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| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1993 in Enkhuizen, Netherlands |
| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
Number of locations | 2,501 stores worldwide[1] (2023) |
Areas served | Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Slovakia |
Key people | Adrian Bellamy |
| Revenue | €8.9 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | ~80,000 (2023) |
| Website | action.com |
Action is a Dutch international discount store-chain. Owned by different owners like 3i and eurofund V. It sells low budget, non-food and some food products with long shelf lives. Action operates stores in eleven countries — Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy and since 2022 in Spain and 2023 Slovakia. As of 2023, Action is operating more than 2,300 stores and employing over 80,000 employees.[2] In 2013, Action had a revenue of just over a billion euros, which was a 14% rise compared to 2012 when they had a revenue of 873 million euros.[3]
History
Action was founded by Gerard Deen and Rob Wagemaker, who were later joined by Boris Deen. They opened their first store in 1993 in Enkhuizen and started expanding by founding new stores that same year. In 2002, they had 94 stores; in 2005, the first store was opened in Belgium, in Rijkevorsel; and, in 2009, they opened their first store in Germany. In 2012, the company had 300 stores and opened its first store in France. In 2014, Action opened its 500th store. It continued growing exponentially. In 2021, there are more than 1,800 stores across Europe. In 2023 they opened their 2500th store[4]
References
- ↑ "Stores | Action.com". www.action.com.
- ↑ "Action continued to experience strong growth in 2022". 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ↑ "Jaaromzet Action boven miljard euro". nieuws.nl (in Dutch). February 15, 2014. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Map of locations" (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 June 2017.