As of 1 January 2024, Schiphol will acquire 100% of the shares of family business Kappé. With the acquisition of the airport retailer, Schiphol is taking the next step towards renewing the retail offering at the airport. 

With more than three hundred employees and fifteen stores, Kappé is responsible for a significant portion of the range of perfumes, cosmetics, sunglasses and drugstore items at Schiphol. Schiphol emphasizes that the continuity of the stores and employees is central and intends to continue the company and invest in the stores. Schiphol speaks of this as - a next step towards the renewal of the retail offering at the airport.

I look back on the 36 years that I have led Kappé with due satisfaction and pride. The employees have always been and still are central to me. Their dedication and loyalty have made Kappé what it is today: an indispensable concept at Schiphol. I am pleased that we have found a party in Schiphol that safeguards the future of employees and the company. - Jacques Parson, owner of Kappé

Aeternus, our Partner in the Netherlands, advised Kappe in this transaction.

What Jacques Parson and his team of the Kappé Group have achieved is unique in the Netherlands. It was a great pleasure to guide Jacques Parson in this transaction with his MT members Remco Dodd e, Casper Vos, and lawyers Dirk Engelen and Hans Jonkhout of Marree + Dijkshoorn. Also thanks to the team of Schiphol for the intensive and pleasant cooperation to bring this together to a good result. - Jacques Jetten, Managing Partner Aeternus

We wish Kappé and Schiphol every success with their future growth ambitions.

Kappé has been a commercial retailer at Schiphol since 1950 and is therefore an important partner, with the following well-known store concepts Perfumes & Cosmetics, Drugstore and Sunglasses. Kappé employs over three hundred people. The family business was led by Jacques Parson for years.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the largest Dutch airport and a major airport in Europe. In 2022, 52.5 million passengers travelled to and from Schiphol. The airport is owned by the Royal Schiphol Group, whose shareholders are the Dutch State, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and Groupe ADP.