for the buddhist monk s robe see kesa clothing . darty plc type public limited company traded as lse drty industry retail founded 1957 headquarters london united kingdom key people david newlands chairman thierry falque pierrotin ceo r gis schultz president products white and brown goods consumer electronics personal computing digital photo processing pre recorded media furniture revenue 3 656.8 million 2016 1 operating income 53.8 million 2016 1 net income 3.7 million 2016 1 website www.dartygroup.com dartybox type public industry telecommunications television and internet service provider founded 2006 headquarters paris france parent completel website www.dartybox.com darty plc formerly kesa electricals plc is a multinational electrical retailing company headquartered in london united kingdom . it is listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1957 the darty family the father and his three sons nathan marcel and bernard managed a small store of textiles . the darty brothers started to sell stock and to attract customers they left the goods on the pavement . in a few days the stock was sold . in 1967 the darty brothers transferred to a larger warehouse . in 1988 the company proceeded with the repurchase of the company by its employees through a management buyout thus showing economic and social innovation . the operation was a success since 90 % of employees took part and controlled 56 % of the capital . at the end of 1988 darty opened its hundredth store . 2 in 1993 darty was bought by kingfisher plc which integrated darty and comet in a european entity based in paris kingfisher electricals s.a. kesa . in 1999 this led to darty opening up a commercial internet site . this entity increased in size through acquisitions and at the beginning of 2003 included darty and but in france comet in the united kingdom bcc in the netherlands vanden borre in belgium and datart in the czech republic and slovakia . in 2006 darty launched dartybox which is an adsl internet television and telecommunications provider based on the network of french internet operator completel . 3 the company was demerged from kingfisher plc in july 2003 . 4 in july 2007 the company bought menaje del hogar an electrical retail chain based in spain . 5 on 6 july 2009 the company sold its swiss operation . 6 in february 2012 the company completed the sale of comet group which they sold in november 2011 to opcapita for 2 and also paid the purchaser a sweetener of 50 million to take the loss making venture away . 7 on 31 july 2012 kesa electricals was renamed darty plc. 8 in march 2014 darty launched its own marketplace developed by mirakl that lists products and services from darty and third party vendors . 9 10 in november 2015 darty plc reached an agreement to merge with the french retailer fnac . 11 in march 2016 darty announced it had instead agreed to be purchased by steinhoff international for 673 million through steinhoff s conforama subsidiary . 12 fnac returned with a higher offer resulting in a bidding war between fnac and conforama during april 2016 . 13 the fnac offer was declared unconditional on 19 july 2016 thereby allowing the takeover to be completed . 14 operations edit darty is headquartered in london . it has sourcing offices based in paris and hong kong as well as a wholly owned wholesaler of electrical accessories dacem who supply all of darty s european operations . 15 its structure is as follows darty france retailer in france ; operates 222 stores with 321 800 square metres of selling space bcc retail and e commerce in belgium and the netherlands ; operates 75 stores with 89 800 square metres of selling space vanden borre retailer in belgium ; operates 62 stores with 55 600 square metres of selling space references edit a b c preliminary results 2016 pdf . darty . retrieved 16 july 2016 . history 1988 1992 . darty . retrieved 16 july 2016 . les offres dartybox adsl soumises un an d engagement . 01 . net . retrieved 16 july 2016 . simpkins edward 14 september 2003 . kingfisher profits wiped out by kesa demerger bills . the telegraph . retrieved 18 march 2016 . kesa electricals to buy 54 unit spanish chain . city wire . 25 july 2007 . retrieved 16 july 2016 . kesa nears 11m swiss sell off . city am . 17 june 2009 . retrieved 16 july 2016 . comet electrical stores sold by kesa for 2 . bbc news . 9 november 2011 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . kesa renames itself darty as it turns in a loss . the telegraph . 20 june 2012 . retrieved 6 october 2012 . case study darty . mirakl.com . retrieved 2016 08 03 . caroline baldwin 27 july 2015 . why are retailers launching online marketplaces . essentialretail.com . retrieved 2016 08 03 . kostov nick 6 november 2015 . france s fnac and darty agree merger terms . the wall street journal . retrieved 18 march 2016 . steinhoff drops home retail bid ; buys darty . financial times . 18 march 2016 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . thomson adam ; massoudi arash 21 april 2016 . fnac and conforama trade rapid fire bids for france s darty . financial times . retrieved 22 april 2016 . groupe fnac offer for darty declared unconditional . morning star . 19 july 2016 . retrieved 25 july 2016 . group overview . darty . retrieved 16 july 2016 . external links edit official site v t e kingfisher plc divisions and subsidiaries current b & q brico d p t castorama screwfix tradepoint former kesa electricals comet group darty wegert 1 r no d p t the building box superdrug2 woolworths group3 joint ventures and shareholdings hornbach diy 21 % ko ta 50 % other european retail round table geoffrey mulcahy 1 demerged in 2003 2sold in 2001 3demerged in 2001 category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title darty & oldid 735146486 categories companies based in londoncompanies established in 1957companies listed on the london stock exchangeconsumer electronics retailers of the united kingdomelectronics companies of the united kingdomkingfisher plcmobile phone companies of the united kingdommultinational companies headquartered in the united kingdomvideo game retailers in the united kingdomhidden categories engvarb from september 2013use dmy dates from september 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran aisitalianopolskisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 18 august 2016 at 21 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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