Castorama

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Castorama
legal form Corporation
ISIN FR0000124208
founding June 13, 1969
Seat Templemars , Nord department , France
management Guy Colleau
Number of employees 12,500
sales € 3.5 billion
Branch trade
Website www.castorama.fr
Status: 2010

Castorama Market in Szczecin , Poland

Castorama is the name of a native to France coming home improvement retailer based in Templemars , Nord . It is currently (as of 2016) present in France, Poland and Russia . This chain is now a subsidiary of the British retail group Kingfisher .

history

Christian Dubois founded the Castorama company on June 13, 1969. On the same day, the first market was opened in Englos near the city of Lille . It was not until 1971 that the name was entered in the commercial register as an official brand name . In 1988 the company began to expand internationally; first in Italy, then later in Germany, Poland and Russia. The British DIY chain B&Q , a subsidiary of the British retail group Kingfisher , took over 57.9% of the shares in 1998, so that Kingfisher has had control of the company ever since. The takeover was completed in 2002, when finally 100% of the shares had changed hands. At the same time, Christian Dubois, who had meanwhile moved to the supervisory board, left the company entirely.

The founder

Christian Dubois was born in November 1921. In the 1950s, he started a few trading companies in the construction and above all do-it-yourself - industry . Finally, on June 13, 1969, he founded "Castorama" in Englos and registered the company name as a brand name three years later . He led the company to become the market leader in France in the mid-1980s. At the age of 71, in 1992, he moved from the company's executive committee to the supervisory board. Ten years later, in 2002, he left the company completely, at the same time as Kingfisher took over 100% of the company. He died on January 20, 2005 at the age of 83.

Castorama in Germany

Castorama was founded in Germany in 1990 and the first store was opened in 1992. In April 2002 the name Castorama was changed to Casto Depot in Germany. All six hardware stores were completely rebuilt. The aim was to make the company more profitable with as few resources as possible, but it did not succeed. On July 31, 2003, all Casto Depot stores in Germany came to an end. The locations in Castrop-Rauxel , Kamen , Wildau near Berlin , Koblenz , Chemnitz and Kassel were affected . The owner Kingfisher decided in December 2002 that Casto Depot would withdraw from the German area. A social plan was drawn up and all employees were dismissed. This affected around 350 employees at the six DIY stores and around 40 employees at the headquarters in Liederbach am Taunus .

Castorama in France

France is the country where the chain has its roots, because it was there that the first store opened in 1969. 11,320 people are employed in 103 branches, 53% of them in sales (as of January 2015) .

Castorama in Italy

Castorama had been represented in Italy since 1988 . In 2008, however, the British Kingfisher plc separated from its Italian subsidiary Castorama. It was sold to the Italian Groupe Adeo SA for 440 million Brit. Pounds (560 million euros ) were sold, whereby this sum still includes a performance-related component. At the time of the sale, there were 31 branches and 2,200 employees.

Castorama in Poland

Castorama in Glogau , Poland

Castorama founded its Polish branch in 1994 . Three years later, in 1997, the first store was opened in Warsaw . In the following years more stores were opened.

According to its own information, Castorama is the market leader in Poland. 10,166 people are employed in 74 markets (as of January 2015) .

Castorama in Russia

The "Castorama" brand has also existed in Russia since 2004. The first stores opened in 2006 in Samara and St. Petersburg . Another store followed in St. Petersburg and the stores in Moscow and Rostov-na-Donu (2007); Omsk and Krasnodar (2008); and Togliatti , Voronezh , Krasnodar, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod (2009). The newest branches are in Perm and Ufa (since 2010). Castorama employs 2,300 people in Russia (as of January 2011) .

Sponsorship

From 1990 to 1995 Castorama sponsored a cycling team . The data in detail:

Fabian Jeker for Castorama, 1993
year Team name team leader Bicycles from Individual proof
1990 Castorama Cyrille Guimard, Jacques Cadiou, Bernard Quilfen Raleigh
1991 Castorama - Raleigh Bernard Quilfen, Pascal Dubois Raleigh
1992 Castorama Cyrille Guimard, Bernard Quilfen, Pascal Dubois Cyrille Guimard
1992 Castorama - Sodime
1992 Sodime - Eurodinox - Castorama
1993 Castorama Cyrille Guimard, Bernard Quilfen, Pascal Dubois Maxi Sports / Cyrille Guimard
1994 Castorama Bernard Quilfen, Pascal Dubois Maxi Sports / Cyrille Guimard
1994 VC Lyon - Castorama-Cramer
1995 Castorama Jean-René Bernaudeau, Bernard Quilfen Maxi Sports / Cyrille Guimard

Web links

Commons : Castorama  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Direction Castorama. Castorama France, accessed November 23, 2011 (French).
  2. ^ A b Christian Dubois, fondateur de Castorama. CARNET • NECROLOGY. Les Échos , January 21, 2005, accessed December 4, 2014 (French).
  3. ↑ Castorama withdraws from Germany. raumeinrichtung.de, April 2003, accessed on January 29, 2011 .
  4. ^ Cipher clés. Castorama France, accessed January 29, 2011 (French).
  5. ↑ Kingfisher sells Italian retail chain Castorama for 560 million euros. finanzen.net, August 1, 2008, accessed January 29, 2011 .
  6. ↑ a b Historia Castoramy. castorama.pl, archived from the original on March 15, 2015 ; Retrieved October 6, 2015 (Polish).
  7. ↑ Castorama team data for 1990 on radsportseiten.net , accessed on January 29, 2011
  8. ↑ Castorama team data for 1991 on radsportseiten.net , accessed on January 29, 2011
  9. ↑ Castorama team data for 1992 on radsportseiten.net , accessed on January 29, 2011
  10. ↑ Castorama Sodime team data for 1992 to radsportseiten.net , accessed 29 January 2011
  11. ↑ Sodime Eurodinox Castorama team data for 1992 on radsportseiten.net , accessed on January 29, 2011
  12. ↑ Castorama team data for 1993 radsportseiten.net , accessed 29 January 2011
  13. ↑ Castorama team data for 1994 on radsportseiten.net , accessed on January 29, 2011
  14. ↑ VCLyon-Castorama Cramer team data for 1994 radsportseiten.net , accessed 29 January 2011
  15. ↑ Castorama team data for 1995 to radsportseiten.net , accessed 29 January 2011