Editing Castorama

{{Short description|French multinational hardware store chain owned by British Kingfisher plc}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Castorama
| logo = Castorama Logo.svg
| image           = Castorama w Siedlcach.jpg
| image_caption     = Castorama in [[Siedlce|Siedlce]], [[Poland|Poland]]
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1969|6|13|df=y}} in [[Lille]], France
| location_city = [[Templemars]]
| location_country = France
| area_served = 
| key_people = Marc Tenart ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| num_employees = 
| industry = [[Retail]]
| products = [[Do it yourself|DIY]], [[home improvement]] tools, [[Gardening|gardening Supplies and Plants]]
| revenue = [[Pound sterling|£]]2,246 million (2018/2019) (France)<br/> [[Pound sterling|£]]1,431 million (2018/2019) (Poland)
| net_income = 
| parent = [[Kingfisher plc]]
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.castorama.fr/}}
}}

'''Castorama''' ({{IPA|fr|kastoʁama}}) is a French retailer of [[DIY]] and [[home improvement]] tools and supplies, headquartered in [[Templemars]], France, and is part of the British group [[Kingfisher plc]], which has 101 stores in France and 90 in Poland.<ref>"[http://www.kingfisher.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=171 Castorama France]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611165056/http://www.kingfisher.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=171 |date=2011-06-11 }}. [[Kingfisher plc]]. Retrieved on 2 February 2011. "Head office Parc d'Activités BP 101 59175 Templemars France."</ref> The company became a subsidiary of Kingfisher plc in May 2002, along with Castorama's own subsidiary [[Brico Dépôt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/05/15/kingfisher.castorama/ |title=Kingfisher in $4.6bn French deal |publisher=CNN |date=8 July 2002 |access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>

Some outlets have been converted or relocated under the [[Brico Dépôt]] format "DIY warehouse", based on the ''B&Q Warehouse'' fascia in the United Kingdom. In February 2009, Kingfisher sold 31 stores of Castorama in Italy to French retailer [[Leroy Merlin]].

In 1969, Christian Dubois founded in Englos, near [[Lille]], France's first large-scale (5000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>) DIY store. The rapid expansion of the chain meant that 20&nbsp;years later Castorama had 80 stores in France.<ref>{{Cite journal|language=fr-fr|author1=|title=Castorama, la réussite du castor bricoleur|periodical=deco.fr|date=2008-11-01|url=http://www.deco.fr/actualite-deco/155794-castorama-reussite-castor-bricoleur.html|access-date=2016-10-26|pages=}}</ref>

A second store opened in 1972, followed by a third in 1973. In 1975, Castorama set up shop in Plaisir (Yvelines), outside its home region.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=3 October 2016|date=22 March 2012|title=Castorama, le pionnier de la grande surface de bricolage|url=http://www.lsa-conso.fr/castorama-le-pionnier-de-la-grande-surface-de-bricolage,128909|website=lsa-conso.fr}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 1977, Castorama launched its famous slogan "Chez Casto, y a tout ce qu'il faut!", a phrase coined by Lucky Blondo and taken up two years later by Pierre Perret.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=|title=Lucky Blondo: «J'étais terrorisé sur scène»|periodical=Le Telegramme|date=2012-11-11|url=http://www.letelegramme.fr/ig/generales/regions/bretagne/lucky-blondo-j-etais-terrorise-sur-scene-11-11-2012-1902484.php|access-date=2016-10-26|pages=}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.castorama.fr/ Castorama France] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://www.castorama.pl/ Castorama Poland] {{in lang|pl}}

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[[Category:Retail companies established in 1969]]
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