The history of Mars & More

1997

Mars & More was set up by Dick van Raalte and Yvonne van Raalte-Mars. The company's name derives from Yvonne's maiden name.

1998

Named best Ulster Weavers kitchen textiles agent.

1999

Winner of the Global Coir Doormat Award.

2000

First employee appointed.

2001

Own warehouse and office opened at Voltastraat 30-32 in Zwolle.

2002

Start of sales at Tica. After the first Cash & Carry, Trends & Trade followed in 2003 and Van Remoortel in 2015.

2003

Attended Tendence trade fair in Frankfurt for the first time. Trade fairs in Dortmund, Hamburg and Munich followed in 2007. We have also been represented at Maison et Objet in Paris since 2009.

2004

Introduction of a new type of product: the machine washable kitchen mat.

2005

marsmore.com web shop launched.

2006

Turnover from abroad exceeded turnover from the Netherlands for the first time.
Introduction of aged scaffolding timber in the corporate identity at trade fairs. It had never been used in the living & lifestyle sphere until that time.

2008

Second bulk warehouse commissioned. In 2012 it became clear that we needed to expand further so a third bulk warehouse was put into action.

2011

Introduction of the Back2Nature brand.

2013

Milestone: we exported to more than 50 countries around the world for the first time.

2014

Considerable expansion of the stand at Trends & Trade in Venlo.

2015

Introduction of a fully revamped warehouse management system.
Considerable expansion of the stand at Tica in Aalsmeer.

2016

Completely revamped marsmore.com web shop launched.

2017

Moved to a larger building & warehouse.

2019

Opening of our new Cash & Carry in Luzern, Switzerland.

2021

Launch new online store.