Gamma (store)

{{Infobox company | name = GAMMA | logo = GAMMA Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | type = | foundation = 11 May 1971 | founder = | location_city = Leusden | location_country = Netherlands | locations = | area_served = Netherlands, Belgium | key_people = | industry = Retail | products = Hardware stores | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = Intergamma | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = }} [[File:Bouwmarkt.jpg|thumb|A Gamma shop in Delft]] '''GAMMA''' is a Dutch Hardware store-chain. It started on May 11, 1971 in Breda. ''The headquarters of the franchise-organisation Intergamma is located in Leusden and as of 2011 it has 245 stores, of which 164 are located in the Netherlands and 81 in Belgium. Intergamma also owns the Hardware store-chain Karwei.''

== History == In 2008 GAMMA had a revenue of 606 million euro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fembusiness.nl/web/artikelSmal/48711/Gamma-ziet-omzet-dalen.htm|title=GAMMA ziet omzet dalen|date=August 4, 2009|work=FEM Business|language=nl}}</ref>

'''''GAMMA commercials have been broadcast in the Netherlands on radio and television since 1994, and have made the actors John Buijsman<ref name="Gammahoofd">[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/2882/Oman/article/detail/2221861/2007/06/29/Geen-Gamma-gelul-aan-mijn-hoofd.dhtml?redirected Geen Gamma-gelul aan mijn hoofd], Algemeen Dagblad, June 29, 2007.</ref><ref name="Bewustzijn">[http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1401/ad/integration/nmc/frameset/varia/kobala_article.dhtml?artid=rd117999 Het bewustzijn van de nacht], Algemeen Dagblad, October 30, 2004.</ref> and Martin van Waardenberg<ref name="Bewustzijn" /> well known in the Netherlands. In Flanders Luk Wyns<ref>[http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=0D2M5RER Radiospotjes: noodzaak of extraatje?], De Standaard, February 13, 2010</ref> is the face of the company.'''''

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== External links == * [http://www.gamma.nl/ Gamma.nl] Official website of Gamma * [https://www.intergamma.nl/onze-merken/gamma-nederland/ GAMMA] on intergamma.nl

Category:Retail companies established in 1971 Category:Companies based in Utrecht (province) Category:Leusden