Wumart is one of the supermarket chains in China. The earliest birth of Wumart dates back to 1994. At that time, Zhang Wenzhong, who had just returned to China to start a business, and a group of returnees founded an information technology company. The business has developed from doing system integration projects for other enterprises to independently developing a set of management information systems specially designed for supermarkets, namely POS series.
But there was no supermarket in China at that time, so Zhang Wenzhong decided to build a demonstration supermarket and let others visit it as a pilot to promote sales.
On February 26th, 1994, 1994, the first supermarket in Wumart and the first standardized supermarket Cuiwei Store in Beijing were established. From 65438 to 0995, the sales of Wumart Cuiwei Store exceeded 100 million. Zhang Wenzhong opened the second store of Wumart in 1995.
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On June 5438+February, 2004, Wumart wholly acquired the Japanese Dai Rong 12 joint-venture supermarket and renamed it wu mart. Together with five general supermarkets and about 60 convenience stores previously opened by Wumart in Tianjin, Wumart has formed a considerable scale in Tianjin retail market. ? [6]?
In February 2006, Wumart Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Meilianmei. Wumart invested 370 million yuan to acquire 75% shares of Meilianmei, the fourth largest supermarket in Beijing at that time. ?
In April 2006, Wumart Group entered the northwest retail market and acquired the equity of Ningxia Xinhua Department Store Co., Ltd. (SH600785), the largest commercial listed company in northwest China, and became the largest shareholder of Xinhua Department Store. ?
In June, 2006, American Fortune magazine recommended Wumart as follows: "If you want to see the future of the retail industry, I suggest you save time visiting Wal-Mart and buy yourself a ticket to Beijing to see Wumart."
In September 2008, Wumart acquired 85% equity of Shaoxing Shang Chao Investment Co., Ltd. through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hangzhou Tian Tian Wumart Commercial Co., Ltd. at a price of1.1.77 billion yuan, thus indirectly holding 54.09% equity of Zhejiang supply and marketing supermarkets and taking an important step in expanding in East China. ?
On 20 15, Wumart Group acquired B&Q's business in China, and successfully turned losses into profits in a short time, which was highly praised in the industry. B&Q； Q) is a multinational decoration and home building materials retailer headquartered in the UK, which is wholly owned by KingfisherPlc, a Fortune 500 company. ?
2065438+April 2008, Wumart acquired all stores in Lotte North China, Korea.
2065438+June 2009, the mixed ownership reform project of Chongqing Trading Company, a leading business enterprise in southwest China, was formally signed. After the mixed reform is completed, Chongqing Trading Company holds 65,438+000% equity of Chongqing Sasac, which is changed to 45% of Chongqing Sasac, 45% of Wumart Group and 65,438+00% of BBK Group. ?
In April, 2020, Wumart successfully acquired 80% equity of China business of Metro, a fortune 500 company, for 2 billion euros. By 2020, Metro China will have 97 stores in 59 cities, making it the largest professional catering enterprise service provider in China.