Hornbach (hypermarket)
For the town, see Hornbach.
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| Industry | Retail (Home Improvement) |
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| Founded | 1877 |
| Headquarters |
Neustadt an der Weinstraße/ Bornheim, Germany |
Key people |
Albrecht Hornbach/ Steffen Hornbach |
| Products | Home improvement products such as home appliances, tools, household hardware, and garden supplies & plants. |
Number of employees | 12,710 (2008) |
| Slogan | "Es gibt immer was zu tun." |
| Website | www.hornbach.com |
Hornbach activities
A Hornbach store
Hornbach is a German DIY-store chain offering home improvement and do-it-yourself goods. It is 21% owned by Kingfisher plc, a UK company, who also own the B&Q and Castorama DIY chains.
In the full fiscal-year 2007/2008 the net profit slumped 24% to 48 Mio. € after the company spent more on advertising and new stores.[1]
History
In the 1960s, the Wilhelm Hornbach OHG was in a bad state so grandson Otmar Hornbach launched the idea of a do-it-yourself home improvement store after a visit to the United States. The business was filed on the stock exchange in 1987 and was expanded to a chain of 144 stores.
Otmar Hornbach died on 2 August 2014.[2]
Hornbach in Europe
| Country | First store | Number of stores |
 Germany | 1968 | 91 |
 Austria | 1996 | 11 |
 Netherlands | 1997 | 10 |
 Luxembourg | 1998 | 1 |
 Switzerland | 2002 | 6 |
 Czech Republic | 1998 | 8 |
 Sweden | 2003 | 5 |
 Slovakia | 2004 | 3 |
 Romania | 2007 | 5 |
External links
Media
- Portrait of Albrecht Hornbach at the Wayback Machine (archived April 13, 2012)
References
- ↑ Hornbach Holdings sees full-year operating earnings growing faster than sales AFX News
- ↑ Bouwmarktpionier Otmar Hornbach (84) overleden: hij leerde Duitsland doe-het-zelf - Z24 (Dutch)
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