Kingfisher plc
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Kingfisher plc Company Profile

Kingfisher is a big fish in do-it-yourself (DIY) retail. Europe's leading home improvement retail group and the third-largest in the world, Kingfisher operates more than 950 home improvement stores in eight countries in Europe and Asia. The company's DIY portfolio includes: B&Q stores in the UK, Ireland, and China; and Castorama and Brico Dépôt in France, Poland, and Russia. Kingfisher's other DIY stores include Brico Dépôt in Spain, and 50%-owned Koçtas in Turkey. Its Screwfix business is the UK's largest direct and online supplier of tools to the trade. Economic gloom and weak sales in its home market have led Kingfisher to seek growth beyond Britian.