Maus Frères SA (French for "Maus Brothers") is a Swiss holding company founded in 1892 by Ernest and Henri Maus.[1] The company most notably owns the Manor department store and Lacoste.[2]
History
In 1892 Ernest and Henri Maus opened the mercantile and hosiery wholesale business Maus Fréres in Bienne.[1]
The business was moved to Geneva in 1901.[1]
In 1902 Léon Nordmann of the Kaufhaus Normann department store entered into a partnership with Ernest and Henri.[1]
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 Printemps in France and the Bergner's, Carson Pirie Scott, and Boston Store department store chains in the Midwestern United States.
Maus Frères announced the sale of the DIY brand Jumbo to the Coop group in April 2021.[3]
Holdings
External links
- Maus Frères SA - official corporate site
References
- Maus Frères - first generation retrieved 2025-05-04^
- Switzerland's Maus Freres snaps up Lacoste 15 November 2012, retrieved 19 November 2017^
- Raphaël Voix. Frères d’armes Terrain, 2021-03-04^