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60 Years of History

60years

  
1956 :: Advertisement for JUNKER + RUH <> at the corner of Panepistimiou and Santaroza Street in 1956. Private Collection
1959 :: Photo from the past with the famous greek actor D. HORN with Radio ERRES pick in 1959. Private collection
1978 :: Foreign advertisement for TELEFUNKEN radios.
1982 :: Advertisement for GENERAL ELECTRIC dishwashers.
1990 :: Advertisement for TELEFUNKEN products.
2002 :: First catalogue for IKEA products distributed in Greece.

 

1950-1959:


1950: Establishment of the company A. FOURLIS & CO O.E. – Import of radios and other electrical appliances and exclusive representation of the famous firm JUNKER + RUH’s goods (cooking hoods, air heaters, cookers etc.)
1957: Exclusive representation of LINDE refrigerators, ERRESS radios and SABA refrigerators

1960-1969:


1960: Establishment of the Thessaloniki branch
1965: Exclusive representation of American cooking hoods (AIR KING, FASCO, EMERSON ELECTRIC & BROAN etc.)
1966: Distribution of PHILCO washing machines
1967: Assembly and sales of R.C.A. & WESTINGHOUSE television sets
1968: The company is converted into a Societé Anonyme and is renamed FOURLIS BROS A.E.B.E.

1970-1979:


General representation of GENERAL ELECTRIC home appliances – assembly and trade of TELEFUNKEN television sets


1980-1990:


1981: The Company FOURLIS BROS A.E.B.E. ranks among the leading companies in the market for home electrical appliances
1982: Exclusive representation of NEFF home appliances
1988: Initial Public Offering on the Athens Stock Exchange

1990-1999:


1993: Acquisition of 51% of P. KOTSOVOLOS A.E.B.E.
1994: Distribution of MOTOROLA mobile telephony products
1995: Establishment of GENCO ROMANIA

Establishment of GENCO BULGARIA
1999: Franchise agreement with IKEA & INTERSPORT

2000-2009:


2000: Exclusive distribution of SAMSUNG products.
  Establishment of FOURLIS TRADE A.E.B.E.
2001: First IKEA store in Greece opens at Pylaia Thessaloniki

The first 14 INTERSPORT stores open in Greece
2004: First IKEA Athens store opens at the E. Venizelos Airport

First INTERSPORT store opens in Romania
2006: First INTERSPORT store opens in Bulgaria

Establishment of SERVICE ONE
2007: First IKEA store opens in Cyprus
2008: Establishment of TRADE LOGISTICS

IKEA second store opens in Athens (Kifisos)
2009: IKEA store opens in Larissa

 

2010- ...:


2010: IKEA store opens in Ioannina
2011: Purchase of retail store network of INTERSPORT in Turkey
 

Franchise agreement with NEW LOOK for the development of store network in Bulgaria and Romania

 
 

  The first 4 NEW LOOK stores open in Romania

 
 

  IKEA store opens in Sofia Bulgaria

 
1956 :: The first truck of A. FOURLIS & CO OE with the logo of JUNKER + RUH products in 1956. Private collection.
1966 :: Advertisement for RCA televisions, 1966. I.M.T.I.I.E. Archive (Ιnstitute for the study of local history & the history of business.
1950 :: Advertisement for GENERAL ELECTRIC in decade 1950s.
1991 :: Advertisement featuring the new logo and the main brand names that the company distributed in Greece, 1991.
1990 :: Advertisement for NEFF products in 1990.
External view of an INTERSPORT store.

2002 :: Advertisement of SAMSUNG air –condition. 2002 :: Advertisement of KORTING build-in appliances. 2009 :: Advertisement for LIEBHERR refrigerator. 2009 :: Advertisement for GENERAL ELECTRIC refrigerator. 2009 :: Advertisement of SAMSUNG products.