Conad

For the former Aerospace Defense Command of the United States, see CONAD.

Conad

Native name	Consorzio Nazionale Dettaglianti
Type	Supermarket chain
Industry	Department store
Founded	Bologna, Italy (May 13, 1962 (1962-05-13))
Headquarters	Bologna, Italy
Area served	Italy, Albania, China, Kosovo, Malta, San Marino^[1]
Key people	Claudio Alibrandi, President
Operating income	10,7 Billion € in 2012
Number of employees	32000 in 2009
Divisions	2938 in Italy and 5 other countries
Website	www.conad.it

Conad (Consorzio Nazionale Dettaglianti) is an Italian retail store brand which operates one of the largest supermarket chains in Italy.^[2] Created in 1962, Conad is a cooperative system of entrepreneurs, dealing in large-scale distribution. It is structured on three levels: entrepreneur members (owners of retail outlets), cooperatives (large shopping and distribution centers), and the national consortium (a service and market-oriented body for member companies)^[3]

External links

Official Website

References

↑ La Conad oggi “sbarca” in Cina, supermercati a Shanghai e nelle province di Juangsu e Zhejiang (Italian)
↑ Board International - Caste Study: CONAD del Tirreno
↑ CONAD - Our History (Italian).

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By governance

Consumer	Cooperative federation list Cooperative wholesale society

Worker (list)	Employee ownership Workers' self-management Workers' control Workplace democracy Business and employment co-operative

Purchasing	Retailers' cooperative

Other	Social cooperative Agent-owned company

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Topics

Identity	Rochdale Principles ICA Statement on the Cooperative Identity

Political and economic theories	Co-operative economics Cooperative federalism Distributism Economic democracy Mutualism Neo-Capitalism Owenism Social enterprise Socialism Socially responsible investing Solidarity economy

Key theorists	G. D. H. Cole Charles Gide David Griffiths William King Robert Owen Friedrich Raiffeisen David Schweickart Rochdale Pioneers Beatrice Webb

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