Cdiscount
| Type of business | Limited company |
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Type of site
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E-commerce |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Bordeaux, France |
| Owner | Cnova |
| Key people | Emmanuel Grenier - CEO |
| Industry | Internet, online retailing |
| Products | Cultural, high-tech, information technology, housewares, apparel and accessories, personal care and beauty, food, children, services |
| Revenue | 1.6 billion (2013) |
| Employees | 1.300 |
| Website | cdiscount |
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Cdiscount is a French e-commerce website with a broad offer: a wide range of products including, among others, cultural goods, high-tech, IT, household appliances, personal appliances and food.
Historically Cdiscount has positioned itself as a discount online retailer. It is currently the most important French e-commerce website in terms of turnover with a growth superior to the market’s average in 2013.
Cdiscount now operates on four continents : South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Cdiscount is the e-commerce leader in France with a turnover of 1.6 billion euros in 2013.
Founded in December 1998 by three brothers, Hervé, Christophe and Nicolas Charle, Cdiscount has been a subsidiary of Casino Group since February 2000. In September 2008 Casino Group increased both its direct and indirect participation to 79,6% of the capital and adopted a new structure with a board constituted of Casino founders and representatives.
In January 2011, Casino Group bought the Charle brothers’ shares and now possess 99,6% of the capital.
In June 2014 Casino Group created Cnova, a company regrouping all of Casino’s e-commerce activity. Cnova is a major global player and includes Cdiscount.com websites in France, Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand, Vietnam, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon and Belgium, and Nova Pontocom's websites in Brazil.
In October 2014, Cdiscount continues its internationalization with the opening of cdiscount.com.br in Brazil, with the support of Cnova Brasil.
Cdiscount.com is an online retailer for goods and services. Its range is structured around 40 stores organised in categories: cultural goods, high-tech, IT, household appliances, and personal appliances (games, toys…). In order to grow further Cdiscount has incorporated high-potential goods and services under their banner (financing, insurance, travel, wine, mobile phone subscription…).
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