As the European buying organization for an alliance of nine leading food retailers, AMS has to source and buy selected groups of commodities and non-food products for 100 million shoppers in 18 European countries. By pooling the expertise and know-how from the separate retailers, AMS allows its members to enjoy the benefits of volume synergy. The efficient buying process delivered by AMS provides a unique range of international buying services. It opens up new buying geographies for retailers and gives suppliers access to new markets and larger volumes. AMS is constantly looking for new, reliable suppliers, and continually aims to negotiate the best possible purchase value for all its members.

With a history dating back to 1828, the A.S. Watson Group has evolved into an international retail and manufacturing business with operations in 36 markets worldwide. Today, the Group operates over 8,200 retail stores running the gamut from health & beauty, luxury perfumeries & cosmetics to food, electronics, fine wine and airport retail arms. Also an established player in the beverage industry, ASW provides a full range of beverages from bottled water, fruit juices, soft drinks and tea products to the world's finest wine labels via its international wine wholesaler and distributor. ASW employs 87,000 staff and is a member of the world renowned Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited, which has major interests in ports & related services, telecommunications, property & hotels, retail and energy, infrastructure, investments and others with businesses in 57 countries.

Since its foundation in 1976, Décathlon has always had a very clear goal: to make sport more enjoyable for everyone. In every corner of the globe, this purpose is expressed through two complementary areas of expertise:
- The design and manufacture of sporting goods,
- Retailing sporting goods.
Jacadi is a chidrenswear retail company whose collections include clothing, shoes, accessories, furniture and nursery items in newborn thru size 12 years for both boys and girls. Since 1978, Jacadi S.A., based in a Paris suburb, has grown to over 400 franchised stores in 42 different countries worldwide, and is still in the midst of an aggressive expansion program.

Sephora is a visionary beauty-retail concept founded in France in 1969 and acquired by Paris-based LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world's leading luxury products group, in 1997. Sephora operates approximately 515 stores in 14 countries worldwide, with an expanding base of over 119 stores across North America.

SPAR is the largest international food retail chain in the world with nearly 16,000 stores in 34 countries across the globe. From a great range of fresh foods through to wine, beer and everything in-between, SPAR stores provide for their customers' top-up shopping needs and more. SPAR has over 900 different products in its own brand range. This range is the biggest and best own label in the independent retail sector.

Founded in 1979, BRICOMARCHÉ is the first distributor of non-food products created by the company Les Mousquetaires. It also represents the biggest French network of independent handicrafts’ specialists.

Each store has its own independent manager, is entirely autonomous and can benefit from services of a central international purchasing department, of a shared storage space, of extended logistics and an efficient computer network. BRICOMARCHÉ has more than 3.000 stores and can be found all over France as well as Europe.