Bilka
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Bilka is a Danish chain of hypermarkets. The first store opened in 1970 in Tilst, a suburb of Aarhus. The chain was founded by Herman Salling and is now a part of Salling Group.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Bilka
- Company.logo
- Bilka - Waves.jpg
- Company.genre
- Hypermarket
- Company.foundation
- 1970
- Company.founder
- Herman Salling
- Company.location_city
- Højbjerg
- Company.location_country
- Denmark
- Company.area_served
- Denmark
- Company.industry
- Retail
- Company.parent
- Salling Group
- Company.homepage
- Bilka.dk
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.bilka.dk
- Image
- Bilka Ishøj indgang.jpg
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- inception
- 1970-01-01
- Commons category
- Bilka
- number of branches
- 19
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Bilka is a Danish chain of hypermarkets. The first store opened in 1970 in Tilst, a suburb of Aarhus. The chain was founded by Herman Salling and is now a part of Salling Group.
==Name== The name Bilka is derived from the German Billiges Kaufhaus (low-price department store), which its founder, Herman Salling had encountered during his business trips to West Germany.