Création de SDO (Sélection Disques de L'Ouest)
Creation of DEM (Diffusion Electro Musicale)
Both companies grow and develop
Strong development, thanks to the success of French rock ‘n’ roll artists: Sheila, Claude François, Johnny Hallyday.
SDO, SDE and DEM join forces with 4 other regional companies
Together, they create GIE Disca’7 to ensure a national presence, meeting the national distribution needs of mass retail brands.
SDO leaves the GIE and buys out a number of competitors
This buy-out allowed them to cover France on their own. SDO and DEM begin to distribute VHS video cassettes to video clubs.
L'informatique révolutionne les process
This is the appearance of tablets for representatives as early as 1993 and AS400 IBM for logistics.
The birth of DS DISTRIBUTION
Record companies keep merging in response to drops in the market. Many wholesalers and service providers fall away, while others merge together. It was in this context that DEM and SDO merged in 2010 to form DS DISTRIBUTION, the last and only surviving indirect player in the Music and Video market.
DS DISTRIBUTION is still growing
DS DISTRIBUTION is a key player on the market and is continuing to grow. We’re more dynamic now than ever before!
