Peek & Cloppenburg

On 20 April 1900, the Dutch merchants Johann Theodor Peek (1845–1907) and Heinrich Anton Adolph Cloppenburg (1844–1922) founded "Peek et Cloppenburg GmbH" in the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Both men had moved from the Netherlands to Germany. A short time after the company was formed they opened their first store in the center of Düsseldorf. James Cloppenburg, son of founder Anton Adolph Cloppenburg, opened the company's second store in 1901 in Berlin.

• Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf

- In 1926, James Cloppenburg junior (died 1986), son of James Cloppenburg senior entered the business.
- In 1998, the until then separate P&C companies in the Netherlands and Belgium were added to the Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf.
- In 1991, John Cloppenburg started Anson’s, a men’s fashion retail company that is not part of Peek & Cloppenburg.
- Harro Uwe Cloppenburg (born 1940) is now the head of the company. His sons Hendrik, John and Patrick are active in the company.

• Peek & Cloppenburg Hamburg

In 1937, Fritz Cloppenburg (1914–2003), son of Anton Cloppenburg, entered the business. His son, James Cloppenburg, is the most recent generation now active in the company.

The two independent Peek & Cloppenburg partnerships trade in 15 countries in Europe.

• Both Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf and Peek & Cloppenburg Hamburg sell designer and own-brand fashion for men, women, teens, and children.
• The brands McNeal (men's fashion) and Review (young fashion for men and women) have ties to the Cloppenburg family of Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf. The two sub-brands are also sold outside of P&C in competitors' stores and have their own shops in Austria, Croatia, and Germany.

The Peek & Cloppenburg logo consists of a shield with the white letters "P" and "C" on it. The shield is divided into two colours. The left side is dark red and the right side is dark blue.

• Peek & Cloppenburg Hamburg has a white "&"-sign between the two letters.
• Peek & Cloppenburg Düsseldorf has a white small letter "u" for the word "und" (meaning and) between the two letters.

One son of founder Cloppenburg, James Cloppenburg (1877–1926), entered the business in 1901 and opened the second store in Berlin, Germany. The other (younger) son, Anton Cloppenburg, married the daughter of founder Johann Theodor Peek, Marie Peek (1879–1937) in 1901. Ten years later Anton Cloppenburg founded a separate private partnership of Peek & Cloppenburg in Hamburg in 1911. From this date, the Cloppenburg family was divided into the companies operating under the same name.[2]