Company type | GmbH |
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Industry | Retail |
Genre | Department store |
Predecessor | Kaufhof Warenhaus AG |
Founded | 1879 |
Founder | Leonhard Tietz |
Fate | Merged with Karstadt |
Successor | Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Areas served |
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Key people | Dr. Wolfgang Link ( Chairman of the Board) |
Number of employees | 21 500 (2014) |
Parent | Signa Holding |
Galeria Kaufhof GmbH was a German department store chain, headquartered in Cologne. It was a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1930 to 2010, with various CEOs acting as presidents of the Association over time. [1] [2]
Until 30 September 2015, the company was a subsidiary of Metro AG, when the company announced that it had been acquired by Hudson's Bay Company. [3] In September 2018 they announced plans to merge with their largest competitor Karstadt. [4] In June 2019 all the shares of Galeria Kaufhof were bought by the Austrian company Signa Holding, who been the partner in the former merger. [5]
On March 25, 2019 Karstadt & Galeria Kaufhof launched their merged company, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, based in Essen, with a new logo and a new website galeria.de.
Media related to Galeria Kaufhof at Wikimedia Commons
Company type | GmbH |
---|---|
Industry | Retail |
Genre | Department store |
Predecessor | Kaufhof Warenhaus AG |
Founded | 1879 |
Founder | Leonhard Tietz |
Fate | Merged with Karstadt |
Successor | Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Areas served |
|
Key people | Dr. Wolfgang Link ( Chairman of the Board) |
Number of employees | 21 500 (2014) |
Parent | Signa Holding |
Galeria Kaufhof GmbH was a German department store chain, headquartered in Cologne. It was a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1930 to 2010, with various CEOs acting as presidents of the Association over time. [1] [2]
Until 30 September 2015, the company was a subsidiary of Metro AG, when the company announced that it had been acquired by Hudson's Bay Company. [3] In September 2018 they announced plans to merge with their largest competitor Karstadt. [4] In June 2019 all the shares of Galeria Kaufhof were bought by the Austrian company Signa Holding, who been the partner in the former merger. [5]
On March 25, 2019 Karstadt & Galeria Kaufhof launched their merged company, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, based in Essen, with a new logo and a new website galeria.de.
Media related to Galeria Kaufhof at Wikimedia Commons