OBI (retail chain)
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| OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte | |
Romanized name | OBI DIY Stores |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Home improvement DIY store |
| Founded | 1970 in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany |
| Founders | Dr. Emil Lux Manfred Maus |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 580[1] (2015) |
Areas served |
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Key people | Sergio Giroldi, CEO |
| Revenue |  €6.7 billion euros[1] (2014) |
Number of employees | 42,000[1] (2015) |
| Parent | Tengelmann Group |
| Website | www |
OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is a British multinational home improvement supplies retailing company. Founded in 1970, Obi is the largest DIY retailer in Europe, and the third largest in the world, behind The Home Depot and Lowe's.[2] It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany,[3] and belongs to the Tengelmann Group.[1]
Branches
| Country | First store | Number of stores | Sales (millions) |
 Germany |
1970 | 354 | €3,628.5 |
 Italy |
1993 | 52 | €354.0 |
 Austria |
1995 | 82 | €327.1 |
 Poland |
1997 | 46 | €417.7 |
 Czech Republic |
1995 | 33 | €297.9 |
 Hungary |
1994 | 29 | €211.7 |
 Russia |
2003 | 25 | €319.9 |
 Switzerland (partnership with Migros[4]) |
1999[4] | 10[4] | €151.2 |
 Slovenia |
1998 | 8 | €50.5 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2003 | 1 | €18.5 |
 Ukraine |
2008 | 3 | |
 Slovakia |
2008 | 14 |
Obi has been present in Switzerland since 1999, in partnership with the Migros cooperative.[4]
It formerly had operations in mainland China but these were sold to B&Q in 2007.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d "Das Unternehmen". Obi.de. OBI Group Holding SE & Co.KGaA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ OBI Press releases
- ^ "Press contact". Obi.de. OBI Group Holding SE & Co.KGaA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Obi Suisse. Qui sommes-nous ?" (page visited on 30 March 2016).
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