Mr Bricolage Blog

Andreï Evtimov, representing the Mr Bricolage group in Bulgaria, has been awarded the Ordre National du Mérite – the French national order of merit.

The managing director of Doverie Brico, Andreï Evtimov, recently received the medal from the French ambassador in Bulgaria. This medal is the result of the successful launch of Mr Bricolage in Bulgaria. The group has developed a network of 10 Mr. Bricolage stores in just 10 years, serving the main towns in the country.

Bulgaria has also become a bridgehead for the development of the group in the Balkans. Doverie Brico has recently created a spin-off and opened two stores in Serbia and is preparing to open a store in Macedonia.

The international expansion of Mr.Bricolage continues with the opening of a second store in the Serbian town of Novi Sad.

The Mr.Bricolage group has recently opened its second store in Novi Sad, in the north of Serbia, via its Bulgarian partner, Doverie Brico. This is the second largest town in the country after Belgrade. Novi Sad is a leading economic and financial hub with an urban area home to more than 3,000,000 inhabitants. It is also the historical capital of the Serbian culture.

The Mr.Bricolage group is one of the first to open a store in this country. The Mr.Bricolage store is located in a shopping centre in the town centre. The store has a surface area of 2,400 m² led by a team of 35. Its product range includes over 20,000 articles for the home and garden, broken down by sector. Many services are offered, such as wood cutting, customised paint colours, key copying and delivery.

The store was officially opened in the presence of Jean-François Boucher, Chairman of the Mr.Bricolage group. The French ambassador in Serbia, Jean-François Terral, was present at this opening (read the article on the web site of the French embassy in Serbia). Jean-François Boucher took advantage of his trip to the country to visit the first store which opened last December in the town of Nis, to the south east of Serbia.

The opening of the first large DIY superstore in Serbia is planned for 15:00 today and is awaited with bated breath by 1500 Facebook fans (*). The store is located 15 boulevard Medijana in Nish (town in south Serbia).

A surface area of 5,800 m² houses a range of 40,000 DIY articles, decorative items, indoor and outdoor furnishing, materials and gardening products, all accessible to the inhabitants of Nish and the surrounding area. Easy to access, the store car park has room for 180 vehicles.

The 55 members of personnel of the sales outlet are ready to welcome, advise and serve their customers. The store is open daily from 8:30 to 21:00, from Monday to Saturday and from 9:00 to 21:00 on Sundays.

The Mr.Bricolage group also plans to open 4 other stores in Serbia in coming years.

(*) Become a Mr.Bricolage fan in Serbia via its Facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/mrbricolage

The final preparations for the opening of the first Mr.Bricolage store took place in Nish, a town to the south of Serbia. The official opening date is posted on the store: 8 December at 15:00.

The team of 55 individuals is overseeing the final details and completing procurement for the store, ready to welcome its first customers on the opening day.

This opening is expected to be successful if the enthusiasm shown on the Serbian Facebook page is anything to go by (http://www.facebook.com/MrBricolage). It is true that a surface area of almost 6,000 m² dedicated to DIY, decorations, and home and garden furnishings, is a one-off in Serbia.

The first Mr.Bricolage store in Serbia is under construction in Nis, a town located in the south of the country. The first stone was laid today, in the presence of the French ambassador in Serbia, Jean-François Terral. The store was constructed by Doverie Brico, a current partner of Mr.Bricolage in Bulgaria. This store will be opened towards the end of the year and will employ 90 individuals.

Information on the opening is relayed by many media, the magazine of the town of Nis, in Serbia, and by the Observatoire de la Franchise and the Franchise Magazine in France.