La Redoute

La Redoute is a traditional French Fashion and shipping company based in Roubaix.

Operations

The fashion and mail order company La Redoute claims to be the leader in France and number one in the field of children's fashion. The La Redoute catalog was published (spring / summer and autumn / winter) twice a year. The range includes many private labels, French brands as well as various fashion labels (such as adidas, Puma, Nike, Le Coq Sportif ). La Redoute also offers Fair Trade Fashion and clothing from organic cotton. The clothing line " Taillissime - Great fashionable " provides large sizes ( Ladies: 40 - 62; Men: L - 10XL ) in a separate catalog.

In addition to the clothing range can be found at La Redoute also home decorations, furniture, decorative items and household goods. In France, this range includes, for example, also electrical appliances.

La Redoute sells exclusively via shipping. You can order the product directly from the catalog or on the website of La Redoute.

In addition to its headquarters in France, there are offices in Switzerland, Austria, Spain, England, Belgium, USA, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Norway, Russia, Korea, Lebanon, Malta, Croatia, and Slovenia.

History

In 1928, the first La Redoute catalog was published with 40 knitwear and a total volume of 16 pages (compared to the Autumn / Winter 2008/2009 catalog has almost 800 pages). In 1956, a device line to the range to do so. The ever -growing catalog presented in 1974 for the first time in color. Since 1969, the offer is completed with designer fashions. Renowned designers create regular collections for La Redoute (including Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier, Viktor & Rolf, Yohji Yamamoto, Andre Courreges, Issey Miyake and Michel Klein). Even Philippe Starck and Jean -Charles de Castelbajac have been working for La Redoute.

La Redoute is always inviting celebrities and personalities as well as top models a to present their style and their favorite fashion in the context of the catalog ( to date were the among other things, Vanessa Paradis, Isabelle Adjani, Laetitia Casta, Emanuelle Béart, Jane Birkin and Kirstin Scott Thomas and Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Elle Macpherson ).

Business

La Redoute is part of Redcats Group Holding ( Redoute catalogs ), which belongs since 1994 to the PPR Group ( Pinault Printemps Redoute ), which includes Gucci, Stella McCartney, Puma, Sergio Rossi belong. The focus of PPR is on the non-food distribution.

Redcats Holding has approximately 20,000 employees, the world's third largest company in the international shipping trade. For consolidated group include not only La Redoute et al Bernard SA, Cyrillus, La Maison de Valerie, Movitex, Vertbaudet and Ellos in Scandinavia and Brylane in the USA.

In 1999, La Redoute founded the Austrian branch in Salzburg and the Swiss subsidiary based in Montreux.