Dacem
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Dacem is a wholesaler of electrical accessories, established in 1984. The company sources products, negotiates with suppliers, purchases products and brings them into its warehouse and afterwards sells the products, normally to electrical retailers.
Dacem is wholly owned by Darty, a European group of electrical retailers. Dacem primarily supplies its products to the retailers within the group, however it also has the capability to supply to external clients.
History
When established in 1984, Dacem was a wholly owned subsidiary of Darty, a French electrical retailer. The name "Dacem" was derived from a French acronym, which loosely translates as "Darty accessories concession & purchaser". Dacem established dedicated areas within Darty stores, primarily in the Paris region, and employed its own dedicated staff; in other stores, the accessories were presented and sold by staff from the main store.
In the early 1990s, Darty was bought by Kingfisher plc, whose store chains included B&Q, Comet and Superdrug. The board decided to leverage the purchasing expertise of its specialist accessory sourcing team, and in 1998, Dacem began supplying products to other electrical retailers within the group, including Comet. As of November 2006, Dacem are the exclusive supplier of Darty, and a key supplier of the other electrical retailers outside France.
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