Takko

Takko Holding GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1982
Seat	Telgte , Germany
management	Alexander Mattschull, Ulrich Eickmann, Andreas Silbernagel
Number of employees	more than 17,000 employees
Branch	Textile
Website	www.takko.com

Takko branch in a shopping mall

Takko is a textile discounter founded in 1982 by the Hettlage Group as Modea , based in Telgte ; In 1999 the name was changed to Takko ModeMarkt GmbH & Co. KG .

history

Shop window display

The chain store was founded in 1982 under the name Modea by the Hettlage Group. The first shop was in Rheda-Wiedenbrück . In 1990 the Tengelmann Group became the majority shareholder. In 1999 the company was renamed Takko ModeMarkt GmbH & Co. KG and sold to the financial investor Permira . The company operates with eight national and international subsidiaries under the name Takko Holding GmbH. From 2007 to 2010, the global private equity company Advent International was the main shareholder. At the end of 2009, Takko Fashion received a relaunch with a new logo and new looks in the branches. In spring 2010 Takko Fashion opened the first stores of the new sales line in 1982 after trial operations in Raisdorf / Schwentinental, Rotterdam and Aachen . In December 2010 the company was sold to the British investor Apax . Takko has been a member of the Fair Wear Foundation since October 1, 2011 .

Companies

The company maintains a training center in Hanover . The company's logistics centers are located in Telgte, Winsen , Schnelldorf and Senec in Slovakia . The international expansion started in Austria in 2000. There are also Takko Fashion branches in the Netherlands , Belgium , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Hungary , Romania , Switzerland and Poland , in Croatia , Slovenia , Estonia , Italy , Lithuania , Serbia and France . Until 2016 there was a cooperation with a joint venture partner in Russia .

Corporate structure

The following subsidiaries exist under Takko Holding GmbH :

Takko Fashion kft. , Hungary (100%)
Takko Fashion sro , Czech Republic (100%)
Takko International Kaufgesellschaft mbH , Germany (100%)
Takko Logistik & Service GmbH , Germany (100%)
Takko ModeMarkt GmbH , Germany (100%)
Takko Nederland BV , Netherlands (100%)
Takko Personalleasing GmbH , Germany (100%)
Takko Verwaltungs GmbH , Germany (100%)

Product range

The range includes fashion, lingerie and accessories. The collections are designed by our own designers and most of them are imported directly from the production countries.

criticism

On January 21, 2004, Spiegel-Online published a report that Takko Fashion is laying off all employees over 50 because they no longer fit into the company concept. This action, and the fact that Takko Fashion still does not have a works council, brought Takko Fashion to the public media interest.

In November 2012, internal email correspondence emerged from which it emerged that at least 50,000 textiles for Takko had been produced in Chinese prisons via an order from Global Fashion Support GmbH . According to the company, this practice was discontinued in the summer of 2012 because they were "not satisfied" with the service provided by Chinese subcontractors. Takko Fashion did not check the production sites, only a postal address was known.

Web links

Commons : Takko - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b About us - Takko Fashion. Retrieved on August 16, 2018 (German).
↑ Takko Holding GmbH: INSIDE TAKKO FASHIOn 2018/2019 - image brochure. Takko Holding GmbH, accessed on August 14, 2018 .
↑ Fashion discounter: Takko in the fast lane . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed on August 14, 2018]).
↑ Textile discounter Takko suffers from changes of ownership - manager magazin . In: manager magazin . ( manager-magazin.de [accessed on August 14, 2018]).
^ KiK competitor: fashion discounter Takko sold ( memento from December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) tagesschau.de , as of December 23, 2010, accessed on January 20, 2016.
↑ https://www.fairwear.org/member/takko-holding/
↑ Russia is no longer a key market for Takko . FashionUnited, April 6, 2017, accessed November 21, 2017.
↑ Takko-style layoffs: If you are not pretty enough, you fly . Spiegel Online , January 21, 2004, accessed January 20, 2016.
^ Textile discounter: Takko produced in Chinese prisons . Spiegel Online, November 4, 2012, accessed January 20, 2016.

[:0-1] About us - Takko Fashion. Retrieved on August 16, 2018 (German).

[2] Takko Holding GmbH: INSIDE TAKKO FASHIOn 2018/2019 - image brochure. Takko Holding GmbH, accessed on August 14, 2018 .

[3] Fashion discounter: Takko in the fast lane . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed on August 14, 2018]).

[4] Textile discounter Takko suffers from changes of ownership - manager magazin . In: manager magazin . ( manager-magazin.de [accessed on August 14, 2018]).

[5] KiK competitor: fashion discounter Takko sold ( memento from December 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) tagesschau.de , as of December 23, 2010, accessed on January 20, 2016.

[6] ttps://www.fairwear.org/member/takko-holding/

[7] Russia is no longer a key market for Takko . FashionUnited, April 6, 2017, accessed November 21, 2017.

[8] Takko-style layoffs: If you are not pretty enough, you fly . Spiegel Online , January 21, 2004, accessed January 20, 2016.

[9] Textile discounter: Takko produced in Chinese prisons . Spiegel Online, November 4, 2012, accessed January 20, 2016.