Claudia Sträter is a Dutch women's fashion brand and retailer headquartered in

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near Amsterdam with stores in The

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and

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History

Founded ini 1970 as the merger of Claudia Mode (a trade name of ''Modehuizen Wigi'') from

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and ''Modehuis Sträter'' from the

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. Joop Witteveen was the first director. In 1974 Claudia Sträter was made part of

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. In 1978 the company was sold to Vendex, later

Maxeda Maxeda is a Dutch retail company owned by American investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) which is currently a market leader in the DIY retailing in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. When Maxeda acquired Vendex KBB (KBB = ...

. Designer Jan Taminiau designed a special collection for the label in 2007. Claudia Sträter was from 2012 until 2020 a part of the Belgian company FNG NV. In 2013 international expansion began. In 2017 Claudia Sträter had 29 sortes of which 5 in Belgium and 1 in Luxembourg. In September 2020 Claudia Sträter shops were taken over by Martijn Rozenboom after the bankruptcy of FNG Nederland. Later that month the Claudia Sträter chain was sold to Van Uffelen Groep.

Awarde

Claudia Sträter was awarded the Dutch Grand Seigneur fashion award of 1998.

External links

Official website

References

{{Reflist Retail companies of the Netherlands Clothing brands Clothing companies of the Netherlands Dutch fashion Companies formerly owned by Maxeda