Last Updated: 2012.01.12
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Company Introduction
| Name: | Créations Nelson S.A.S. |
|---|---|
| Established: | October, 1997 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Line of Business: | The design, manufacture and retail of COMPTOIR DES COTONNIERS brand clothing for women and children. |
| Number of Stores*: | 389 stores (As of November 30, 2011) * including franchise stores |
Brand Introduction
Comptoir des Cotonniers’s story began in 1995 with the opening of two boutiques, one in Paris and one in Toulouse in the south of France. Comptoir des Cotonniers further developed its core values in 1997, when the brand presented its image embodied by real mothers and daughters selected through auditions held around the world. With a sense of natural authenticity, the brand’s designs keep today’s trends in mind while being constantly flattering. The brand’s preoccupation with detail and the desire to be different has also led it to develop exclusive prints and fabrics.
As of the end of August 2010, Comptoir des Cotonniers had 229 shops in France, 102 in other European countries, 36 in Asia and 4 points of sales in the United States, for a worldwide network of 371 shops.
Comptoir des Cotonniers became a member of the Fast Retailing Group in fiscal 2005.
http://www.comptoirdesGrowth Strategy
CDC profit contracted in fiscal 2009 as economic conditions deteriorated following the shock of the failure of Lehman Brothers. However, performance recovered in fiscal 2010 as same-store sales resumed their upward trend. We expect revenue and income to rise in fiscal 2011.
Having expanded CDC's French network in major department stores and high-street locations, we are now opening stores in Europe and Asia. We also plan to expand the brand in the United States by strengthening links with our New York-based Theory operation. In this way, we can successfully reap synergistic benefits within the Group to forge a global brand and a global network.
