Easy (store)

Easy Hogar y Construcción is a chain of South American homecenters.[2] The company was founded in Argentina in 1993, in Chile in 1994 and in Colombia in 2007, by Chilean Conglomerate Cencosud.[3]

Easy S.A.
Typesubsidiary of Cencosud
IndustryRetail trade
Founded(1993)
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
Key people
Carlos Wulf, General manager
ProductsHome improvement
construction materials
RevenueUS$ 1.614 million (2010) [1]
Number of employees
8,400 (2009)
ParentCencosud
WebsiteEasy Chile
Easy Argentina
Easy Colombia

History

Easy, based in Florida, Chile, was founded in Argentina in 1993 and the following year opened its first store in Chile. In 2001, it bought out The Home Depot's branches in Argentina and Chile and rebranded them as Easy.[4][5] The company currently has 82 branches [6] in South America, 29 in Chile, 49 in Argentina (plus 10 Blaisten construction supply stores), and 4 in Colombia.

Locations
An Easy storefront in Argentina

Argentina

Chile

Colombia
  • Bogotá:
    • Éxito El Cortijo
    • Éxito Norte calle 170
    • Éxito Las Américas
    • Centro Comercial Centro Mayor

References
  1. , Annual Report
  2. "Easy Selects JDA Intactix Knowledge Base Solution". www.businesswire.com. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "Scotiabank to acquire Chile Cencosud's retail credit card business". Reuters. Reuters. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. "Easy se quedó con Home Depot". Clarin (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. "Home Depot Inc: Hogar, dulce hogar". La Tercera. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  6. , Easy website
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