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| Company type | Hypermarket |
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Number of locations | 31 |
Area served | Norway |
| Owner | Coop Norge |
| Website | www |
Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun. [1]
The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked. [2]
Prior to 2001 the stores were only branded as Obs! Stormarked, from 2001 to 2006 Coop obs!, from 2006 to 2016 Coop obs! Hypermarked and again from 2016 as Obs.
Some of the Obs stores have Obs BYGG construction and hardware stores co-located with them.
As of 2024 there are 31 Obs hypermarkets in Norway: [3]
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