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Discounter gets a new head of Germany
Christian Härtnagel The discounter’s previous head of Germany is moving to another position in the group. (Photo: ddp/News Licensing Jack Hill/The) Dusseldorf The discounter Lidl is surprisingly replacing the head…
Schwarz Group around Lidl and Kaufland is growing strongly with new business areas
Lidl branch The discounter’s business still accounts for the largest part of the Schwarz Group’s sales. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In a difficult environment, the Schwarz Group has managed to significantly…
50 years of Lidl – This is how Dieter Schwarz taught Aldi to fear
discounters Lidl has grown much faster than the two Aldi chains in recent years. Dusseldorf The attack on Aldi almost failed because of the wrong name. But entrepreneur Dieter Schwarz…
This is how Dieter Schwarz taught Aldi to fear
Lidl branch The discounter has grown much faster than the two Aldi chains in recent years. (Photo: imago images/Hanno Bode) Dusseldorf The attack on Aldi almost failed because of the…
Kaufland expands in e-commerce
Kaufland branch Kaufland is still reluctant to connect the shops too closely to the online marketplace. (Photo: Kaufland) Cologne The retailer Kaufland wants to expand its online trade throughout Europe.…
“The technology is there, the time is ripe, but we must not”
Berlin In the corona pandemic, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) reached its limits. 60,000 employees answered customer inquiries from the home office, up to 200,000 calls reached the employment agencies…
Payback, Deutschlandcard and Co. bring customers hardly any savings
Payback use at Rewe An evaluation of receipts shows that customers benefit little from the bonus programs. (Photo: imago/Arvid Müller) Dusseldorf Retailers promise customers lucrative deals with their bonus programs…
After a price dispute with brand manufacturers: Edeka is expanding its own brand production
Edeka logo The dealer has built up a small empire of production companies. (Photo: picture alliance / Hauke-Christi) Dusseldorf The Schwarz Group with its retail chains Lidl and Kaufland is…
German family businesses are growing more slowly in a global comparison
Dusseldorf The 500 top-selling family businesses in the world are growing again. After a 2.5 percent decline in sales in the 2019 and 2021 surveys, the Global Family Business Index…
German family businesses are growing more slowly in a global comparison
Dusseldorf The 500 top-selling family businesses in the world are growing again. After a 2.5 percent decline in sales in the 2019 and 2021 surveys, the Global Family Business Index…
Why the Schwarz Group sells software against hackers
Dusseldorf Coincidentally, hardly anyone is likely to find the “War Room” (in German “War Room”) of the Lidl parent company. The route leads through the company premises in Neckarsulm through…
Gerd Chrzanowski: Manager 2022
Gerd Chrzanowski The top manager has been leading the Schwarz Group since December 2021. Dusseldorf When the “Zeitenwende” was recently chosen as “Word of the Year”, this says a lot…
Lidl is preparing for delivery bottlenecks
Shopping at Lidl The parent company, the Schwarz Group, is increasingly producing its own brands for Lidl and Kaufland. (Photo: dpa) Ubach-Palenberg, Dusseldorf Europe’s largest retailer, the Schwarz Group, wants…
Lidl mother adjusts to bottlenecks
Shopping at Lidl The parent company, the Schwarz Group, is increasingly producing its own brands. (Photo: dpa) Ubach-Palenberg, Dusseldorf Europe’s largest retailer, the Schwarz Group, wants to strengthen its own…
Former Real boss opens first cashless organic store
Dusseldorf The trading business does not let go of the former Real boss Patrick Müller-Sarmiento. After the chain was sold by the parent company Metro a good two years ago,…
Just over 100 billion euros
Lidl branch The discounter exceeded the sales limit of 100 billion euros for the first time in the past financial year. (Photo: ddp/Revierfoto) Dusseldorf Gerd Chrzanowski ordered a cultural revolution…
Just over 100 billion euros
Lidl branch The discounter exceeded the sales limit of 100 billion euros for the first time in the past financial year. (Photo: ddp/Revierfoto) Dusseldorf Gerd Chrzanowski ordered a cultural revolution…
Why the parent company Schwarz is launching a cloud platform
Dusseldorf For a few weeks now, the Schwarz Group has been offering products that you would not expect from a retail company: the parent company of Lidl and Kaufland has…
Lidl wants to curb delivery bottlenecks with its own container ships
Dusseldorf The discounter Lidl is reacting to the delivery bottlenecks from the Far East and is expected to put four container ships into service from early summer. This is reported…
Schwarz Group goes on the offensive with Kaufland
Logo at the Kaufland branch in Düsseldorf Rapid growth, big plans. (Photo: imago images/Michael Gstettenbauer) Dusseldorf The Lidl sister company Kaufland is overrunning the industry with an unprecedented investment offensive.…