Maxeda

Maxeda

Type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people	Tony DeNunzio, Chairman
Products	Grocery, General merchandise, financial services
Revenue	€ 3.218 Billion (2007)
Employees	18,320 (2007)
Parent	Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Website	www.maxeda.nl

Maxeda (formerly Vendex KBB) is a Dutch retail group that operates in Europe, the Middle East and Dutch dependencies in North America. It is the result of the merger of Koninklijke Bijenkorf Beheer (KBB) and Vendex. The firm is mostly known for their successful department stores. It also runs several other shop formats.

Maxeda stores

Former Department stores owned by Maxeda

• De Bijenkorf (Netherlands)

On 15 november 2010, it was announced that De Bijenkorf was sold to Wittington Investments for €290 million.

• Vroom & Dreesmann (Netherlands)

In September 2010, Vroom&Dreesman was sold to Sun European Partners - an American investment company.

• HEMA (Netherlands, Belgium and Germany)

On 20 March 2007, the company announced that it was inviting offers for the Hema chain. On 2 June 2007, HEMA Has been sold to the British investment group Lion Capital.

DIY

• Praxis (Netherlands)
• Formido (Netherlands)
• Brico (Belgium)
• Plan-it (Belgium)

Clothing

• Claudia Sträter (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany)
• M&S (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France and Spain) - to be sold
• Hunkemöller (Lingerie) (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Denmark, Curaçao, Saudi-Arabia, Bahrein, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt* and Aruba* (* coming soon) )

On 23 Nov 2010, it was announced that Maxeda sold Hunkemöller to PAI Partners.

Restaurants

• La Place (Netherlands)

Sold to Sun European Partners (see Vroom&Dreesman above)

Jewellery and watches

• Schaap & Citroen (Netherlands)

Consumer electronics

• Dixons (Netherlands)

Maxeda ITS

Maxeda IT Services, an independent IT company which focusses on the Maxeda stores. (In the past known as Vendex KBB ITS or IDETA) However they also have a wide selection of clients that are not within the Maxeda group. Since 2008, 'all emplouyees and contracts were outsourced' to Capgemini. As Capgemini Retail Solutions, a part of Capgemini Outsourcing.

External links

• Website Maxeda