Rewe International

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REWE International AG

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legal form Corporation
Seat Wiener Neudorf
management Marcel Haraszti (Head of Division)

Michael Jäger (Head of Division)

Janusz Kulik (Head of Division)

Christoph Matschke (Head of Division)

Franz Nebel (Head of Division)

Number of employees ~ 80,000 (2017)
sales 12.72 billion euros (2016)
Branch Retail, tourism
Website www.rewe-group.at

Billa and Rewe warehouse in Wiener Neudorf (2017)
Bipa Vienna Rennweg

Rewe International is a public company with headquarters in Wiener Neudorf . The company goes back to the Billa Group founded in 1953 and is part of the Rewe Group . Rewe International has around 4,000 branches in Austria, Italy and eight other countries in Central and Eastern Europe. In the Austrian home market, Rewe International is the market leader in food retail and one of the largest companies in the country. The company currently employs around 80,000 people. In the 2016 financial year, the company generated 12.72 billion euros, which corresponds to around 30% of group sales.

history

In 1953 Karl Wlaschek opened a perfumery in Vienna. In 1960 the company expanded its range to include groceries, which formed the basis for further expansion. In the decades that followed, Wlaschek created Austria's largest retail group under the Billa umbrella . This stock corporation has been a joint stock company since the 1970s, and the first branch abroad was opened in 1990. In order to force international expansion, the Rewe Group bought the company in mid-1996. Both the Libro book and stationery store and the real estate company Billareal were excluded. It was still the largest retail takeover in Europe since the fall of the Iron Curtain . The EU Commission allowed the Rewe Group to buy Billa because this did not lead to an addition of market shares regardless of market power.

The Rewe Group then expanded its Austrian subsidiary into a hub for supermarkets in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2009 the business areas for the full range in Austria, Italy and Eastern Europe were combined in a new international business unit. From then on, the company was responsible for the entire full-range business of the Rewe Group outside of Germany. It was renamed Rewe International and received an expanded board. In addition to the topic of sustainability, the focus in recent years has been on the integration of the Adeg trading company and the expansion in electronic commerce . At the beginning of 2017, the locations of the discount retailer Penny in Central and Eastern Europe previously managed from Germany also came under the umbrella of Rewe International.

structure

Rewe International is a stock corporation under Austrian law. The share capital is 2.2 million euros, divided into 22 no-par shares . The company is represented by a board of directors consisting of up to six people. The committee has been chaired by Frank Hensel since 2008.

Rewe International is represented in Bulgaria, Croatia, Austria, Italy, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Hungary. The company includes the trading companies Adeg , Billa , Bipa , Merkur and Penny . The company is also involved in the Vorarlberg grocery chain Sutterlüty . Rewe International's own brands include Clever , Hofstädter and Ja! Of course . In addition to food retailing, Rewe International is also active in tourism, including the ITS Billa Reisen and Jahn Reisen brands .

criticism

In 2013 the Vienna Cartel Court imposed the second highest antitrust penalty in the history of Austria against Rewe International. The reason for this was agreements on retail prices and campaign periods with suppliers from the beer and dairy industries. The company emphasized that consumers were not harmed by this.

