Obi Fc OOO (Russia)

OBI is an international company engaged in retail trade in building products range. Founder is Manfred Maus. Chairman of the Board - Sergio Dzhiroldi. Chain of stores selling household goods and building OBI (format DIY - Do-It-Yourself, or "DIY") consists of more than 500 stores in different countries, some of whom worked on the franchise. In France, commercial enterprises under this name since 2003 belong to the network Leroy Merlin. Number of employees - 37 thousand people. OBI stores operate in 12 countries: in Germany (since 1970), Italy (since 1993), Hungary (1994), Austria (since 1995), the Czech Republic (since 1995), in Poland (1997), Slovenia (since 1998), Switzerland (since 1999), Russia (since 2003), Bosnia-and-Herzegovina (since 2003), Croatia (from 2006) in Ukraine (since 2008). The first OBI store opened in Russia November 20, 2003 in the Mega shopping malls in Moscow. Today in Russia operate seventeen stores, five - in St. Petersburg, six - in Moscow and Moscow region, two - in Nizhny Novgorod, two - in Yekaterinburg, one in Omsk, Kazan, Volgograd, Krasnodar. All stores are located in Moscow, have non-stop operation. OBI in Omsk is the largest store of OBI in the world. Also, the store in Omsk, holds the record speed of construction (less than a year), including stores OBI.