Industry Retail Website www.bricodepot.fr Motto Low prices every day Headquarters Longpont-sur-Orge | Number of employees 7,171 CEO Alain Souillard (2013–) Revenue 2 billion GBP Parent organization Kingfisher plc | |
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Type Private (subsidiary of Kingfisher plc) Products DIY
Home improvement tools Founded 6 October 1993, Reims, France Profiles | ||
Brico Dépôt ([bʁiko depo]) is a French chain of DIY and Home Improvement stores, headquartered in Longpont-sur-Orge. The chain was created in 1993 by Castorama Dubois Investment, Castorama Dubois was later purchased by the UK Kingfisher Group. There are over 100 stores open in France. There are also 16 open in Spain and 5 open in Poland.. Some (15) were also opened in Romania after the acquisition of the Bricostore chain by Kingfisher.
Concept
The store's biggest customer is the Construction and Building trade, as Brico Dépôt sells wholesale and in large stock and quantity. The Brico Dépôt format is largely based on the format of an American Company, The Home Depot.
References
Brico Dépôt Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA