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Eco-responsibility, an increasingly important purchasing criterion for ADEO retail brands
Alinea plans to take over Zôdio to form a single brand
Kozikaza, a 3D platform for imagining all your home projects
Our reports and documents
Solidarity at the heart of our actions
Solidarity is one of our values and is expressed in all our Companies. In relation to the war in Ukraine, we were able to demonstrate the strength of our…
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Overview ADEO 2023
Discover our Overview 2023, a detailed overview of our business, including our key figures for 2023, our brands, our vision, our international presence, our organisational structure and our strategy as…
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2023 Extra-Financial Performance Declaration
ADEO's mission is "We make home a positive place to live", and we believe that becoming a positive-impacts company is essential to the long-term future of our business and the…
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ADEO 2023 vigilance plan
The ADEO 2023 Vigilance Plan plan aims to identify and prevent the risks of serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the health and safety of individuals and the…
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Due to a medical reason, Philippe Zimmermann hands over the reins to Thomas Bouret as ADEO Chief Executive Officer
With the support of shareholder AFM, Thomas Bouret will succeed Philippe Zimmermann as Chief Executive Officer of the ADEO Group from 1 January 2024. Philippe Zimmermann will take over as…
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Alinea plans to take over Zôdio to form a single brand
Just over 15 years after creating Zôdio, ADEO considers selling the company to Alinea. The aim of this merger project of two companies which operate in the same shareholder…
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Overview ADEO 2022
An overview of ADEO and its companies in 2022
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2022 environmental and human performance declaration
The Environmental and Human Performance Declaration is structured around two key areas: human development and home improvement. It sets out our commitments and achievements in support of our raison d'être,…
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ADEO publishes its 2022 vigilance plan
In alignment with French law no. 2017-399 of 27 March 2017 on the duty of care of parent companies and ordering companies, ADEO is publishing its vigilance plan for the…
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ADEO entrusts Agathe Monpays the General Management of Leroy Merlin France
Agathe Monpays succède à Thomas Bouret, qui rejoint le comité de direction d’ADEO.
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Getting to know Adeo better
Sharing is at the heart of our culture
Making our solutions for a positive home accessible
Making our homes positive places to live
Our DNA: sharing
Offer products with positive impacts
The ADEO platform, a unique model
110,000 Leaders of a Positive Future
Safety First
For positive human and environmental impacts
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ADEO retail brands
Leroy Merlin
With Leroy Merlin, we help inhabitants around the world with all their home improvement projects, from renovations and extensions, to decoration and repairs… We offer a wide range of DIY and professional solutions that cover plumbing, lighting, heating, electricity, sanitation, security, cooking, gardening and much more.
M: THE PROFESSIONAL BRAND
With Bricoman, Obramat, Obramax and Tecnomat, we offer building materials, equipment, professional tools, services and advice to help professionals carry out home improvement projects for their customers.
Weldom
With Weldom and our powerful network of local stores in France, we are committed to providing a solution for every DIY need – because replacing will never be as economical or environmentally-responsible as repairing, maintaining and improving.
Saint Maclou
With Saint Maclou, our brand specialising in the sale and installation of floor coverings in France, we help inhabitants to choose and carry out their projects through a dedicated offer and a network of artisans and fitters.
Bricocenter
With Bricocenter, we make DIY easier for everyone by offering all the essential products, in conveniently located outlets staffed by versatile teams with local knowledge and extensive expertise. For inhabitant, our local stores in Italy are synonymous with time savings, ease of purchase and service quality.
Kbane
With Kbane, we offer sustainable and efficient solutions to optimise your comfort by saving energy. Humanity is living through a major environmental disruption with a growing scarcity of our resources. Housing is a major energy consumer. Heating is becoming increasingly expensive. This has a strong impact on the purchasing power of inhabitants. Improving the energy efficiency of housing is therefore a real challenge of our time.