In 2013, the environmental protection organization Global 2000 criticized the use of hormonal chemicals in personal care products. Two private labels from Rewe International were also affected. The company emphasized that stricter criteria than those stipulated by law have already been set, but are still converting the range as a precaution.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Management Board - REWE Group. REWE Group. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Michaela Schellner: Again on a growth path . In: Cash. April 5, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Rewe International with more sales at home and abroad . In: Courier . 5th April 2017.
  4. ↑ a b story. (No longer available online.) Rewe International, archived from the original on July 28, 2017 ; Retrieved June 20, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rewe-group.at
  5. ↑ a b business areas. (No longer available online.) Rewe International, archived from the original on July 28, 2017 ; Retrieved July 10, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rewe-group.at
  6. ↑ Rewe International increases the effectiveness . In: Wiener Zeitung . April 6, 2017, p. 12 .
  7. ↑ Rewe Group: Record sales and earnings. In: Handelszeitung. March 28, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
  8. ↑ The top 500 largest companies in Austria . In: Trend . June 24, 2016, p. 33 .
  9. ↑ Meret Baumann: From the bar pianist to Mr. Billa . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 3, 2015, p. 26 .
  10. ^ Gerhard Hofer: With common sense to a new image . In: The press . January 11, 2013, p. 19 .
  11. ^ Georg Wailand: Billa celebrates its 50th birthday . In: Kronen Zeitung . September 6, 2003, p. 20 .
  12. ↑ Rewe enters Austria . How a bar pianist formed the largest trading group in the Alpine republic. In: Handelsblatt . July 18, 1996, p. 12 .
  13. ↑ The success story ... In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . December 15, 2003, p. 26 .
  14. ↑ Therefore Billa . In: Upper Austrian news . July 22, 1996.
  15. ↑ Rewe wants to expand in the east with daughter Billa . In: Upper Austrian news . July 17, 1996.
  16. ↑ Rewe Group buys Austria's largest retail chain . Cologne is named as the purchase price of two billion marks. In: Bonner General-Anzeiger . July 18, 1996, p. 16 .
  17. ^ Retail: Brussels lets Rewe do it in Austria . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . August 29, 1996, p. 12 .
  18. ^ Otto Schwarzer: A bang in the EU retail trade . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 18, 1996, p. 25 .
  19. ↑ Ewald König: Sale to the Germans . In: Der Tagesspiegel . July 20, 1996.
  20. ↑ Brussels approves Rewe-Billa . In: Der Tagesspiegel . August 29, 1996.
  21. ↑ Rewe is allowed to buy Billa . In: The daily newspaper . August 29, 1996, p. 6 .
  22. ↑ Rewe focuses on rapid expansion . In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 13, 1997, p. 19 .
  23. ↑ Rewe group is looking for new food abroad . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . February 13, 1997, p. 12 .
  24. ↑ Rewe drives expansion at Billa . In: WirtschaftsBlatt . March 8, 2000.
  25. ↑ Rewe Austria goes international . In: Vorarlberger Nachrichten . January 13, 2009.
  26. ↑ Rewe Austria reorganized . In: WirtschaftsBlatt . March 5, 2009, p. 5 .
  27. ^ Rewe Austria AG becomes Rewe International AG. In: Cash. January 12, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
  28. ↑ Live healthier together . In: Courier . September 13, 2012, p. 9 .
  29. ↑ Verena Kainrath: Rewe does not let your appetite spoil . Retail chain digests Adeg deal, shows desire for new acquisitions and grows despite the crisis. In: The Standard . April 22, 2009, p. 18 .
  30. ↑ “Don't be afraid of Amazon” . In: The Standard . April 6, 2017, p. 18 .
  31. ↑ Billa, Merkur, Bipa, Penny: Everything will be new! In: Today. April 5, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
  32. ↑ Commercial register. Republic of Austria, accessed June 20, 2017 .
  33. ↑ Hensel to the top . In: Medianet . April 22, 2008, p. 20 .
  34. ↑ Standstill due to new election . In: Wiener Zeitung . June 3, 2017, p. 9 .
  35. ↑ Retail group Rewe grows with Billa and Merkur . In: Wiener Zeitung . April 15, 2016, p. 33 .
  36. ↑ Sales turbo through restructuring . In: Trend . April 7, 2017, p. 50 .
  37. ↑ Rewe in Austria with global appeal . In: Medianet . April 21, 2017, p. 46 .
  38. ↑ Spar loses its largest partner to Rewe . In: WirtschaftsBlatt . November 4, 2003, p. 12 .
  39. ↑ That's available at Billa . In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . July 6, 2010, p. 49 .
  40. ↑ Christian Novacek: Billa, the freshness is not too cheap . In: Medianet . June 24, 2016, p. 18 .
  41. ↑ Thomas Pressberger: Rewe Austria Touristik consolidates position as number two . In: WirtschaftsBlatt . December 6, 2007, p. 10 .
  42. ↑ In the snow, in the sand . In: The press . September 1, 2007, p. 4 .
  43. ^ Price agreements: 20 million fine for Billa and Co. In: Wiener Zeitung . May 14, 2013, p. 9 .
  44. ↑ Price fixing: Rewe has to pay 20.8 million euros. In: The press. May 13, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
  45. ↑ In Austria: Price agreements are expensive for Rewe. In: Handelsblatt. May 12, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2017 .
  46. ↑ Stefan Melichar: Dangerous substances in toothpaste . In: News . December 5, 2013, p. 93 .
  47. ↑ Melanie Prammer: Global 2000 criticizes hormonally active chemicals in personal care products. (No longer available online.) Rewe Group, December 27, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 20, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.gemeinsam-nachhaltig.at  

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