Mirage Retail Group
Founder | Jacob Blokker |
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Headquarters | |
Owner | Michiel Witteveen |
Subsidiaries | Blokker Intertoys, Bart Smit, Big Bazar, Intertoys, Leen Bakker, Marskramer, Xenos |
Website | www.blokkerholding.nl |
Blokker-store in Boxmeer
Intertoys-store in Boxmeer
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bart_Smit_-_Emmen.jpg/220px-Bart_Smit_-_Emmen.jpg)
Bart Smit-store in Emmen
Mirage Retail Group (formerly Blokker Holding) is a Dutch company that owns several chains of stores.[1]
Blokker Holding is active in twelve countries and in 2010 all the chains combined had 2825 stores. In 2015 the company had a revenue of 2.1 billion euro, of which 98 million euros from online retail.[2] Most store chains have both stores they own and stores that are franchised to other investors.
Blokker Holding has not entered the stock exchange and is privately owned by the family Blokker.[1]
Companies[]
The following companies are part of Blokker Holding:
Store chain | Founded | Branches | In the Group | Countries | Segment | Notes |
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Big Bazar | 2007 | 161 | Sinds 2007 | Netherlands, Belgiums | Homeware | Discount formula |
1896 | 413 | Netherlands, Suriname | Homeware, garden needs, multimedia, toys | Core of the Mirage Retail Group; More than 20% of the branches are franchise. Founded on 25 April 1896 in Hoorn by Jacob (the grandfather of Jaap Blokker) and Saapke Blokker. Stores in Belgium and Luxemburg were sold in February 2020 to Dirk Bron. | ||
Budget | 2012 | 42 | Netherlands | Homeware, perfumery/drugstore articles, sweets | Pull-up stores for the sell of dump and excess articles | |
1962 | 1 | since 1962 | Netherlands | Homeware | Wholesale, mostly supplying to customers in the Netherlands | |
Miniso[3] | 2019 | 2 | Since 2019 | Netherlands | Homeware | Mirage Retail Group has franchise rights for the Netherlands |
Intertoys | 1976 | 301 | Netherlands, Belgium, Germany | Toys | Sold in 2017 to Alteri Indigo Luxembourg S.À R.L. Bought back in 2019.[4] | |
176 | Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Turkey, Marocco | Toys |
Former formulas:
Name | Founded | Number of stores | Active in | Segment | Notes |
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Bart Smit | 1967 | 234 | Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg | Toys | Sold in 2017 to Alteri Indigo Luxembourg S.À R.L. who merged it into Intertoys. Intertoys was bought back. |
517 | France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy | Furniture and interior decorating | |||
2005 | 27 | Netherlands | Food and dishware | Created from a merger of Holland Handels Huis and Hoyng. These stores were closed | |
1928 | 179 | Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg | Furniture and interior decorating | ||
1940 | 206 | Netherlands | Household appliances | Sold to the Audax Groep | |
1997 | 25 | Netherlands | Household appliances | Daughter company of Marskramer, sold to the Audax Groep | |
2002 | Can be found in Marskramer, Novy and Prima stores | Netherlands | Toys | Daughter company of Marskramer, sold to the Audax Groep | |
1978 | 1 | - | - | Wholesale of Blokker Holding located in Amsterdam | |
1973 | 252 | Netherlands, Germany | Food, Household appliances, interior decorating |
Blokker Holding also operated:
- Giraffe
- Groenblok
- Holland Handels Huis
- Hoyng
- Gifts and Dreams
- Tuincentrum Overvecht
- E-Plaza
References[]
- ^ a b Winkelier Jaap Blokker regelt eigen opvolging Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, De Telegraaf, 2010-10-07
- ^ Annual report 2015
- ^ Winkelketen Miniso rukt op: Nederland gek op Aziatische 'prullaria'? RTL
- ^ "Eigenaar Blokker koopt Intertoys terug van Portugezen". 7 September 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Retail companies of the Netherlands
- Retail companies established in 1896
- Multinational companies headquartered in the Netherlands