Naterial
The brand for outdoor living, create, organise, decorate and make the most of all your outdoor spaces (gardens, patios, courtyards, balconies…).
Isoxa
The specialist brand for external doors and windows. Improve your thermal and acoustic protection while feeling safe and secure in your home.
Artens
The product brand that provides floor and wall coverings as well as solutions for all door and window openings, you can be sure of both a decorative and durable result.
Dexter
The brand of tools necessary for all work around the home, carry out your jobs with maximum comfort, ease and safety.
Luxens
The brand for paint, decorating, stain and varnish products, maintain, embellish and decorate inside and outside.
Inspire
The inspirational decorating brand that allows you to personalise and harmonise your entire home. Get inspired and create an interior you feel good in, a place you are proud of.
Delinia
The kitchen equipment brand that adapts to your tastes and needs, design your kitchen the way you want it.
Equation
The trusted brand for heating, air-conditioning and water treatment equipment, make your home comfortable, healthy and safe while saving energy.
Sensea
The brand for bathroom and toilet fittings, you can make the most of your space according to your needs.
Lexman
The brand for electrical, power supply and control devices, you can enjoy a safe, reliable and efficient system in your home.
Sterwins
The brand of ergonomic and reliable electric tools, maintain your garden in a simple and efficient way.
Spaceo
The brand for storage solutions, be inspired and find ideas and practical and aesthetic solutions to store everything in your home.
Standers
The hardware brand, find practical solutions that can be used in your home.
Axton
The Brand for products which enable me to carry out my DIY works. Thanks to these products you can insulate, waterproof, fix, glue, treat, protect and clean.
Geolia
The gardening equipment brand, maintain and care for your plants and cultivate your garden easily, season after season, in complete safety and while protecting nature.
We are the leading player for a positive home in the world
ADEO in the world6
RETAIL BRANDS
for the positive home,
that represent a unique combination worldwide
7
MARKETPLACES
offering a wider choice of products
for home improvement
1 MILLION
PARTNERS
who we work with worldwide to make the home a more positive to live
110 000
ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERS
free to act in order to be useful to ourselves, to others and to the world
1000
POINTS
OF SALE
anchored in territories
in close proximity to inhabitants
505
MILLION CUSTOMERS SERVED
who we support
in accomplishing their projects for the home
21
COUNTRIES
where we help inhabitants
in making their home projects become a reality
A century of positive stories
The beginning of a long family story
In 1921, Adolphe Leroy senior opens the first “Stock Américain” in France, selling American surplus goods, in the county of Pas-de-Calais. At the time, the “Stock Américain” stores offer all manner of materials, directly to private individuals, to build and improve their homes. In the natural course of family affairs, Adolphe hands over the reins to his son, also named Adolphe Leroy, and his daughter-in-law, Rose Merlin.
Inventing a model
The company flourishes throughout the region in the north of France. Adolphe and Rose launch mail order sales and publish their first catalogue presenting the products and enabling them to achieve half their revenues. The business experiences a period of prosperity and continues to create jobs, becoming an example for all. From this point on, Adolphe Leroy emerges as a key player in the life of the town of Noeux-les-Mines. The company employs around fifty people and is running at full throttle.
Rebuilding the company
During World War II, the company maintains a minimum activity building chalets. Like the rest of the country at this time, the company is surviving as though on hold. Upon liberation, in September 1944, Adolphe finds himself in a similar situation to that of his father in 1919 and must rebuild. It’s the start of the ‘Glorious Thirty’ (1945-1975) and Adolphe Leroy is determined to help rebuild the country. He acquires new goods and opens three new stores. He now sells complete homes: the company is off to a new start.
Developing the business
In the early 1950’s, the products, mostly paint, are marketed under the company’s brand name “Stock Américain”. This option, quite original for its time, confirms the distinctiveness of a name. Following on from this, the company functions in two ways in terms of procurement: the purchase of goods by batch, the method favoured by Adolphe, but also through a range of permanent, own-brand goods. In 1958, our companies begin their national expansion by opening stores in Longueau, in Bruay la Buissière and in Merlimont.
