Darty, founded in 1957 by the Darty family in France, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK-based KESA Electricals Plc specialising in Electrical retailing. The company has different operations across Europe, the original being in France and now in three other countries (in conjunction with KESA), Turkey, Italy, Switzerland and Spain.
In France and Luxembourg Darty owns 209 stores, making it the second largest retailer of the KESA Group (the...
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Darty, founded in 1957 by the Darty family in France, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK-based KESA Electricals Plc specialising in Electrical retailing. The company has different operations across Europe, the original being in France and now in three other countries (in conjunction with KESA), Turkey, Italy, Switzerland and Spain.
In France and Luxembourg Darty owns 209 stores, making it the second largest retailer of the KESA Group (the first is Comet with 248 stores). These 209 stores equal 274,400 square metres of selling space. At the end of 2006, Darty had 10,848 employees.
Darty is the leader of specialized distribution of electronic products for the general public in France. Another of their slogans is to satisfy 100% of the customers. Darty France also provides a repair service guarantee, that if a product is broken in the first one or two years (depending on the product) Darty will fix it.
In 1957, the Darty family — the father and his three sons, Nathan, Marcel and...
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