Our history

Reinforcement of our drop shipment capabilities to better serve the end consumer. Start of our ambitious 2025 Digital plan. Transformation of the Smartoys stores and organization on consumer events. Our retail concepts expanding to Portugal and Romania.

Opening of CLD France European network, investment in drop shipment capabilities, launch of our Market Places operations

€ 2 million investment into the future: AutoStore – the automated warehouse robots. 1000 m² extra warehouse.

Full rack-jobbing services. Tailor-made planogram optimization. EDI – VMI Integration / Early adopter of ESD (electronic software distribution)

Opening of two new divisions: Personal healthcare and Household. We open new business opportunities with our partner Reckitt Benckiser. New logistics, retail, and reporting tools.

We started a new audio and consumer electronics range, the Fiesta Cube is an award-winning commercial success. Besides that, we expanded our collaboration with DragonWar and became the European Distributor.

We launched a new department to market and distribute board games in the Benelux territories. Our turnover blasted over 30 million euros.

We bought a new warehouse and office in Fernelmont, with 1500 square meters of storage facilities it will allow us to grow further in the coming years. We also became exclusive distributors for some renowned video game editors.

Management is expanded with extra directors, we become the main supplier of the biggest specialized gameshop in French-speaking Belgium (Smartoys). We also broaden our customer base by welcoming some big retailers and by expanding to the north with the development of our Dutch-speaking activities.

CLD is founded, our goal is to distribute video games (PC and consoles) to independent stores in Belgium and France.