
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
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
.
[Formido]
on maxeda.com As of 2011 Formido had 80 stores, all of which were located in the
Netherlands
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. Of these stores, 15 were managed by Formido and 65 were franchised.
Maxeda also owns the Hardware store-chain
Praxis
Praxis may refer to:
Philosophy and religion
* Praxis (process), the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practised, embodied, or realised
*Praxis model, a way of doing theology
* Praxis (Byzantine Rite), the practice of fai ...
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.nlOfficial website of Formido
Formido on maxeda.com
Retail companies established in 1976
Retail companies disestablished in 2017
Companies based in Amsterdam
Waddinxveen
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