The Compagnie Béninoise de Négoce et de Distribution, known as CBND, is a retail

Retail

Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

 and trading

Trade

Trade is the transfer of ownership of goods and services from one person or entity to another. Trade is sometimes loosely called commerce or financial transaction or barter. A network that allows trade is called a market. The original form of trade was barter, the direct exchange of goods and...

 company based in Benin

Benin

Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...

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Operations

CBND can be described as two companies, Innovation SA and STND, both of which are active in the distribution of famous brand name goods in Africa. Printed textiles are an important part of the group's activity and CBND has marketed textiles in Benin in affiliation with the CFAO Groupe.

A representative list of the group's sectors and brand names:

• Textiles : Wax Hollandais, Wax UK, Fancy Prints
• Tobacco products : Fine, Gauloises
  Gauloises
  Gauloises is a brand of cigarette of French manufacture. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following their acquisition of Altadis in January 2008.- Cigarette :...
  
  , Viking, Gitanes
  Gitanes
  Gitanes is a brand of French cigarettes, sold in many varieties of strengths and packages. It is currently owned by Imperial Tobacco following their acquisition of Altadis in January 2008, having been owned by SEITA before that. Originally rolled with darker or brun tobacco, in contrast to...
  
  
• Health :Colgate-Palmolive
  Colgate-Palmolive
  Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...
  
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• Miscellaneous : Société Bic
  Société Bic
  Société Bic is a company based in Clichy, France, founded in 1945, by Baron Marcel Bich known for making disposable products including lighters, magnets, ballpoint pens, shaving razors and watersports products. It competes in most markets against Faber-Castell, Global Gillette, Newell Rubbermaid...
  
  , Campingaz
• Alcoholic beverages : VitaMalt
  Vitamalt
  Vitamalt is a popular carbonated soft drink in the Caribbean and Africa. Its taste might be described as sweet unfermented beer. It is manufactured by Royal Unibrew. Labels on the beverage suggest that it be drunk at will or "as prescribed by doctor."...
  
  , Johnnie Walker
  Johnnie Walker
  Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch Whisky owned by Diageo and originated in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.It is the most widely distributed brand of blended Scotch whisky in the world, sold in almost every country with yearly sales of over 130 million bottles.-History:Originally known as Walker's...
  
  , Martini & Rossi
  Martini & Rossi
  Martini & Rossi is an Italian multinational alcoholic beverage company primarily associated with the Martini brand of vermouth and also with sparkling wine . It also produces the French vermouth, Noilly Prat.-History:...
  
  , Moët & Chandon, Champagne Mercier
  Champagne Mercier
  Mercier is a Champagne producer based in the Épernay region of Champagne. The house, founded in 1858, produces both vintage and non-vintage cuvee. Mercier owned the original rights to the name Dom Perignon but sold the brand to Moët et Chandon in 1930...
  
  , etc.
• Foods : Knorr, De Rica, Laits Candia & Golden Royal, Café JAG
• Retail markets : la Maison du Vin, Cash Supermarché.

Related organizations
CBND is affiliated with the following manufacturers:

• Société Française de Commerce Extérieur (SFCE Groupe CFAO)
• Colgate Palmolive France, Côte d'Ivoire et Sénégal.
• Groupe Altadis (European Tobacco Company)
• NETTER
  Netter
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• VLISCO
• TEXICODI
• MBR

CBND's banking partners:

• Ecobank
  Ecobank
  Ecobank, whose official name is Ecobank Transnational Inc., is a pan-African banking group with a presence in more African countries than any other bank...
  
  
• Financial Group
• Continental Bank
  Continental Bank
  Continental Bank was a bank in China. It specialized in savings, warehouses, trusts and real estate business. It was founded in Tianjin in 1919 by Mr. Feng Guozhang, the acting president of Republic of China and Mr. Tan Lisun, the former Nanjing director of Bank of China. Half-month later, a...
  
   - Benin
• Bank of Africa
  Bank of Africa
  Bank of Africa is a multinational bank in Africa. Its first office was founded in Bamako, Mali in 1982.-Branches and subsidiaries:Bank of Africa:*BOA Group*Banque de l'Habitat du Benin in Cotonou, Benin*BOA Burkina Faso*BOA Côte d'Ivoire...
  
  - Benin

External links

• Compagnie Béninoise de Négoce et de Distribution