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Formido bouwmarkten B.V. was a Dutch
on maxeda.com As of 2011 Formido had 80 stores, all of which were located in the
Formido.nl
Official website of Formido
Formido
on maxeda.com Retail companies established in 1976 Retail companies disestablished in 2017 Companies based in Amsterdam Waddinxveen {{Industry-stub
Formido bouwmarkten B.V. was a Dutch Hardware store
Hardware stores (in a number of countries, "shops"), sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, building materials, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplie ...
-chain. Formido opened its first store on 22 November 1976 in Waddinxveen
Waddinxveen () is a town and municipality along the Gouwe river in the western Netherlands in the province of South Holland near Gouda. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water.
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. It was part of the franchise-organisation Maxeda
Maxeda is a Dutch retail company owned by American investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Activities
Maxeda DIY Group is the market leader in the DIY segment and has 345 stores in the Benelux and more than 7,000 employees. Most stores h ...
, which headquarters is located in Amsterdam
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. Of these stores, 15 were managed by Formido and 65 were franchised. Maxeda also owns the Hardware store-chain Praxis
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and Brico.
In the first half year of 2008 Formido, Praxis and Brico had a combined revenue of 755 million euro
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In September 2017 Maxeda announced that they would deprecate the Formido brand and replace the stores with the Praxis formula.
References
External links
Formido.nl
Official website of Formido
Formido
on maxeda.com Retail companies established in 1976 Retail companies disestablished in 2017 Companies based in Amsterdam Waddinxveen {{Industry-stub