Kesa Electricals

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Kesa Electricals plc
Type Public (LSE: KESA)
Founded 2003
Headquarters Flag of the United Kingdom London, England, UK
Key people David Newlands Chairman
Jean-Noël Labroue CEO
Simon Herrick Finance Director
Industry Retailer
Products Brown Goods,
White goods,
Telecommunications,
Information technology,
Digital photo processing,
Pre-recorded media,
Furniture
Revenue ▲ £4,500 million GBP
(End of January 2007)[1]
Employees circa 25,000+
Website www.kesaelectricals.com

Kesa Electricals plc (LSE: KESA Euronext: KESA) is a European consumer electronics and household appliance retailing group formed in 2003 by demerger from Kingfisher plc. It is the third largest electrical group in Europe. It is dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext and is a member of the FTSE 250 index.

Kesa Electricals is based in London and owns several European retailers including Comet in the United Kingdom, and Darty in France. It also has sourcing offices based in Paris and Hong Kong, as well as a wholly owned wholesaler of electrical accessories, Dacem, who supply all of Kesa's European operations. In the year ended 31 January 2007 Kesa had turnover of £4.5 billion.

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Darty France
Retail originally in France. They own 209 stores, equalling 274,400 square metres of selling space and 10,848 employees.		 Darty Italy
Retail in Italy. They own 9 stores,

equalling 13,600 square metres of selling space and 214 employees.

 Darty Turkey
Retail in Turkey. They own 1 store which has 1,500 square metres of selling space with 58 employees.
Darty Switzerland
Retail in Switzerland. They own 3 stores, with 4,400 square metres of selling space and 114 employees.		 Comet
Retail and E-commerce in UK. They own 248 stores, with 258,900 square metres of selling space 8,544 employees.		 But
Retail in France. They also sell furniture. They own 107 stores, with 348,100 square metres of selling space and 3,755 employees.
BCC
Retail and E-commerce in Netherlands. With 42 stores, 55,800 square metres of selling space and 983 employees.		 Vanden Borre
Retail in Belgium. They own 53 stores, with 53,800 square metres of selling space and 892 employees.		 Datart
Retail in Czech Republic / Slovakia. Owning 33 stores and 33,400 square metres of selling space, with 1,125 employees.
ProLine
The name given to a bargain range of products made by KESA Electricals in Japan. The products are often inexpensive due to its own brand nature. Its rival is DSG International's Advent and Matsui brands.

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