Mexx

Mexx is a Dutch fashion brand that was created by Rattan Chadha in 1986 by merging his brands Moustache (for men) and Emmanuelle (for women). Take the first letter of both brands and add two kisses to it: Mexx. M (oustache) + E (manuelle) + XX (two kisses) = MEXX. The advertising campaign ‘‘Everything should be XX’’ from 1986 caught on attention and Mexx became popular.

Mexx

Type	Private
Industry	Fashion
Founded	Netherlands (1986)
Defunct	2015 (original)[1]
Headquarters	James Wattlaan 7, Drunen , Netherlands
Number of locations	315 (2014)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	CEO Leo Cantagalli CFO Jacques Mitterand Brand Director Nur Basaran
Products	Clothing Accessories Perfumes Linen
Owner	Mexx International B.V.
Number of employees	6000 (2012)[2]
Website	mexx.com

Mexx has grown into an international brand in women, men and children's clothing with stores in more than 50 countries. With a production of 40 million pieces, Mexx was one of the top thirty largest brands in Europe in 2010. Since the second quarter of 2008, however, Mexx has been facing declining sales and has had to close the stores. In 2001 Mexx was bought by the American Liz Claiborne (LCI), which sold it in the autumn of 2011 to a joint venture with the Gores Group.

From 1985 to 2008 the company was located in Voorschoten, in the former silver factory of Koninklijke Van Kempen & Begeer. After that, the head office was located in the former European head office of Nissan in the Amsterdam Riekerpolder.

On December 4 in 2014, three holding companies of the group were declared bankrupt by the Amsterdam District Court. [3] In February 2015, Mexx made a restart under the wing of the Turkish clothing and retail company Eroglu.

Two years later, in 2017, the company came back into Dutch hands, the Brabant- based RNF Holding. The Mexx shoe collection was relaunched in 2018. The spring / summer collection of 2021 is the first collection for Mexx fashion to be designed from the office of Mexx in Drunen. A relaunch campaign is started with the quote ‘‘Everything should be XX’’. With this Mexx returns to it’s successful roots.

n 2012, Mexx already reported a loss of 86 million euros and later, in 2013, a loss of 82 million euros.

On December 4, 2014, three holding companies of Mexx were declared bankrupt by the district court of Amsterdam.[3] On December 5, 2014, Frits Kemp, a high-profile lawyer in the Netherlands declared 315 Mexx stores, which serves worldwide including 95 locations in Canada, bankrupt. The stores were expected to remain open while the chain sold off merchandise.