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Kingfisher plc

Kingfisher plc
Company nameKingfisher plc
Company typePublic limited company
IndustryRetail
Founded1982
HeadquartersPaddington, City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Key peopleIan Cheshire, CEO & Daniel Bernard, Chairman
ProductsHome improvement products such as home appliances, tools, hardware, and garden supplies & plants.
Revenue£10,450 million (2011)
Operating income£704 million (2011)
Net income£491 million (2011)
Employees78,000 (2010)

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Kingfisher plc (Lse - KGF) is a multinational retailer headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the largest home improvement retailer in Europe and the third-largest in the world (behind The Home Depot and Lowe's). It has 860 stores in eight countries across Asia and Europe and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix.

It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

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Three Stocks Seeing Record Volume (SATC, KGFHY, APSG) - Benzinga Tweet this news
Benzinga---Kingfisher plc- (OTC: KGFHY) is a United Kingdom-based home improvement retailer. The company, together with its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:52:59 GMT+00:00
Home Depot looks for US growth - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--Other international chains such as Britain's -Kingfisher Plc- (KGF.L) ventured into the world's most populous country as early as the late 1990s to take ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:09:11 GMT+00:00
RETAIL CONGRESS: Kingfisher CEO: UK Market To Remain Difficult In 1H 2011 - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--BERLIN (Dow Jones)--The chief executive of -Kingfisher PLC- (KGF.LN), Europe's biggest home-improvement ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:45:15 GMT+00:00
Kingfisher Plans Bigger Online Presence as Apple's Cagni Joins - Bloomberg Tweet this news
Bloomberg---Kingfisher Plc- Chief Executive Officer Ian Cheshire said he plans a “much bigger” focus on investment in its ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:31:57 GMT+00:00
U.K.'s FTSE 100 Is Little Changed; Autonomy Drops, Anglo Rises - San Francisco Chronicle Tweet this news
San Francisco Chronicle---Kingfisher Plc- dropped 2 percent to 219.1 pence, paring yesterday's 3 percent gain. Europe's largest home-improvement retailer said second-quarter sales ... - Date : Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:46:44 GMT+00:00
Praktiker Warns Of Sales Decline,Keeps Profit Target - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--Europe's biggest home improvement retailer -Kingfisher PLC- (KGF.LN), also said Thursday it remains cautious on the outlook for consumer spending after ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:24:16 GMT+00:00
M&S hires Alan Stewart as finance director - Financial Times Tweet this news
Financial Times---...- were Nick Wharton, finance director of Halfords, Andrew Bonfield, former finance director of Cadbury, and Kevin O'Byrne, finance director of -Kingfisher-. ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:45:42 GMT+00:00
Global shift in pension fund asset allocation continues - IPE.com Tweet this news
IPE.com--“The investments will probably be mainly in high-grade corporate and sovereign debt,” notes Matt Fuller, Pensions Investment Manager at -Kingfisher plc-. ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:10:53 GMT+00:00
BP's recovery keeps FTSE 100 steady - The Press Association Tweet this news
The Press Association--In a strong session for the retail sector, Next added 30p to 2019p, B&Q owner -Kingfisher- added 2.8p to 210.6p and Burberry cheered 9.5p to 749p. ... - Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:35:48 GMT+00:00
BP Plc to face community in "town hall" hearings - Director of Finance online Tweet this news
Director of Finance online--Morning Business News, Thursday 1 July: BP, Tate & lyle, BSkyB, Lloyds Banking Group, Resolution and -Kingfisher-. BP -Plc- (LON:BP) executives could be thrust ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:17:41 GMT+00:00

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