Rudolf Leiner (company)

Rudolf Leiner GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1910
Seat	St. Pölten , Lower Austria , Austria
management	Managing Director Reinhold Gütebier
Number of employees	4,500 Leiner / kika group
Branch	Furniture retail
Website	www.leiner.at

Möbelhaus Rudolf Leiner GmbH is an Austrian trading company based in St. Pölten ( Lower Austria ). It is owned by the Signa Holding of the Tyrolean entrepreneur René Benko .

history

The parent company in 1906

The main building on Rathausplatz in Sankt Pölten

In 1910, Rudolf Leiner senior bought the parent company on St. Pölten's Rathausplatz . Together with his wife Therese, he took over Ignaz Irlweck's bedding business. At that time, the range comprised bed springs, down , mattresses , blankets and ducks , but also iron furniture. The additional service of the house was the bed feather cleaning.

Rudolf Leiner senior focused on advertising right from the start. The first catalog, a 36-page price list with illustrations , appeared in 1913/1914. He also took over the trademark of his predecessor Irlweck: the 3 geese , until 2010 the flying geese were part of the design around the company logo of the Leiner Group.

At the end of the 1920s, the range was expanded to include carpentry and wallpapering furniture: a product catalog from these years advertises not only bedrooms and dining rooms but also products for interior design .

During the Second World War , parts of the parent company were destroyed, founder Rudolf Leiner Senior died in December 1940 at the age of almost 59 years. For the time being, the business on Rathausplatz was continued by his wife Therese, daughter-in-law Frieda and daughter Grete.

After Rudolf Leiner junior (1913–2008) returned from the war, the reconstruction began. The first delivery van was purchased in the early 1950s . The range was expanded during this time: mattresses and couches were added to the main program.

Gradually, the production could be increased to 15 employees. The reconstruction was finished in the mid-1950s. “Der Leiner” had 40 employees, more than before the war, and a total of 2,500 square meters were available in sales rooms and storage areas. Installment systems and interest-free loans were offered to customers . The first Leiner brochure with a colored title page came out in the early 1950s.

In 1954 the parent company was expanded. The first branches were built in Wiener Neustadt in 1960 and in Bruck an der Mur in 1962 . In 1970 the company expanded to Wels , then in 1971 to Linz , then Graz and Judenburg .

As of 2016 there were 17 Leiner furniture stores, all in Austria - in all federal states except Vorarlberg and Burgenland. In 2016 the Leiner Group had around 2,900 employees. In 2017 the closings of four locations of the kika / Leiner group were announced (one Leiner location in Bruck an der Mur ; one kika location in Wolfsberg ; and two Lipo locations in Langenzersdorf and Ansfelden ). On August 16, 2018, it was announced that four more kika / Leiner furniture stores would have to close (two Leiner locations in Wiener Neustadt and Innsbruck ; and two kika locations in Spittal an der Drau and Vösendorf ). According to a press report, up to 1,100 employees will be affected by the closings .

Together with the furniture store chain Kika , the company was owned by the South African Steinhoff Group from 2013 to 2018 . Due to the balance sheet falsification scandal at Steinhoff, the kika / Leiner group was sold to the Signa group of the Tyrolean real estate investor and entrepreneur René Benko in June 2018.

Leiner furniture stores

The following Leiner furniture stores currently exist:

• in Lower Austria : Amstetten , Krems , Tulln - Langenrohr , Shopping City Süd (SCS) in Vösendorf , and St. Pölten
• in Upper Austria : Linz , Steyr , Vöcklabruck and Wels
• in the province of Salzburg : City of Salzburg
• in Styria : Graz and Judenburg
• in Vienna : Mariahilfer Straße , Hadikgasse (Vienna West) and Donaustadt (Vienna North)
• in Carinthia : Villach

Amstetten Krems St. Polten Linz Steyr Vöcklabruck catfish Salzburg Graz Judenburg Villach Tulln / Langenrohr Shopping City South Vienna West Vienna north Mariahilf Vienna

Leiner branches 2019

Web links

• Official website
• Leiner - the traditional Austrian company celebrates its 100th anniversary

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 65 million euros for Kika / Leiner locations . February 3, 2015 ( orf.at [accessed July 24, 2018]).
2. ↑ kika / Leiner starts 2017 with its own discount line . September 14, 2016 ( orf.at [accessed July 24, 2018]).
3. ↑ Steinhoff scandal: First consequences for kika / Leiner . In: news.ORF.at . December 22, 2017 ( orf.at [accessed July 24, 2018]).
4. ↑ Scandal with Kika / Leiner's mother Steinhoff spreads . In: news.ORF.at . January 2, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed July 24, 2018]).
5. ↑ Kika / Leiner: Four locations close, 46 remain . March 19, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed August 16, 2018]).
6. ↑ Kika / Leiner is cutting over 1,000 jobs . In: news.ORF.at . August 16, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed August 16, 2018]).
7. ^ Tough savings course at kika / Leiner . August 16, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed August 16, 2018]).
8. ↑ EU Commission: Steinhoff may take over Kika / Leiner - EUWID furniture
9. ↑ leiner.at
10. ↑ Leiner furniture stores . Leiner. Retrieved March 1, 2019.