E.Leclerc

E.Leclerc

Type	Cooperative
Industry	Retail
Founded	1949
Founder	Édouard Leclerc
Headquarters	Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Area served	Worldwide
Products	discount store, hypermarket, supercenter, superstore
Revenue	€ 47.3 billion (2012)
Number of employees	94,000 (2010)
Website	e-leclerc.com

Édouard Leclerc head office, 26 quai Marcel Boyer, Ivry-sur-Seine

E.Leclerc in Miranda de Ebro, Spain

E.Leclerc (informally simply Leclerc French pronunciation: ​[ləklɛʁ]) is a French cooperative society and hypermarket chain, headquartered in Ivry-sur-Seine.^[1] E.Leclerc was established on 1 January 1948 by Édouard Leclerc.^[2][3] E.Leclerc currently has more than 500 locations in France and 114 stores outside of the country, as of 2012.^[2] The chain enables semi-independent stores to operate under the Leclerc brand.

Own brand ranges come under the Marque Repère and Eco+ banners. Some larger hypermarkets have a separate entertainment/multimedia section, under the name of Espace Culturel.

History

• 1948: Edouard Leclerc opens the first self-service grocery store in Landerneau, Brittany
• 1956: Start of E.Leclerc's clothing range
• 1960: The 60th E.Leclerc opens in Issy-les-Moulineaux
• 1969: 95 supermarkets close in order to be taken over by Intermarché
• 1973 : Edouard Leclerc invented the Foire aux vins (wine fair) which it launches into its supermarkets ^[4]
• 1979: Leclerc creates SIPLEC (a petrol import organisation)
• 1985: Leclerc is the first retailer to sell jewelley within supermarkets with its 'Le Manège à Bijoux' concept.
• 1992: Leclerc opens first Spanish supermarket and starts European expansion
• 1995: Leclerc stops giving out plastic bags for free
• 2000: Leclerc opens first Slovenian hypermarket in Ljubljana on 7 June
• 2002: Leclerc creates a joint-venture with Conad in Italy
• 2007: Leclerc opens second Slovenian hypermarket in Maribor on 7 November
• 2007: Sales reach €30 billion.

Leclerc stores

E.Leclerc in Wrocław, Poland

Country	First store	Stores
France	1948	569
Poland	1994	40
Portugal	1992	20
Spain	1992	20
Réunion	-	15
Andorra	-	2
Slovenia	2000	2

References

1. "Conditions Générales d'Utilisation." E.Leclerc. Retrieved on 1 May 2011. "26, quai Marcel Boyer 94 200 Ivry-sur-Seine"
2. "Leclerc supermarket founder dies at 85". The Local. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
3. "Édouard Leclerc est décédé". Le Figaro. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
4. "Les foires aux vins ont anobli notre profession", Challenges, september 16, 2014

External links

• Official site