Big C
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| legal form | PLC |
| ISIN | TH0280010016 |
| founding | 1993 |
| Seat | Bangkok |
| management | Aswin Techajareonvikul President, CEO and General Manager Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi Chairman |
| Number of employees | 17,000 |
| sales | 140 billion ฿ (2019) |
| Branch | retail trade |
| Website | www.bigc.co.th |
Big C , or Big C Supercenter Public Company Limited (PCL) ( Thai : บิ๊ ก ซี ซู เปอร์ เซ็นเตอร์ ), is a retail company based in Bangkok , Thailand . Big C is the second largest consumer market chain in Thailand to Tesco Lotus (as of 2016). In addition to Thailand, Big C is also represented in Vietnam (since 1998) and once in Laos . However, the Vietnamese branch was up for sale in 2016.
history
The company was founded by Central Group , a Chirathivat family company, in 1993 and opened its first location on Chaengwattana Road in Bangkok in 1994. Big C PCL has been listed on Thailand's stock exchange since 1995 . In 1999, the French retail group Groupe Casino was taken on board as a strategic partner through a capital increase. The Big C Foundation was founded in 2002, the foundation supports non-privileged children. The own brand Big C was founded in 2007 and the Happy Baht brand in 2008. In 2009, the Big C customer card was introduced for customer loyalty ; in 2010, 5 million cards had already been issued. In 2011, Big C took over the 42 supermarkets operated by Carrefour in Thailand, making it the second largest supermarket operator in the country. The largest shareholders until 2016 were Groupe Casino and Chirathivat Group. According to the Financial Times, Big C has more than 700 sales outlets across Thailand. In February 2016, the Casino Group sold its majority stake of 58.6 percent to the TCC Group of Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi for 3.5 billion US dollars. With this sale, Groupe Casino was able to reduce its heavy debt burden of USD 6 billion.
The Big C markets are designed for the sale of consumer goods and groceries. As of 2019, Big C will operate 153 Big C Supercenter (including Big C Jumbo and Big C Extra) and 63 Big C stores. So a total of 216 branches. There are 50 branches in Bangkok and the surrounding area and 166 in the provinces.
range
The range of the Big C markets is divided into five categories:
- Fresh foods (such as: meat, seafood, fruits, vegetables)
- Food (such as: spices, beverages, spirits, detergents, animal feed)
- Clothing articles and accessories (such as: women's, men's and children's clothing)
- Electrical items (such as: electrical appliances, household appliances, kitchen appliances, consumer electronics)
- Household items and accessories (such as: furniture, kitchen items, tools, automotive and motorcycle accessories, sporting goods)
Fields of activity and sales lines
In addition to the hypermarkets Big C Jumbo (~ 10,000 m²), Big C Extra (premium supermarkets) (> 2500 m²), Big C Supercenter (> 2500 m²) and Big C Market (300–2500 m²) operates (as of 2019) The chain still has 1018 mini-markets open around the clock under the name mini Big C (<300 m²) as well as 50 markets called Pure by Big C , which sell drugstore items and medicines, and two markets called Big C Optical . By 2012 new closed partnership with Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited, the second largest service station operator (PT) in Thailand, an environment for 300 new was mini Big C created.
Subsidiaries and investments
Direct and indirect participations (as of 2012):
- Chiengmai Big C (2001) Co., Ltd. (100%)
- Central Superstore Limited (100%)
- Central Pattaya Co., Ltd. (100%)
- Udon Big C Co., Ltd. (100%)
- Inthanon Land Co., Ltd. (100%)
- Theparak Big C Limited (100%)
- Big C Fairy Limited (96.82%)
- Pharam II Big C Co., Ltd. (99.99%)
- Pitsanulok Big C Co., Ltd. (92.38%)
- Chiengrai Big C Co., Ltd. (100%)
- Surat Big C Limited (100%)
- Big C Distribution Co., Ltd. (100%)
- CenCar Limited (39%)
- SSCP (Thailand) Ltd. (49%)
- CenCar Limited (61%)
- Nava Nakarintr Ltd. (100%)
- SSCP (Thailand) Ltd. (51%)
- Big C Supercenter (Lao) Co., Ltd. (100%)
Web links
- About Big C (English). Retrieved June 13, 2018
- Homepage Big C . Retrieved June 13, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management Team (since 2016) . Retrieved June 15, 2018
- ↑ a b c Bangkok Post: Big C spreading hypermarkets around . Report dated December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2020
- ^ Casino Group plans to sell Big C Vietnam . Retrieved June 13, 2018
- ↑ Big C Foundation . Retrieved June 13, 2018
- ^ Story of Big C ( Memento from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 15, 2018
- ↑ World Finance Thai tycoon buys up Big C Supermarkets. Retrieved June 13, 2018
- ↑ a b web.archive.org: Big C: Company Presentation ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). August 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2020
- ↑ Participations ( Memento from August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed June 15, 2018