Peter Verveen

Koninklijke Vendex KBB NV is one of the leading non-food retailer in the Netherlands, and is expanding abroad with various shop formats. The company is active in seven countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, France and Spain. Vendex KBB incorporates fifteen shop formats, with a total of almost 1,800 stores. The group was formed from Magazijn de Bijenkorf, which was founded in 1870, and Vroom & Dreesmann, which was founded in 1887. Over the years, both of these Amsterdam-based companies developed into leading players in the Dutch retail sector.

Maxeda BV provides non-food retail services in Europe. The firm operates around 1600 department stores, and variety and specialty stores under Brico, de Bijenkorf, Claudia Strater, Dixons, Dynabyte, Formido, HEMA, Hunkemoller, and Praxis names. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.