Games max

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SPIELE MAX GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding October 23, 1982
Seat Berlin
Number of employees 630 (2017)
sales EUR 112.7 million (2017)
Branch retail trade
Website www.spielemax.de

The Games Max GmbH (proper spelling in capital letters ) is a trading company based in Berlin , the 64 stores in Germany and an online store for the sale of baby equipment, toys features and children's fashions.

history

On October 23, 1982, Spiele Max opened the first specialist market in the “Forum Steglitz” shopping center in Berlin. From 1990 the range was expanded to include baby equipment, and baby textiles were added later as “fashion for minis”. In March 1999 a branch opened in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen with over 3,000 m² of retail space. It is still the largest baby specialty store in Berlin and Brandenburg today. At the end of 1999, Spiele Max had 31 branches in northern and northeastern Germany. In 2006 the first three branches opened in Bavaria, from 2008 new branches were added annually in Germany, in 2012 nine branches.

Since August 21, 2014, Spiele Max has had another flagship store in Hofheim-Wallau with a retail area of ​​around 3,000 m² on two floors.

Spiele Max operates 64 branches in 14 federal states in Germany with around 30,000 items from different ranges, which are divided into the areas of babies, toys and children's fashion. The company employs around 630 people.

background

The company was founded in 1982 by Wilfried Franz as Spiele Max Wilfried Franz KG , inspired by Toys “R” Us in the United States. In 1997 the company was converted into the Spiele Max AG and in 2008 it was sold to the Polish Smyk Group for 9.1 million euros . The parent company of the Spiele Max AG is the Spiele Max Holding GmbH.

In August 2017, Palero Capital from Munich and the private equity fund Palero Invest S.à rl, headquartered in Luxembourg, took over the majority stake in Spiele Max AG from the Smyk Group, but sold the company in 2018 in a management Buy-out . On February 12, 2018, the stock corporation was converted into Spiele Max GmbH in accordance with the articles of association dated November 13, 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual financial statements of Spiele Max AG for the 2017 financial year In: Federal Gazette , November 6, 2018, accessed on January 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ Games Max branches. Retrieved August 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Press release: SPIELE MAX opens flagship store in Hofheim-Wallau In: spielemax.de , August 7, 2014, accessed on February 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Brun-Hagen Hennerkes, Christopher Pleister: The medium -sized business model for success: 12 entrepreneurs provide insights into their thoughts and actions . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-322-82246-8 , pp. 377 ( preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ Eva Apraku: You are Berlin: Wilfried Franz - The calculator. In: tip-berlin.de. December 17, 2010, accessed August 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Polish company buys chain Spiele Max. In: morgenpost.de. September 4, 2008, accessed August 9, 2017 .
  7. ^ Company announcement of the Spiele Max AG of August 22, 2017 in: bundesanzeiger.de , accessed on February 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ Our current holdings - Spiele Max AG In: palero.de , accessed on January 11, 2019 (Acquired: 08/2017, seller: Smyk Group, buyer: MBO)
  9. ↑ Spiele Max GmbH HRB 193546 New entry in the commercial register In: handelsregister-online.net , accessed on February 15, 2018.