Vroom & Dreesmann

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V&D logo outside its Almere branch

Vroom & Dreesmann (also known as V&D) is a Dutch chain of department stores founded in 1887 by Willem Vroom and Anton Dreesmann. The first V&D store opened in Weesperstraat in Amsterdam. V&D now has over 60 branches throughout the Netherlands.

All V&D stores sell designer clothing & shoes, jewellery, cosmetics, a wide selection of books, CD & DVD home entertainment, electrical goods, stationery, cards & posters, furniture, homewares and a selection of delicatessen. The average V&D store also features one or more restaurants, a travel agent and a Postbank ATM. Larger branches also have an in-store bakery and full Postbank branch.

V&D is a subsidiary of Maxeda (formerly Vendex KBB), which also owns the Hema and Bijenkorf department stores.

Special version of the V&D logo as used in 2007 to mark the store's 120th anniversary.

[edit] Trivia

Vroom and Dreesmann got to know each other as their wives were sisters, which made them brothers in law.
Every single V&D store is a separately registered company, each 100% owned by V&D.
V&D's in-store restaurants are branded 'La Place'.