underwear and more products to match C&A fashion perfectly.
Its more than 1000 C&A clothing chain stores are all over the main business streets of major cities in Europe and the United States. It is a well-known brand in clothing retail in Europe and the United States. In the ranking of global apparel chain stores, C&A ranks in the GAP of the United States, Sweden H&M ranked third after it, with its global turnover exceeding 5.2 billion euros in 2003. C&A Group operates 12 private brands in its own clothing stores, covering women's clothing, men's clothing, youth sports and leisure clothing, children's clothing and other different fields, so that customers can complete a full range of clothing selection and shopping from head to foot. The guiding ideology of "value for money" that he has advocated for many years enables consumers to use limited funds to gain the maximum clothing fashion and product quality, which is widely favored by consumers from all walks of life. C&A Group attaches great importance to the development in China, and has been purchasing, processing and producing in China since 30 years ago. A considerable part of the goods sold in its European and American stores are made in China. With the rapid development of China's economy and the increasing purchasing power of urban and rural residents, the decision-making level of the Group has made the decision to enter the Chinese retail market, setting the goal of opening hundreds of stores in China's urban and rural mature areas in the medium term. On April 16, 2024, Siya Yijia Trading Group Co., Ltd., as the respondent, added a new bankruptcy review case. The applicant is Shanghai Jinheng Legal Consulting Co., Ltd., and the handling court is Shanghai Third Intermediate People's Court. [2]
