The first Lidl stores were opened in 1973 and during the 1990s it opened abroad. Lidl now has operations in 26 countries across Europe. It cites research predicting that Schwarz Group sales will overtake both Carrefour and Tesco in Europe by 2018, making Schwarz the regionâs biggest grocery retailer.
Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Adobe is a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material, which the builders shape into bricks and dry in the sun. Adobe buildings are similar to cob and mudbrick buildings.
It is best known for Photoshop, an image editing software, Acrobat Reader, the Portable Document Format (PDF) and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as its successor Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who established the company after leaving Xerox PARC in order to develop and sell the PostScript page description language.