Castorama

Castorama
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	1969; 55 years ago in Lille, France
Headquarters	Templemars, France
Area served	France, Poland, Russia
Key people	Marc Tenart (CEO)
Products	DIY, home improvement tools, gardening Supplies and Plants
Revenue	£2,246 million (2018/2019) (France); £1,431 million (2018/2019) (Poland)
Parent	Kingfisher plc
Website	castorama.fr

Castorama (French pronunciation: [kastoʁama]) is a French retailer of DIY and home improvement tools and supplies, headquartered in Templemars, France, and is part of the British group Kingfisher plc, which has 101 stores in France, 76 in Poland and 20 in Russia.^[1] The company became a subsidiary of Kingfisher plc in May 2002, along with Castorama's own subsidiary Brico Dépôt.^[2]

Some outlets have been converted or relocated under the Brico Dépôt format 'DIY Warehouse', based on the B&Q Warehouse fascia in the United Kingdom. In February 2009, Kingfisher sold thirty one stores of Castorama in Italy to French retailer Leroy Merlin.

In 1969, Christian Dubois founded in Englos, near Lille, France's first large-scale (5000 m2) DIY store. The rapid expansion of the chain meant that twenty years later Castorama had 80 stores in France.

References

^ "Castorama France Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Kingfisher plc. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Head office Parc d'Activités BP 101 59175 Templemars France."
^ "Kingfisher in $4.6bn French deal". edition.cnn.com. 8 July 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

External links

Castorama France (in French)
Castorama Poland (in Polish)

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[1] "Castorama France Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine." Kingfisher plc. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Head office Parc d'Activités BP 101 59175 Templemars France."

[2] "Kingfisher in $4.6bn French deal". edition.cnn.com. 8 July 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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