Maus Frères SA (French for "Maus Brothers") is a Swiss

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founded in 1892 by Ernest and Henri Maus. The company most notably owns the Manor department store and

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History

In 1892 Ernest and Henri Maus opened the mercantile and hosiery wholesale business Maus Fréres in Bienne. The business was moved to Geneva in 1901. In 1902 Léon Nordmann of the Kaufhaus Normann department store entered into a partnership with Ernest and Henri. Its oldest business remains the Manor department store chain, which gets its name from founders' names "Maus" and "Nordmann". Until the early 1990s, Maus also owned

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in France and the Bergner's,

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, and Boston Store department store chains in the

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. Maus Frères announced the sale of the DIY brand Jumbo to the Coop group in April 2021.

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Maus Frères SA
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