De Bijenkorf

De Bijenkorf

Type	Department store
Industry	Retail
Founded	1870, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Headquarters	Amsterdam
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Website	www.bijenkorf.nl

De Bijenkorf building in the Netherlands Indies (1900-1940)

De Bijenkorf (literally, "the beehive") is a chain of upscale department stores in the Netherlands with its flagship store on Dam Square, Amsterdam. It was founded by Simon Philip Goudsmit (1845-1889) in 1870 as a small store along the Nieuwendijk, one of Amsterdam's oldest streets, it offers many prestigious brands in clothing, accessories, beauty, food, and home. De Bijenkorf has 12 stores nationwide. The oldest and largest branches, situated in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are referred to by the company as its flagship stores, with retail space ranging between 15,000 and 20,000 square meters. Smaller stores (7,500-10,000 m² of retail space) can be found in Amstelveen, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Enschede, Utrecht and Maastricht. The branches in Breda, Den Bosch and Groningen specialize in fashion (3,000 m² retail space).

De Bijenkorf was owned by Maxeda (formerly known as VendexKBB), but at the end of 2010 was sold to the same family that owns Britain's Selfridges, Canada's Holt Renfrew and Ireland's Brown Thomas.