Cora (large distribution)

Cora is a sign of Hypermarché, of euro-regional size, Groupe Louis Delhaize including/understanding 59 hypermarkets in France, ten in Belgium and in Luxembourg and a score of frankness in the DOM-TOM and in Eastern Europe (Hungary and Romania) (Figures 2007).

Its culture of company is decentralized, turned towards the autonomy and the responsibility for its teams.

Its positioning of sign is the quality turned towards the customer: " Cora & me: Confidence is là"

Its approach wants to be with human, local and alternative size with that of the giga-distributers.

The stores Cora belong to the Groupe Louis Delhaize. Among the other signs of this group, the supermarkets Match, cybermarché Houra.fr, the garden-centers Truffaut and the animaleries Animalis.

Shareholders: Group Louis Delhaize

History

  • In 1850, Jacques Delhaize, wine merchant, imagines and applies in Belgium the principle of the succursalism, of the sales outlets delivered by a central warehouse. One of its sons, Louis Delhaize, develops a company which is at the origin of the current group.

  • At the beginning of the 20th century, their descendants, Georges and Rene Delhaize, settles in North and Is France. The first creates the Docks of North with Lille. The second buys Sanal with Nancy and Sadal with Strasbourg.

  • In 1929, Andre Bouriez, one of the nephews of the Delhaize brothers, between in Sanal with Nancy.

  • In 1965, Andre Bourriez, brings closer the Mielle networks, Sanal, Sadal and Docks of North.

  • September 1969: opening of the first Cora hypermarket, frankness by Crossroads with Garges Gonesse.

  • 1970 - 1975: Opening of 10 stores Cora .

  • 1974 : The contract of frankness expire, the sign Cora becomes independent.

  • 1975 : Philippe Bourriez becomes president of the group

  • Of 1975 with 1985, Cora opens a hypermarket every 6 months

  • September 1989: launching of 500 signed products Cora

  • 1991 : taking into account of the environmental aspect with the creation of forty products with mark GREEN HYDRAULIC SYSTEM (biodeterioration higher than 95%).

  • 1992 : first edition of the “Schools of the desert” in collaboration with the GAO agency Travels. Each year a child of each store will leave in a country Africa to fine humanitarians (deliveries in the schools of several tons of material school).

  • 1995 : development of specific product ranges:

mowers VERCIEL bicycles OPTIM' ALP electric household appliances DOMEOS the textile IMPULSE

  • 1997 : launching of the mark ENGAGEMENT Right from the start

  • 1998 : launching of the products with NATURAL mark CORA BIO

  • 1999 : creation of the purchasing group OPERATED, in partnership with the Groupe Casino. Opera becomes the 3rd French purchasing group, in volume.

  • 2000 : launching of the products Cora dedicated to the children and animated by character KIDO.

  • 2002 : Cora offers approximately 3500 products and lance the products taking part in sustainable development as well as a product range of Soil to the mark GREEDY INHERITANCE

  • 2003 : Cora launches " Cora Voyages"

Houra

Houra is the Cybermarché of the sign Cora of the Groupe Louis Delhaize.

It ensures a parcel delivery residence assured in the department S French following: 06,13,31,33,35,38,54,57,59,60,62,67,68,69,75,77,78,83,84,91,92,93,94,95,98.

It was created in 2000, and employs 150 worker.

The site proposes: 50000 references.

External bond

  • Official site
  • Official site of the ensign Houra

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