Sport-Tiedje
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| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | April 1, 1984 |
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Schleswig , Germany
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| Number of employees | 358 (2018) |
| sales | 90.97 million euros (2018) |
| Branch | Sports retail |
| Website | www.sport-tiedje.de |
The Sport-Tiedje GmbH is a German retail company based in Schleswig , which specializes in home fitness needs. With 73 branches across Europe, the company is Europe's largest specialist market and online mail order company for home fitness equipment. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the owner-managed Grau Fitness GmbH based in Lürschau .
history
Sport-Tiedje was founded in 1984 by former Bundesliga table tennis player Ulrich Tiedje (* January 20, 1957 - November 18, 2015) as a stationary sports shop in Schleswig. In 1996 Christian Grau joined his side. The range has also been available on the Internet since 1999. Since then, the focus of the business has been on home fitness equipment and accessories.
In 2001 Ulrich Tiedje and Christian Grau founded Sport-Tiedje GmbH as partners with equal rights. In addition to online shops in different languages, Sport-Tiedje has opened further branches in Europe since 2003. Company founder Ulrich Tiedje left the company in 2011. His shares were taken over by Christian Grau, who has been the sole shareholder ever since.
With the opening of the branches in Brussels and Amsterdam in the summer of 2013, Sport-Tiedje introduced the T-Fitness brand . In 2015 the company took over the Dutch fitness chain OZI Sport BV with four branches. At the end of 2015, Sport ‐ Tiedje continued its expansion course in Europe and took over Powerhouse Fitness (Laidir Leisure Ltd., Glasgow), the second largest provider of home fitness equipment and accessories in Great Britain. On November 1, 2016, Sport-Tiedje took over the exclusive sale of large fitness equipment in several Karstadt Sports GmbH sports stores.
Locations
Sport-Tiedje operates 73 specialist fitness stores in Europe, including 41 branches in Germany, 7 in Austria and 4 in Switzerland. 11 branches are located in Great Britain, 6 in the Netherlands, 2 in Belgium and one each in Denmark, France and Poland. (As of February 2020)
In addition, Sport-Tiedje has a base in Taiwan , which acts as a competence center for its own brands and quality management.
The administration, an internationally staffed call center and a small parts warehouse are located at the Sport-Tiedje headquarters in Schleswig. The 20,000 m² high-bay warehouse and the returns workshop can be found in nearby Büdelsdorf . International logistics are also controlled and processed there.
Range and service
The sale to end consumers is the core business of Sport-Tiedje GmbH. Among other things, fitness equipment , sports nutrition and outdoor play equipment are partly sold exclusively. In addition to various third-party brands, the Sport-Tiedje Group has its own brands cardiostrong, Darwin Fitness, Taurus, cardiojump as well as Bodymax and Smart-Tec Nutrition (sports nutrition).
Sport-Tiedje is also expanding its business with corporate customers. Companies and public institutions are supported in planning and equipping fitness rooms.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements for the 2018 financial year of Sport-Tiedje GmbH. In: Bundesanzeiger , February 25, 2020, accessed in the company register on February 28, 2020.
- ↑ Sport-Tiedje GmbH: Press report: Sport-Tiedje continues to expand business in Europe (PDF; 105 kB)
- ↑ Sport-Tiedje GmbH: Press report: Sport-Tiedje takes over Powerhouse Fitness (PDF; 114 kB)
- ↑ Sport-Tiedje GmbH: Press report: Sport-Tiedje opens fitness equipment areas at KARSTADT sports: Nationwide 21 new shop-in-shop branches in central city locations (PDF; 317 kB)