Galeria Kaufhof GmbH
TypeGmbH
IndustryRetail
GenreDepartment store
PredecessorKaufhof Warenhaus AG
Founded1879
FounderLeonhard Tietz
Headquarters
Cologne
,
Germany
Areas served
  • Germany
  • Belgium
Key people
Dr. Wolfgang Link (Chairman of the Board)
Number of employees
21 500 (2014)
ParentSigna Holding

Galeria Kaufhof GmbH was a German department store chain, headquartered in Cologne. It was a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1930 to 2010, with various CEOs acting as presidents of the Association over time.[1][2]

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.[3] In September 2018 they announced plans to merge with their largest competitor Karstadt.[4] In June 2019 all the shares of Galeria Kaufhof were bought by the Austrian company Signa Holding, who been the partner in the former merger.[5]

On March 25, 2019 Karstadt & Galeria Kaufhof launched their merged company, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, based in Essen, with a new logo and a new website galeria.de.

Business portfolio

  • Galeria Kaufhof - 97 branches
  • DINEA Gastronomie GmbH - 58 restaurants
  • Galeria Inno - 16 stores in Belgium[6]

References

  1. ↑ "IADS Presidents". www.iads.org. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  2. ↑ "News releases - www.stockmanngroup.com". www.stockmanngroup.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Germany's Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof Department Stores Merge". 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Hudson's Bay Stock Soars 43% on Buyout Interest and Exit From Europe Yahoo Finance on 10th of June 2019
  6. ↑ Galeria Inno - History Archived 2017-07-31 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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