Bricostore was a French

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which operated stores in

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and

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. Founded by the French Bresson family in

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in 1991, the company operated 7 stores in France until 2001, when they sold 6 stores to

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and closed the remaining one. In Hungary, Bricostore opened its first store in 1999 and had a total of 9 stores. The stores were closed in 2012 and subsequently sold to other retailers and companies, such as

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who bought 3 stores. Bricostore opened the first store in Romania in March 2002 and reached 15 stores in March 2011. In April 2013, the British

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bought the stores for 75 million euro and rebranded them as

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. Bricostore in Croatia was opened in 2004 and later was opened another 2 stores. The stores were closed in 2013.

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