Αφοί Λαμπρόπουλοι

Company name: Αδελφοί Λαμπρόπουλοι Ανώνυμος Βιομηχανική και Εμπορική Εταιρία (= Lambrópoulos Brothers Industrial and Commercial Company Limited). Trading name: Αφοί Λαμπρόπουλοι

Αφοί Λαμπρόπουλοι [= Lambropoulos Bros], listed also as "Αδελφοί Λαμπρόπουλοι" [= Lambropoulos Brothers], "Lambropoulos Bros Ltd." or "Lambropoulos Frères S.A.", was a Greek company in the department store sector, marketing locally EMIAL, which was established on 15 September 1969.

Αδελφοί Π. Λαμπρόπουλοι Ο.Ε. (= Lambrópoulos P. Brothers General Partnership) was a family company, founded in 1906 in Athens by Xenofón Lambrópoulos (1879-07/1964) and his brother, Vassílis (?-1971), both from Kontovázaina, Arcadia. Five more brothers, Konstantínos, Gheóghios (d. 1943), Dimítrios, Themistoklís, & Theódoros, were to become involved in the company in one way or another. Their business activities concerned clothing and other types of home wear. The company was able to adapt to the needs of each era, but above all, it dared to pioneer as it was one of the first stores to sell at predetermined prices, eliminating haggling. It implemented Sunday as a holiday for the store and its employees. On 3 September 1927, the company became a public limited company. The composition of the first Board of Directors was: Xenofon (CEO until his death), Vassilis (CEO 07/1964-until his death), Gheoghios, Dimitrios, Themistoklis (CEO 1971-until his death), & Athanássios Tzannís. Its listing on the Stock Exchange took place in 1968. In 1999, the company was acquired by Παπαέλληνας Όμιλος Επιχειρήσεων (= Papaéllinas Group of Companies). In November 2001, Papaellinas Group of Companies, alongside other companies, merged to create Notos Com Συμμετοχές ΑΕΒΕ (= Notos Com Holdings Plc).

Ca. 1924, Vassilis took over their new activity, that of record marketing. First label was EMIAL S.A.