BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. (BİM for short) is a Turkish retail company, known for offering a limited range of basic food items and consumer goods at competitive prices. Bim were the pioneers of this discount store model in Turkey.
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| Company type | Anonim Şirket |
|---|---|
| BİST: BIMAS | |
| Industry | Discount store |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 7438 shops (Turkey)[1] 628 shops (Morocco)[2] 320 shops (Egypt)[3] |
Area served | Turkey - Morocco - Egypt |
Key people | Mustafa Latif Topbaş (Chairman) |
| Products | Basic food items and consumer goods |
 ₺20.072 million (2016)[4] | |
Number of employees | 37,439 (2016)[5] |
| Subsidiaries | File |
| Website | bim |
Business and activities edit
Bim A.Ş. was founded in 1995[6] by a group of investors around Cuneyd Zapsu. Zapsu sold his shares to the investment bank Merrill Lynch in 2000. Today, the main shareholder is Mustafa Latif Topbaş.[7] At the beginning BİM had only 21 stores, but it expanded thoroughly and by the end of 2015 it counted 4972[8] and 2019, 7438 stores [6] by the third quarter of 2021, the company operated 10.330 stores. BİM does not offer franchises, all stores are owned and operated by the company itself,[9] and they are viewed as a competition to the many independent neighborhood stores. The business model is inspired by the German discounter ALDI.[7]
It also operates 687 stores in Morocco[6] and 300 in Egypt.[6] In 2005 44.12% of its shares were offered to the public.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Bim".
- ^ "Bim".
- ^ "Bim".
- ^ "Report" (PDF). www.bim.com.tr. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ^ "Şirket çalışanlarının sayısı" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d "Bim A.Ş. > Welcome..." english.bim.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ a b "BIM rings the changes for Turkey's shoppers". www.ft.com. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ BİM Records Growth Of 21% For 2015European Supermarket Magazine Retrieved 2016-03-13
- ^ "Bim A.Ş. | Frequently Asked Questions". english.bim.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2014-06-29.