MS Mode is a Dutch fashion retailer operating over 200 stores in the
Netherlands,
France,
Belgium,
Spain, and
Luxembourg, founded by Max Abram. The business originates from the Amsterdamse
Albert Cuypmarkt
The Albert Cuyp Market is a street market in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on the Albert Cuypstraat between Ferdinand Bolstraat and Van Woustraat, in the De Pijp area of the Oud-Zuid district of the city. The street and market are named for Albe ...
but the first real store started off in 1964, in
Rotterdam as
Mantel Specialist
Mantel may refer to:
* Mantel, Germany, a town in Bavaria, Germany
*Fireplace mantel, a framework around a fireplace
*Mantel Corporation, a fictional organization in the video game ''Haze''
* Mantel theorem, mathematical theorem in graph theory
...
only selling ladies' coats but later selling clothing for women aged 35 to 55. MS Mode sells all sizes in the range of sizes 40-52 at the same price.
MS Mode was formerly called M&S, but this caused confusion with
British department store Marks & Spencer, which also uses 'M&S' as an abbreviation.
The company was formerly owned by
Maxeda which also owned the
Vroom & Dreesmann and
Bijenkorf
De Bijenkorf (; literally, "the beehive") is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands, with its flagship store on Dam Square in Amsterdam. The chain is owned by Selfridges Group, which also owns Britain's Selfridges and Ireland's ...
department stores. Since 2010, MS Mode is part of Roland Kahn's
Excellent Retail Brands
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* ''Excellent'' (album), by Propaganda, 2012
* "Excellent", a song by Sunday Service Choir from the 2019 album ''Jesus Is Born''
* "Excellent", a catchphrase of Mr. Burns in the cartoon ''The Simpsons''
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, together with
Coolcat,
America Today and
Sapph.
External links
MS Mode Website
Retail companies of the Netherlands
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