Managing Director Benelux C&A quits

Stefanie Schneider is leaving fashion chain C&A after ten years. A successor as Managing Director for the Benelux has not yet been appointed.

Modernising stores

On her LinkedIn page, Schneider announces she will start the new year as CEO at Cebeo, a Belgian distributor of electrical equipment and services. Her departure comes just a few months after that of the chain’s CEO Europe, Giny Boer. Edward Brenninkmeijer, a member of the family that owns C&A, is a temporary replacement while the search for a definitive successor continues.

C&A has 202 shops in the Benelux region: 98 each in Belgium and the Netherlands and the remaining six in Luxembourg. The company faces the challenge of further strengthening its position in a competitive market at both local and European level. Schneider has recently taken many steps to modernise shops, as demonstrated at its recently revamped branches in Ostend and Woluwe.