{"id":24,"date":"2019-07-29T14:06:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vespo.nl\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2020-01-14T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T14:47:59","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vespo.nl\/en\/our-story\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>The first store: de Textielbeurs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixty years ago, on 15 February 1960 to be exact, Joop Veelenturf and his wife Tilly opened their very first store: de Textielbeurs. What started out as a shop with a back room that served as a warehouse quickly grew into a business that felt like a close-knit family. And after Joop got to supply the towels for the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO Televizier, the company grew considerably and the store name was altered into Vespolino \u2013 we were all set for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Vespolino<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On his way to international entrepreneurship, Joop often travelled to the Middle and Far East. Because Joop liked to explore boundaries, both during his business trips and in his company \u2013 thinking out-of-the-box and trying new things, like saving points for towels at a petrol station. Joop came up with the idea <em>and<\/em> made it a success. 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