What is C&A?
{{About|the clothing retailer C&A}} {{Distinguish|Canda}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = C&A | logo = C&A logo.svg | image = C&A Zutphen.JPG | type = [[Subsidiary]] | traded_as = {{B3 (stock exchange)|Cvm=24848|CEAB3}} (only the unit in Brazil, C&A Modas SA)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c-a-modas-ipo-brazil-idUSKBN1X32TT/ |title=Dutch fashion retailer C&A, shareholders to raise about $445 million in Brazil IPO |work=Reuters |accessdate=2023-11-17}}</ref> | founded = {{Start date and age|1841}}<br />(in [[Sneek]], Netherlands) | founders = Clemens and August [[Brenninkmeijer family|Brenninkmeijer]] | location = [[Vilvoorde]], Belgium<br />[[Düsseldorf]], Germany | locations=1290 (2022)<ref>{{Cite web | title=C&A sluit in jaar tijd bijna 70 winkels | url=https://retailtrends.nl/news/67964/canda-sluit-in-jaar-tijd-bijna-70-winkels | website=RetailTrends | date=14 October 2022 | language=nl}}</ref> | area_served = Much of Continental Europe, Brazil, plus China and Mexico via licenses | key_people = Giny Boer, [[CEO]] of C&A Europe | parent = [[Cofra Holding|COFRA Holding AG]] | industry = [[Retail]] | products = Apparel/footwear specialty | num_employees = 50,000 | homepage = {{URL|https://www.c-and-a.com/}} }} [[File:Sneek9.JPG|thumb|210px|C&A store in [[Sneek]], Netherlands]] [[File:C&A.jpg|thumb|210px|C&A store in Berlin, with the [[Swissôtel Berlin]] on the upper floors]] [[File:C&A Barcelona, Pelai 54, Can Damians building.jpg|thumb|C&A [[Barcelona]], [[Carrer de Pelai, Barcelona|Pelai]] 54, Can Damians Bldg.<sup>([[:ca:Can Damians|ca]], [[:es:Can Damians|es]])</sup>]] '''C&A''' is a multinational retail clothing company, with European head offices in [[Vilvoorde]], [[Belgium]], and [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]. It started in 1841. The company has about 1,300 stores in Europe and 300 stores in [[Brazil]] as well as websites for online shopping. It also [[License|licenses]] t