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A Gamma shop in Delft. GAMMA is a Dutch Hardware store-chain. It started on May 11, 1971 in Breda. The headquarters of the franchise-organisation Intergamma is located in Leusden and as of 2011 it has 245 stores, of which 164 are located in the Netherlands and 81 in Belgium. Intergamma also owns the Hardware store-chain Karwei.
Karwei is a Dutch Hardware store-chain. In 1991 Karwei Holland Nationaal B.V. became part of the franchise-organisation Intergamma, which headquarters is located in Leusden. [1] As of 2019 Karwei has 136 stores, all of which are located in the Netherlands. [1] Intergamma also owns the Home Improvement Centre chain Gamma.
Intergamma started on May 11, 1971 with a Gamma store in Breda. Its current CEO is Harm-Jan Stoter. [1] As of 2011, Intergamma had 373 stores – 245 Gamma stores, of which 164 are located in the Netherlands, 81 in Belgium, and 128 Karwei stores, all of which are located in the Netherlands. [2]
In the 1960s, the Wilhelm Hornbach OHG was in a bad state, so his grandson Otmar Hornbach launched the idea of a do-it-yourself home improvement store after a visit to the United States. The business was filed on the stock exchange in 1987 and has expanded to a chain of 163 stores. Otmar Hornbach died on 2 August 2014. [3]
Hubo is the oldest Hardware store franchise in the Netherlands, starting its franchising business in 1969. [3] As of 2011 Hubo has over 200 stores, all of which are located in the Netherlands, [2] [4] making it the largest Hardware store-chain in the Netherlands in number of stores. [3] In 1996 Hubo had a revenue of 116 million euro. [5]
GAMA was originally founded as the Pulau Pinang Supermarket by Mr Chang Cheng Guan, Mr Chia Siak Leng and Mr Tan Peck Yon. Mr Chang Cheng Guan is a Kedah-born entrepreneur who had been impressed by Singapore's booming retail scene at the time [1] [4] Mr Chia Siak Leng and Mr Tan Peck Yong were both Singapore-born entrepreneurs who had the vision for importing goods from China when it wasn't ...
An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a regular "brick-and-mortar" retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When an online store is set up to enable businesses to buy from another businesses, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online ...
Hubo is a Belgian hardware store-chain. [1] Hubo Belgium and Hubo Netherlands are two separate entities. The headquarters of Hubo Belgium is located in Wommelgem. In 2019, Hubo had over 150 stores spread across Belgium. [2] Hubo Belgium was founded in 1992 after Hubo Netherlands sold its subsidiary (founded in 1972) to three of the local ...