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| Company type | Société anonyme |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retailer |
| Founded | 1936 in Lille |
| Founder | Georges Poulard |
| Headquarters | , France |
Number of locations | 20 |
Area served | Nord, France |
Key people |
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| Products | Books Stationery Music Multimedia |
| Revenue | €81,226,000 (2018) |
| €2,024,000 (2018) | |
| Subsidiaries | Decitre |
| Website | www.furet.com (in French) |
Furet du Nord is a chain of bookstores in the Nord department of France. Its origins date back to 1936 when a fur store located on Rue de la Vieille-Comédie in Lille was transformed into a bookstore. It retained its name, referring to a local tradition: rabbit hunting with ferrets.
Today, the flagship store is located in Lille on the Grand Place. It was established in 1959 and was the largest bookstore in the world from 1992 to 1999.[1] It is still one of the largest bookshops in France.[2]
- ^ "Le " Furet du Nord " plus grande librairie du monde" ["Furet du Nord" is the largest bookstore in the world]. lesechos.fr (in French). 28 April 1992. Retrieved 4 September 2016..
- ^ "Lille : Mythique librairie lilloise, le Furet du Nord fête ses 100 ans" [Lille: Mythic bookshop of Lillr, the Furet du Nord, celebrates its 100 years] (in French). 2014.