Phildar

Auchan chief bypasses son in succession stakes.
Sunday Business (London); 5/7/2006; 760 words; ...10.5 percent for Auchan. In common with its chief rivals, Auchan was born in the 1960s. Gerard Meulliez, heir to the Phildar woollens empire, visited the United States then opened his first out-of-town store on the outskirts of the industrial...

Kiabi Europe
International Directory of Company Histories; 1/1/2005; 2162 words; ...started out as manufacturers, founding Phildar, a textile company, in 1903. By 1946...first stores and producing a new range of Phildar-branded knitting and sewing supplies as well. The Phildar chain took off in 1956 when it began franchising...

Sister's tribute scales the heights; Yvonne beats her fears for charity.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 5/4/2004; 577 words; ...people who sponsored us." The four women only expected to raise pounds 600 in memory of Angela, who for many years ran the Phildar wool shop in Smithford Way, Coventry, on the site where Debenhams now stands. Angela's husband, Fred, who lives in Earlsdon...

Selling Textiles and Clothing in France: The Franchise Route.
M2 Presswire; 1/21/2003; 991 words; ...Escada; Etam; Jacadi; Jean Cacharel; Kookai; Max Mara; Phildar; Pingouin; Prenatal; Pronuptia; Rodier; Stefanel; and...AND OTHER GOODS Carre Blanc Descamps Genevieve Lethu Imagine Phildar Pingouin Souleiado APPENDIX 1: SUMMARY OF FRANCHISES BY RETAIL...

Auchan
International Directory of Company Histories; 1/1/2001; 2896 words; ...the original Mulliez family company, the Phildar chain of clothing, textiles, and sewing...Mulliez family founded its first company, Phildar, in 1903. At first a manufacturer of textiles, Phildar turned to the retail sector in 1946, when...