Zeeman (store)

Dutch multinational clothing retailer

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Zeeman TextielSupers BV

A Zeeman store in Veendam

Trade name

| Zeeman
Company type| Besloten Vennootschap (limited liability)
Founded| March 1967 (1967-03)
Founder| Jan Zeeman [nl]
Headquarters|

Alphen aan den Rijn

Netherlands

Area served

| Belgium
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal

Key people

| Paul Schouwenaar
Bart Karis
Products| Clothes
Website| zeeman.com

Zeeman textielSupers B.V. (stylized as ZEEMAN) is a Dutch chain store with 1,300 establishments in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Austria, Spain and Portugal.

## History

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The first store was opened by Jan Zeeman [nl] in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands in March 1967. It was a kind of supermarket for clothes and proved to be quite a success, leading to the opening of more stores. The distribution centre is still located in Alphen aan den Rijn. Zeeman's house colors are yellow and blue. The logo of the store is a head of a sailor. Store interiors and merchandise packaging are intended to radiate simplicity.

Jan Zeeman retired from the daily management of the company in 1999, which came to be led by former Kijkshop director Paul Schouwenaar. Schouwenaar left the company in September 2006, to be succeeded by Bart Karis from January 2007. Zeeman remained the owner of the company until his death in 2020.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Oprichter textielsupermarkt Zeeman overleden". nos.nl (in Dutch). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-03.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zeeman (shops).

* Zeeman website (Dutch version)
* Zeeman website (English version)

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