Cdiscount
| Cdiscount | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1998 |
| Seat |
Bordeaux , France
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| management |
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| Number of employees | 1500 |
| sales | EUR 2,035 million (2018) |
| Branch | Retail, Marketplace |
| Website | www.cdiscount.com |
Cdiscount SA , based in Bordeaux, is a French e-commerce platform controlled by the French retail group Groupe Casino (via the listed intermediate holding company Cnova ), originally specialized in CDs and DVDs, but today it offers a full range of consumer electronics, household appliances, IT, telephony, etc. . to clothing, furniture, do-it-yourself items, car accessories and the like, both directly and as an online marketplace , and is the leading French e-commerce platform.
background
Cdiscount was founded in 1998 by the brothers Hervé, Christophe and Nicolas Charle as a simple CD dealer and has been a subsidiary of the Casino Group since February 2000. In September 2008 Casino increased its direct and indirect stake to 79.6% of the capital. In January 2011, the Casino Group acquired all of the Charle brothers' shares: The group now holds almost the entire capital of Cdiscount (direct and indirect stake 99 , 6%).
In September 2011, Cdiscount launched "C Market", a marketplace that is open to third parties. The company's goal is to expand its offering and generate additional income through commissions for third-party sales. The total sales volume processed via the platform amounted to EUR 3.6 billion in 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements of Cnova 2018 (PDF; 2.9 MB), accessed on June 18, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Number 2 in sales in France after Amazon in 2017; in www.ecommerce-nation.fr: TOP 10 DES PURE PLAYERS E-COMMERCE EN FRANCE , December 20, 2018 (French)