Manor AG is a

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chain with its headquarters in

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. It is owned by

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, and is Switzerland’s largest department-store chain. It generated total sales of CHF 3 billion in 2013. Manor has been a member of the

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since 1968.

Company history

Brothers Ernest and Henri Maus together with Léon Nordmann opened their first department store in

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in 1902, under the “Léon Nordmann” name. The more familiar “Manor” – a combination of the founders’ Maus and Nordmann surnames – did not appear until a new corporate identity was adopted in about 1965. All the company’s department stores in

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have borne the Manor name since 1994, and all the stores in the rest of the country have carried the name since September 2000.

Locations

Manor's mainline stores are located in Basel, Geneva, Lausanne, Locarno, Lugano, Luzern & Zürich plus Aarau, Albis, Ascona, Bachenbülach, Baden, Balerna, Bellinzona, Biasca, Biel/Bienne, Bulle, Bogis, Chur, Delémont, Emmen, Frauenfeld, Fribourg, Haag, Heerbrugg, Hinwil, Ibach, Kreuzlingen, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Langenthal, Liestal, Marin-Epagnier, Monthey, Morges, Nyon, Payerne, Pfaffikon, Rapperswil, Rickenbach, S. Antonino, Sargans, Schaffhausen, Schattdorf, Schönbühl, Sierre, Sion, Solothrun, Spreitenbach, St Gallen, Thun, Vesenaz, Vevey, Vezia, Wattwil, Winterthur, Wohlen, Yverdon-les-bains, & Zug.

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Company history

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