Wednesday 25 April 2012

Now for something completely different...

Being a horrid wet and windy day today we decided to research partitioning materials. We were looking for a supplier of 40 x 40 'Brique Plâtrière' and not having much success.

Having seen them in Leroy Merlin we tried their web site first... Their web site search engine leaves much to be desired!!!! it pulls up everything other than what you want...

We then moved on to Brico Depot, one of our favorites, but nothing turned up...

On the next search we pulled up some interesting DIY retail information we thought worth sharing with you...





Interestingly all the above companies are part of the British Company Kingfisher plc.  a fact we did not realise!

Take the time to open each picture and if you read nothing else read the "Did you know...?" section on each one... Amazing...


4 comments:

Tim said...

I was aware that B&Q and Brico Dépôt were effectively the same company, but I didn't know about the link with Castorama and Screwfix and Kingfisher plc. Can we have Visfix over here please, Kingfisher?

Susan said...

I knew Kingfisher owned several of the big hardware chains in both France and the UK, but hadn't bothered to remember which.

The Broad said...

Now I understand why they all feel so similar!

Lesley said...

Were Kingfisher something to do with (the now defunct) Woolworths?
All interesting but difficult to keep up.