Galeria Kaufhof
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.jpg) Galeria Kaufhof Cologne, Hohe Straße | |
| Company type | GmbH |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Genre | Department store |
| Predecessor | Kaufhof Warenhaus AG |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Founder | Leonhard Tietz |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
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Key people | Dr. Wolfgang Link (Chairman of the Board) |
Number of employees | 21 500 (2014) |
| Parent | Hudson's Bay Company |
| Website | galeria-kaufhof |
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]
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)
External links
Media related to Galeria Kaufhof at Wikimedia Commons- Official website Template:De icon
- Documents and clippings about Kaufhof-Warenhaus AG in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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