Global fashion retailer C&A has warned Bangladesh’s C&A Textiles of legal action for using the same name and creating confusion.

The Netherlands-based C&A has been in business since 1841 and has been sourcing from Bangladesh for over three decades. About 156 garment companies in Bangladesh manufacture garments for C&A. The global brand under the C&A trademark trades in clothes, apparel, and accessories and has a reputation across the world. This name is registered in several countries around the world.

The multinational company has been sourcing from Bangladesh for a long time and so the name has become well known in the country. It says if the textile company does not change its name, legal action will be taken through court. Bangladesh-based C&A Textile, which is engaged in manufacturing textiles and garments, was registered in 2001 and has a factory in Chattogram.

The company ceased production in 2017 due to its owners' irregularities and loan defaults. Then in 2021, the Alif Group, another garment trader in the country, bought the company. Currently, Alif has managed to bring the company back to partial production. C&A Textiles got listed on the stock market in 2014. After the listing, the owners of the company exited by selling shares secretly.