RABE Moden GmbH
RABE - a unique company! RABE s core competence: knitwear and T-shirts meanwhile also a trusted and a well-established partner for approx. 2.700 retailers in the segment of women s coordinate collections. High comfort in wearing, excellent quality and perfect fitting this is the success of our company in the market for years. The target group of RABE is the sportive, fashionable and young-minded women who appreciate comprehensive fashion, high quality and a high class manufacturing. Therefore we are offering a wide spread range of sizes 36-52. The second brand Thomas Rabe is well known for modern and trend conscious fashion focusing on knitwear and T-shirts, which are completed by varied combination styles and modern accessories. The company, based in Hilter, Germany has been founded in 1920 by Mr. Albert Rabe in St. Egidien/Saxony. RABE is offering a wide range of innovative and up to date products which target the necessities of the modern and quality-conscious RABE customer.
Our products Our quality Unique has been honored by the Institutes of Hohenstein(German Research Institutes) with the grade very good for the characters wearing comfort, breathability and skin compatibility. Furthermore this premium product of our winter collections is also available in summer collections: a light and soft quality with the guarantee of well-feeling in summer times: this is Unique Summer! Our second special quality of fine knitwear Softcare guarantees thoroughly an experience of wellness. It is also geared to the biggest customer requirements and satisfies our customers once more based on its honorings allergy-screened and skin-friendly. The summerlyand non-iron T-Shirt quality Wash&Go combines a high wearing comfort with practical benefits, which completes our product range together with our viscose quality my favouritet-shirt.
Our RABE STORES
RABEoffers a competent knitwear collection with a high degree of innovation in products and materials. The core competence knitwear and jersey is complemented by blouses, trousers and skirts as well as newly an outdoor range with jackets and coats. Rabe presents each season nine coordinate stories as well as five further collections segments with a huge choice of NOS styles and flash collections. The target customer is the fashionable woman who sets high value on excellent quality and perfect manufacturing. THOMAS RABE presents trendy styles focussed on knitwear and jersey. Modern supplements complete the fashionable range. The styling offers slightly more fitted silhouettes and Thomas Rabe offers four collections each season. LUCIA is a German Fashion Coordinate -Label in the premium segment with a special focus on knitwear and jersey fashion. Excellent quality and technical know-how are priorized in the subsidiary company of Rabe Moden GmbH. Lucia offers six colour groups as well as one premium group called pure by Lucia, always rounded off by matching accessories. The feminine-casual looks are representing noble and refined, but also uncomplicated wearable and classic designs with perfect fittings for each day. LeComteis a modern, versatile knitwear collection. High grade and mixed qualities, fit-to wear current trends, an excellent fit and a wide range of feminine single items make LeComte really special.
LUCIA Italian Flair made in Germany LUCIA is a German Fashion Coordinate -Label in the premium segment with a special focus on knitwear and jersey clothing. High quality and technical know-how are priorized in the subsidiary company of RABE Moden GmbH. LUCIA collections offer six colour groups as well as one premium group, called pure by Lucia, always rounded off by matching accessories each season. The feminine-casual looks are representing noble and refined, but also uncomplicated wearable and classic designs with perfect fittings for each day. The LUCIA customer feels young and fashionable. Her first priority is to feel comfortable in her outfit, furthermore she wants to signify her lifestyle. She appreciates quality and a perfect fitting always coming up to current fashion trends. LUCIA convinces by a huge product variety and comfort in wearing. Additional to the extensive knitwear know-how, LUCIA offers a strong coordinate collection. Current fashion trends are effectuated extravagantly without losing the sight of the demands and wishes of our target group. LUCIA represents a sense of life LUCIA is lifestyle!
Casual and perfect for every occasion. Product outfits for everyday wear and exciting reduced shapes combine with skilfully arranged details. The garments are decorated with a relaxed yet sophisticated style, never opulent or overburdened that is LeComte. LeComte is the fourth brand distributed by RABE Moden GmbH.
Facts & figures RABE Moden GmbH Company headquarter: RABE Moden GmbH Bielefelder Strasse 40 42 D-49176 Hilter E-mail: info@rabemoden.de www.rabemoden.de Managers Thomas Rabe, Managing Partner Joachim Striewski, General Manager Jörg Weber, General Manager Company formation The company has been founded in 1920 by Mr. Albert Rabe in St. Egidien/Saxony as a factory for knitwear of women, men and children s clothing. Since 1969 the company s headquarters are situated in Hilter/ Teutoburger Wald, Germany.
Export Our brands RABE and THOMAS RABE do have an export ratio of 30% of the total turnover, the brand LUCIA works with a 70% export rate. Our main export markets are the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, CIS States, France, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Canada, Greece, Asia and the USA. Company and sales department RABE Moden GmbH produces and sells women s clothing focusing on knitwear and jersey. We are selling our products to over 2700 specialised retailers all over the world. The collection development, administration, production, merchandise control as well as the dispatch department are also situated in our headquarter office in Hilter am Teutoburger Wald. Approx. 320 employees are working in our headquarters and in two further surrounding locations at the moment. Our products are mainly produced in Europe as well as partially in Far East countries. Turnovers The overall turnover of the business year 2011/12: 92,9 Million Euros 3.6 Million pieces have been produced in the year 2011/12 by RABE and LUCIA.
Milestones 1920 The company is founded by Albert Rabe as a knitwear factory manufacturing outer garments for men, women and children in St. Egidien/Saxony, Germany 1955 Company headquarters are relocated to Bad Rothenfelde, Germany. 1968 RABE Strickmoden moves to Hilter, Germany, and the company s name is changed to RABE Moden GmbH 1994 RABE buys back the parent company in St. Egidienfrom the Treuhand and continues to operate it as a subsidiary 1999 In the late nineties, RABE successfully launches the shop-in-shop systems 2001 The new warehouse is built 2008 RABE takes over the Lucia + LeComtebrands 2008 Conversion and move to new office premises at the company headquarters in Hilter, Germany 2011 Company headquarters in Hilter are extended 2012 January: RABE moves into a new showroom covering 860 square metresin HALLE 30 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and presents all three brands together for the first time 2013 After five years, RABE ModenGmbH is relaunchingthe German label for women s outer garments, LeComteon the international fashion market. LeComteis presenting a highly promising collection for autumn/winter 2013 in both international and national showrooms
Expansion of trade area 2009 RABE opens its first stand-alone store in Oldenburg, Germany 2010 May: RABE opens a further stand-alone store in Munich, Germany 2010 September: RABE opens the first partner store in Augsburg, Germany 2011 A further RABE partner store is opened in Bad Zwischenahn, Germany 2012 March: The RABE partner store is opened in Wernigerode, Germany 2012 April: The RABE partner store is opened in Potsdam, Germany 2012 December: The RABE partner Store is opened in Vienna, Austria 2013 March: The RABE partner Store is opened in Rotenburg/Fulda, Germany 2013 March: The RABE partner Store is opened in Regensburg, Germany 2013 Spring: The RABE partner Store is opened in Buchholz, Germany
Currently, RABE has 249 shop-in-shops and 227 soft shops, in addition to 9 stores, 7 of which are partner stores and 2 of which is a stand-alone store in Germany. RABE Moden GmbH operates with the RABE, THOMAS RABE LUCIA and LeComte brands in 25 countries worldwide, achieved a total turnover of 92,9 million euros in fiscal year 2011/12 and currently has a workforce of around 320 employees. RABE a unique company!