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Galeria Kaufhof GmbH
	Galeria Kaufhof Cologne, Hohe Straße
Company type	GmbH
Industry	Retail
Genre	Department store
Predecessor	Kaufhof Warenhaus AG
Founded	1879
Founder	Leonhard Tietz
Headquarters	Cologne, Germany
Areas served	Germany; Belgium;
Key people	Dr. Wolfgang Link (Chairman of the Board)
Number of employees	21 500 (2014)
Parent	Hudson's Bay Company
Website	galeria-kaufhof.de

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Galeria Kaufhof GmbH is a German department store chain whose headquarters are in Cologne. 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.^[1] In September 2018 they announced plans to merge with their largest competitor Karstadt.^[2]

On March 25th 2019 Karstadt & Galeria Kaufhof presented the new logo of their merged company Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof. They launched their new website galeria.de on that day, too.

Business portfolio

Galeria Kaufhof - 97 branches
DINEA Gastronomie GmbH - 58 restaurants
Galeria Inno - 16 stores in Belgium^[3]

References

^ "Mehr Wachstum, besseres Kundenerlebnis – GALERIA Kaufhof-Gruppe wird Teil von HBC" [More growth, better buying experience - GALERIA Kaufhof-Gruppe will be part of HBC] (Press release) (in German). Galeria Kaufhof GmbH. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
^ "Germany's Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof Department Stores Merge". 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ Galeria Inno - History (in French)

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Media related to Galeria Kaufhof at Wikimedia Commons
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Documents and clippings about Kaufhof-Warenhaus AG in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

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[1] "Mehr Wachstum, besseres Kundenerlebnis – GALERIA Kaufhof-Gruppe wird Teil von HBC" [More growth, better buying experience - GALERIA Kaufhof-Gruppe will be part of HBC] (Press release) (in German). Galeria Kaufhof GmbH. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2016-12-09.

[2] "Germany's Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof Department Stores Merge". 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[3] Galeria Inno - History (in French)

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+[[File:Galeria_Karstadt_Kaufhof_Logo.svg|thumb|Logo of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof since March 25th 2019]]
 '''Galeria Kaufhof GmbH''' is a German department store chain whose headquarters are in [[Cologne]].
 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]].<ref>{{cite press release |date=2015-09-30 |title=Mehr Wachstum, besseres Kundenerlebnis – GALERIA Kaufhof-Gruppe wird Teil von HBC |trans-title=More growth, better buying experience - GALERIA Kaufhof-Gruppe will be part of HBC |url=https://www.galeria-kaufhof.de/ueber-uns/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung-150930.html |language=German |publisher=Galeria Kaufhof GmbH |access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref> In September 2018 they announced plans to merge with their largest competitor [[Karstadt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwd.com/business-news/mergers-acquisitions/germany-karstadt-galeria-kaufhof-department-stores-merger-hudsons-bay-signa-1202802880/|title=Germany’s Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof Department Stores Merge|date=11 September 2018|publisher=|accessdate=24 October 2018}}</ref>
+On March 25th 2019 Karstadt & Galeria Kaufhof presented the new logo of their merged company '''Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof'''. They launched their new website ''galeria.de'' on that day, too.
 ==Business portfolio==