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((About|the retail conglomerate GIB Group|the supermarket chain owned by GIB Group|GB (supermarket)))
((more citations needed|date=May 2013))
((Infobox company
| logo         = 
| logo_caption = 
| name         = GIB Group
| founder      = Baron Vaxelaire
| foundation   = 1860
| location     = [[Belgium]]
| industry     = [[Retail]]
| products     = [[Hardware stores]], [[Do it yourself|DIY stores]], [[Supermarkets]], [[Hypermarkets]], [[Convenience stores]], [[Retail]], [[Fast-food]]
| homepage     = ((url|carrefour.eu))
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'''GIB Group''' ('''G'''rand Bazar '''I'''nnovation '''B'''on Marché) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] conglomerate, consisting of various retail and restaurant chains that existed until 2002. GIB Group owned [[GB (supermarket)|GB (Grand Bazar)]] super/hypermarkets, [[Brico]] (home improvement/DIY), [[Inno]] (department store), [[Quick (restaurant)|Quick]] restaurants (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg), [[Lunch Garden]] self-service restaurants, [[Auto 5]] car wash/service chain, Nopri, GIB Immo, Christiaensen and [[Unic]].

==History==
[[File:20120723 aywaille42.JPG|thumbnail|A Carrefour Market store in [[Aywaille]], Belgium.]]
In 1860, the GIB Group is created by opening the first ''Au Bon Marché'' store in Brussels by François Vaxelaire.

In 1933, ''Nopri'' department stores were created.

In 1958, the first ''Super GB'' supermarket is opened.

In 1960, Baron François Vaxelaire (grandson of namesake) takes over the family business from his father, Raymond Vaxelaire.

In 1961, the first GB hypermarkets are created under the name of ''Superbazar'' in [[Auderghem]], [[Anderlecht]] and [[Bruges]]. The Superbazar stores all became ''Maxi GB'' in 1985.

In 1969-74, Baron François Vaxelaire engineers a fusion of GB, Innovation and BM as GIB. [[Inno]] was a previously independent Belgian department store chain that was taken over (it's currently owned by [[Galeria Kaufhof]]).

In 1997, the first ''GB Express'' is opened in [[Berchem-Sainte-Agathe]], in the same year, ''Super GB Partner'' and ''Contact GB'' are created.

In July 2000, [[Carrefour|Carrefour Group S.A.]] takes over the ''GIB Group'', modernizes and rebrands all ''Maxi GB'' hypermarkets to ''Carrefour'', the other stores staying under the GB brand, all those stores will also be renovated.

In 2002 Carrefour retires the ''GIB Group'' name of the holding subsidiary and sells the Brico chain to [[Vendex]].

In 2007, ''Super GB'', ''Super GB Partner'' and ''Contact GB'' supermarkets all become ''Carrefour GB'', while ''GB Express'' convenience stores are renamed ''[[Carrefour Express]]''.

Two years later, ''Carrefour GB'' stores in Belgium are rebranded as ''Carrefour Market'', all GB stores will eventually be a Market store in Belgium in 2013/2014. In Wallonia and Brussels, the [[Champion (supermarket)|Champion]] supermarket chain has also been rebranded, as ''Carrefour Market-Groupe Mestdagh''.

As of May 2013, there were still 58 ''GB'' branded supermarkets left, as well as 28 ''Champion'' stores. The rest (around 431 GB stores) have completed the transition to "Carrefour" brand.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.carrefour.eu/fr/store |title=Nos magasins &#124; Carrefour, market, express |access-date=2013-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803115320/http://www.carrefour.eu/fr/store |archive-date=2013-08-03 ))</ref><ref>((cite web|title=Champion - Nos magasins|url=http://www.groupemestdagh.be/wach/magasin/index.jsp|publisher=Groupe Mestdagh|accessdate=5 May 2013))</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Defunct retail companies of Belgium]]
[[Category:1860 establishments in Belgium]]
[[Category:Retail companies disestablished in 2002]]
[[Category:2002 disestablishments in Belgium]]

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