Euronics
International electrical retail group
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::summary International electrical retail group ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Euronics International Ltd. |
| type | Private Ltd. |
| industry | Retail |
| founded | |
| hq_location_city | Amsterdam |
| hq_location_country | Netherlands |
| num_locations | 11,000 outlets |
| num_locations_year | 2016 |
| area_served | Worldwide |
| products | White goods, brown/black goods, telecommunications, information technology |
| revenue | |
| num_employees | 50,000 staff |
| num_employees_year | 2016 |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Euronics International Ltd. | logo = | type = Private Ltd. | industry = Retail | founded = | hq_location_city = Amsterdam | hq_location_country = Netherlands | num_locations = 11,000 outlets | num_locations_year = 2016 | area_served = Worldwide | products = White goods, brown/black goods, telecommunications, information technology | revenue = | num_employees = 50,000 staff | num_employees_year = 2016 | website =
Euronics International Ltd. is an international association of over 11,000 independent electrical retailers in 37 countries. It functions as a leading international electrical retail group on behalf of its members, and is based in Amsterdam. It operates as a European Economic Interest Grouping entity (an EEIG) meaning that all stores are independent sellers.
History
Euronics International was founded in 1990 by five national groups from Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. The groups realized at the time that they had to react to the structural changes brought about by globalization to remain competitive. At the same time they would preserve the advantages of specialising in the trade of mainly electronics by maintaining qualified employees, specialist knowledge and personal customer service.
The five groups formed an EEIG in order to have the flexibility of having separate businesses, as well as each business having local knowledge of their area, but the buying power and branding involved with having a single entity.
National organisations
The list of national organizations belonging to Euronics International Ltd. currently are:
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| Country | Company name | Brands(s) | Branches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Euronics Austria reg. Genossenschaft m.b.H. | Euronics XXL, Red Zac, Partner of Euronics | 234 |
| Bahrain | Sharaf DG (sublicensed from UAE) | see United Arab Emirates below | |
| Belgium | Euronics Belgium cvba | Selexion, Selexion Clix, Euronics, Top Camera | 386 |
| Cyprus | Seios SYN.P.E.(sublicensed from Greece) | Euronics | 2 |
| Czech Republic | Euronics ČR | Euronics | 166 |
| Denmark | El-Salg | El-Salg | 212 |
| Egypt | Sharaf DG (sublicensed from UAE) | see United Arab Emirates below | |
| Estonia | Euronics Baltic Ltd. | Euronics | 16 |
| Finland | Kauppiasosuuskunta Tekniset | Euronics, Tekniset | 63 |
| France | Euronics France | Euronics, Euronics City, Gitem, Boulanger | 444 |
| Germany | Euronics Deutschland e.G. | Euronics, Euronics XXL, Media@home | 1,768 |
| Greece | Seios SYN.P.E. | Euronics | 159 |
| Hungary | Vöröskő Kft. | Euronics | 118 |
| Ireland | Electrobuy Ltd. | Euronics | 47 |
| Italy | Euronics Italia S.p.A. | Euronics, Euronics XXL, Euronics Point, Euronics City | 595 |
| Kazakhstan | Arena S LLP | see United Arab Emirates below | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Arena S LLP | see United Arab Emirates below | |
| Latvia | Euronics Baltic Ltd. (sublicensed from Estonia) | Euronics | 7 |
| Lithuania | TC prekyba, JSC (sublicensed from Estonia) | Euronics, Topo Centras | 34 |
| Luxembourg | (Sublicensed from Belgium) | Selexion, Selexion Clix | 5 |
| Moldova | (Sublicensed from Ukraine) | Foxmart | 4 |
| Netherlands | United Holding B.V. | Euronics, Electro World, CombiFoto, ElektroVakman, Audio-Video Specialist, Witgoed specialist | 417 |
| Norway | Elon Norge | Elon | 66 |
| Oman | Sharaf DG (sublicensed from UAE) | see United Arab Emirates below | |
| Poland | Mediaexpert Sp. z o.o. | Media Expert | 355 |
| Portugal | Associação dos Agentes Autorizados | Euronics | 116 |
| Russia | Expert Retail | Euronics, Expert | 397 |
| San Marino | (Sublicensed from Italy) | Euronics | 1 |
| Slovakia | Euronics SK | Euronics | 57 |
| Spain | Sinersis | Tien 21, Confort Electrodomesticos | 348 |
| Spain | Sinersis | Tien21, Milar, Confort Electrodomesticos, Ivarte | 1,583 |
| Spain | Consorcio Euronics Espana, A.I.E. | Euronics | 1,244 |
| Sweden | Elon Elkedjan Logistic AB | ELON, Elkedjan | 430 |
| Sweden | Euronics Sverige | Euronics | 88 |
| Switzerland | EURONICS Schweiz AG | Euronics, IF Interfunk, Media@home | 219 |
| Tunisia | (Sublicensed from France) | Euronics | 1 |
| Turkey | Teknosa | Teknosa | 292 |
| Ukraine | Foxtrot Home Appliances | Foxtrot | 224 |
| United Arab Emirates | Sharaf DG (sublicensed from UAE) | There are currently 33 Sharaf DG stores in total | |
| United Arab Emirates | Akcell Electronics Trading LLC (sublicensed from UAE) | There are currently 1 branch Akcell Electronics Trading LLC in total | |
| United Kingdom | Combined Independents (Holdings) Ltd. | Euronics | 600+ |
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Euronics in Italy
Euronics Italia SpA represents Euronics International's second largest shareholder by turnover, second only to Germany. It is one of the largest groups in the distribution of household appliances and consumer electronics. Euronics Italia was formed in September 1999 from the GET brand, established in 1972, when the demand for household appliances, color televisions and hi-fi systems became increasingly significant.
