Peter van Bakkum

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.