INNO
IndustryRetail
GenreDepartment store
Number of locations
16[1]
Area served
Belgium[1]
OwnerGaleria Karstadt Kaufhof[2]
Websiteinno.be

INNO, formerly branded Galeria Inno, is a Belgian department store chain that operates 16 stores.[3] It is a subsidiary of German Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof.[2]

History

INNO in Charleroi, wearing its former Galeria Inno branding.

It was founded in 1897 in Brussels as A l'Innovation. INNO was a founder and has remained member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1928 to 2001. Emile Bernheim has been 4 times the president of the Association in 1931, 1935, 1950, 1960.[4]

Since 2001, the chain has been owned by the Galeria Kaufhof group, which was subsequently acquired by Hudson's Bay Company in 2015.[5]

As of February 2023, INNO's current owner, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, supposedly plans to spin-off and sell the Belgian INNO branch as part of its own insolvency proceedings.[2]

Locations

INNO operates overall 16 department stores throughout Belgium, of which four are located in Brussels: Uccle, Bruxelles (Louise), Bruxelles (Rue Neuve), Woluwe.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 inno.be - Stores retrieved 12 March 2023
  2. 1 2 3 handelsblatt.com (German) 3 February 2023
  3. ↑ Galeria Inno - History Archived 2017-07-31 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. ↑ iads.org - Presidents
  5. ↑ "HBC-Logo ziert jetzt das Kölner HBC Europe Service-Center" (Press release) (in German). Galeria Kaufhof GmbH. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-31.


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