The members of Euronics Italia
Euronics Italia SpA is a group made up of 11 members distributed throughout Italy, including a total of 420 stores as of March 2018.
- Bruno SpA
- Butali SpA
- Castoldi Srl (which was admitted to the group in November 2018 by the Court of Monza to compensate creditors after an agreement was found with the company Binova, a subsidiary of the Nova consumer electronics group, this led to Euronics Italia taking over ten stores)
- Dimo SpA
- Galimberti SpA (which requested to join Euronics Italia as part of bankruptcy measures decided with the bankruptcy court of Milan in February 2018, providing for the closure of 11 stores, the maintenance of 11 stores as part of Euronics Italia and the sale of 6)
- The Via Lattea SpA
- Nova SpA
- Rimep SpA
- SIEM SpA
- Tufano SpA
- Binova
Diversification of brands
Euronics is represented in Italy by four brands: ::data[format=table]
| Brand | Quantity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Euronics | 237 | Large retail outlets, mainly located in shopping centers. |
| Euronics City | 39 | The first in Europe to experiment with this format, they are medium sized outlets mainly located in urban centers. |
| Euronics Point | 126 | Smaller stores, located in medium to small lots, often in urban areas in each province. |
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Turnover in Italy
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| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 1.65 |
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Euronics in the Baltics
Euronics entered the Estonian market in 2003 and is now represented by 19 stores. There are 6 Euronics stores in Latvia and 4 in Lithuania. There are a total of 29 Euronics brand stores operating in the Baltics.
The chain of Euronics stores also includes PlussMiinus stores, of which there is one in Estonia.
Euronics in Norway
Euronics Norge AS is originally a Norwegian company headquartered in Fredrikstad. On January 1, 2016, Euronics Norge AS formally became a subsidiary of Swedish Elon Group AB.
The company operates consumer electronics and home appliances sales through 50 stores in Norway as of October 2018.
In January 2019, Euronics Norge changed its name to Elon.
Euronics in Finland
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Euronics_Klaukkala_.jpg" caption="Viiri shopping center]] in [[Klaukkala]], [[Finland"] ::
Euronics in Finland is managed by the Merchant Cooperative Tekniset (Kauppiasosuuskunta Tekniset). There are almost 60 Euronics and Technical stores in Finland.
Evolution of the logo
::data[format=table] | [[File:Euronics logo (cropped).png|alt=|center|frameless]] | [[File:Euronics-logo.png|alt=|frameless]] | Logo used from 1999 until April 2018 | Logo used from the 23rd of April 2018 | |---|---|---|---| ::
References
References
- (2015). "Euronics Press release".
- (2014-07-27). "Euronics International - Groupement européen d'intérêt économique / GEIE - Europe's largest buying group for consumer electronics".
- (2013-09-05). "Euronics International - History - Europe's largest buying group for consumer electronics".
- (2014-07-27). "Euronics International - Stores - Europe's largest buying group for consumer electronics".
- (2012-08-07). "Euronics International - National Organisations - Europe's largest buying group for consumer electronics".
- "Euronics Cégtörténet".
- "About Sharaf DG – Sharaf DG UAE".
- "Akcell Electronics Trading LLC – HP Laptop UAE".
- "Chi siamo {{!}} Euronics".
- (8 November 2018). "Il Corriere della Sera".
- (14 February 2018). "Galimberti finds an agreement with creditors, meeting with Filmacs Cgil". www2.filcams.cgil.it.
- (2010-09-30). "Parte Euronics City, insegna di città".
- "Ettevõttest".
- (2016-05-31). "SAMME KJEDE I SVENSK KONSERN".
- (2018-10-25). "Euronics changes its name to Elon". Nettavisen.
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