Les Mousquetaires

Les Mousquetaires ( The Musketeers ) is the umbrella brand of the French group ITM Entreprises SA based in Bondoufle, department Essonne consisting of several legally independent retail businesses. The most common sales line is intermarché. ITM is the second largest retail chain in France.

The group belongs to the international purchasing co Alidis / Agenor (sitting Geneva ), at the further Spanish Grupo Eroski and (since 2005), the German Edeka each hold one-third.

1997 ITM Entreprises S. A. through its Swiss subsidiary Intercontessa AG majority shareholder in the German SPAR Handels AG. The result was the No. 1 in European food trade and a strategic realignment of savings followed. Saving focused on small and medium-sized retail space, 74 large Interspar hypermarkets were cast and reflagged 1999 Euro Spar, since 2000 in Inter Marché. With ITM savings made ​​for the central purchasing the Swiss AG Agenor. 2005 ITM sole owner of the reorganized SPAR Handelsgesellschaft mbH. The 1073 net outlets of both net - chains were sold to the parent company ITM 2004 and thus remained within the company group. As of September 12, 2005 sold ITM savings and the German Netto Marken-Discount ( Net South) and 25 % of net north to the Edeka Zentrale AG.

Distribution Lines

Intermarket

Approximately 2,000 hypermarkets in France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Poland; in Bosnia, Romania and Serbia under the name Interex. Founded in 1969, Inter Marché was the first operating under the umbrella brand Les Mousquetaires companies. Intermarket is operated by the E. Leclerc chain and supplied by the members of the Edeka savings.

Ecomarché

Similarly, Inter Marché, but settled for small and mainly rural.

Restaumarché

A restaurant chain founded in 1980, which are primarily located in shopping malls of the group. Currently, about 75 restaurants sold 4.2 million meals in 2005.

Le Relais des Mousquetaires

Convenience stores with goods for daily needs in rural areas established in 1989.

Net

Hard discounters with 413 stores.

Bricomarché

Founded in 1989, about 500 furnishing and DIY stores with garden centers and pet food divisions in Poland, Portugal, Belgium and France are operated under this brand.

Logimarché

Approximately 60 smaller hardware stores, founded in rural regions of France in 1998. Are converted to the time Bricomarché.

Veti

Approximately 160 fashion stores ( including 9 in Portugal, the rest of France), distribute various fashion labels and own brands.

Roady

Over 100 combined car workshops and car accessories shops in France, mostly located at shopping centers in the group.