Transforming the model
With the baby-boom, France needs more housing. The first supermarkets open, retail is changing. It’s a time of pleasure and leisure: consumerism explodes. A new era, a new name! The sons of Adolphe and Rose rename the company and the Leroy Merlin brand is born. Kitchenware, DIY, household appliances, home goods: Leroy Merlin sells “everything under the same roof” and launches a new concept: the self-service. It continues to focus on price, choice and service. To broaden its customer-base to include families, the retail brand launches its first slogan:
“L’Enchanteur Leroy Merlin” (Leroy Merlin the Enchanter)
Opening up to new horizons
Leroy Merlin is tremendously popular. Each store opening is a veritable event for the population. But as times gradually change at the end of the “Glorious Thirty”, societal problems emerge in the country and the Leroy brothers seek a new partner.
In 1979, AFM (Association Familiale Mulliez) buys into the company’s capital for 50% before its total acquisition in 1980
Sharing a culture
It’s a time of globalisation, Leroy Merlin adapts and simplifies its ranges, and focuses on DIY, home improvement and decorating for all.
It is also a time of sharing.
Having introduced profit sharing and the progress bonus, employees become company shareholders in 1986 with Valaction, to become Valadeo in 2007. They participate in and share its benefits (Ownership) and in particular they share together the Will, the Knowledge and the Ability.
Sharing becomes a genuine company culture.
Committing to a common future
Now well established on the decorating and home improvement market, Leroy Merlin is the first company to launch an unprecedented initiative: Vision. Employees are invited to imagine the future of the company in 10 years, a co-construction dynamic and a new participatory management style are established. The stores reinvent themselves, customer-listening is introduced and new services emerge: goods pick-up, telephone assistance, the ‘Carte Maison’ loyalty card.
At the same time, Leroy Merlin becomes a federation of independent companies and embarks upon its international development with the opening, in 1989, of an initial store in Spain and the acquisition of the Belgian retail brand Bricoman.
Offering our solutions to all
The Leroy Merlin Group continues its expansion by opening stores in Russia, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Greece and China.
In 2004, Obramat in Spain, Bricocenter in Italy, Aki in Spain and Portugal and Weldom in France all join the Group. In 2007, the Leroy Merlin Group becomes ADEO, which means “moving towards” in Latin, to better reflect the diversity of its activities and its ambition. ADEO still continues to grow through the acquisition of 60 Castorama stores in Italy.
Moving towards omnichannel
In a society where social networks and e-commerce are soaring, becoming accessible and demonstrating real usefulness, ADEO resolutely decides to transform itself into a omnichannel and collaborative group. From “everything under the same roof” to “everything under the same finger”, the new nascent model combines physical and digital formats.
In 2017, as the no.1 player in Europe and no.3 on the international stage, ADEO pursues its new course and opens up to its ecosystems to build the Worldwide Platform for a Positive Home “Useful to ourselves, to others and to the world” and offers comprehensive solutions to inhabitants, from the product to its installation.
Reinventing itself faced with the world's challenges
Improving the place we live is an extraordinary mission. ADEO’s desire is to act with responsibility, by contributing to a better human, economic and environmental balance, by being USEFUL to inhabitants around the world. ADEO is committed to homes, neighbourhoods, cities, a Planet, that are more respectful and better-suited to the needs of inhabitants. This home, in order to be useful to the world, must be positive, which means more frugal in energy and water, healthier, with products from sustainable resources and manufactured in respect of people in an environmentally friendly manner. The inclusion of the positive dimension in all the company’s actions is embodied by the “We Make It Positive" initiative, which involves the entire ADEO ecosystem (employees, customers, suppliers, partners, associations, etc.) on the path to more sustainable solutions.