Obs (Coop)
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| Company type | Hypermarket |
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Number of locations | 31 |
Area served | Norway |
| Owner | Coop Norge |
| Website | www |
Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun.[1]
History
The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked.[2]
Prior to 2001 the stores were only branded as Obs! Stormarked, from 2001 to 2006 Coop obs!, from 2006 to 2016 Coop obs! Hypermarked and again from 2016 as Obs.
Some of the Obs stores have Obs BYGG construction and hardware stores co-located with them.
List of stores
As of 2022 there is 31 Obs hypermarkets in Norway:[3]
- Obs Alnabru
- Obs Arendal
- Obs Bryne
- Obs Buskerud
- Obs City Nord
- Obs City Syd
- Obs Harstad
- Obs Haugesund
- Obs Jessheim
- Obs Kvadrat
- Obs Lade
- Obs Lagunen
- Obs Lillestrøm
- Obs Mariero
- Obs Mo I Rana
- Obs Rudshøgda
- Obs Rygge
- Obs Sandefjord
- Obs Sartor
- Obs Slitu
- Obs Steinkjer
- Obs Sørlandssenteret
- Obs Tromsø
- Obs Tune
- Obs Vinterbro
- Obs Ålesund
References
- ^ "IKEA-sjef blir nye leder av Obs | Coop Norge". kommunikasjon.ntb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Stor Dag for NKL og Domus i Trondheim". Aftenposten Aften. p. 10.
- ^ "Coop Norge Årsrapport 2021" (PDF). 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2022.