Tag: Otto Group
Otto Group kooperiert mit dem Robotik-Pionier Boston Dynamics
Roboter Spot Die Maschinen von Boston Dynamics setzt Otto künftig in seinen Logistikzentren ein. (Foto: dpa) Boston Zur Feier des Tages lassen der Vorstand der deutschen Otto Group Kay Schiebur und…
Inflation and slack consumption are pushing the Otto Group into the red
Headquarters of the Otto Group in Hamburg According to CEO Birken, the reasons for the slump are, among other things, that more money is being spent on travel and culture…
How robots with artificial intelligence get a warehouse under control
Hamburg The workers in the Otto Group’s goods distribution center in Haldensleben will soon have eight very special new colleagues. These are robots that are designed to take on tasks…
“The department stores have completely overslept the development”
Michael Otto The owner of the Otto Group laments the increasing monotony in many inner cities. (Photo: IMAGO/SEPA.Media) Mr. Otto, many see online retail as the gravedigger of the inner…
“One must not only see the threat posed by new forms of distribution”
Hamburg Mr. Otto, many see online retail as the gravedigger of the inner city. Is your Otto Group complicit in the death of once-proud brands like Kaufhof and Karstadt?The high…
The great selection in online trading begins
Dusseldorf, Berlin The Otto Group had tried everything to save the subsidiary Mytoys. As recently as February, Otto board member Sebastian Klauke said, referring to the wave of layoffs at…
Group closes Mytoys and lays off 800 employees
Headquarters of the Otto Group Despite high investments, the turnaround of the Mytoys subsidiary did not succeed. (Photo: imago/blickwinkel) Dusseldorf The Otto Group has decided to discontinue the business operations…
Otto closes the Mytoys subsidiary and lays off 800 employees
Headquarters of the Otto Group Despite high investments, the turnaround of the Mytoys subsidiary did not succeed. (Photo: imago/blickwinkel) Dusseldorf The Otto Group has decided to discontinue the business operations…
Otto Group makes Erfurt the carpet capital
Erfurt 1200 natural white synthetic fiber flokati are stacked up at the incoming goods gate, they were delivered by truck from Turkey. The sender printed the name of the fashion…
Climate protection is becoming a matter of survival for retailers
Dusseldorf Many bakers complain that they are threatened with bankruptcy due to rising energy costs. This is not an issue for Roland Schüren: His bakery in Haan in the Rhineland…
Black Friday sales plummet
Dusseldorf In view of the general reluctance to buy, online retailers in Germany had high hopes for the Black Friday sales event. But many of them may have been disappointed.…
Otto boss on falling sales & rising costs
Alexander Birken The head of the Otto Group is experiencing a slump in sales in Germany, but growth in foreign business. (Photo: Isadora Tast) Hamburg The Otto Group achieved record…
Otto boss on falling sales & rising costs
Alexander Birken The head of the Otto Group is experiencing a slump in sales in Germany, but growth in foreign business. (Photo: Isadora Tast) Hamburg The Otto Group achieved record…
How managers deal with ruminations at work
Managers Kühne, Rorsted, Descours, Renner, Hendel, Dawo, Rower Dusseldorf First Henkel, now Adidas: In his 14 years as CEO, Kasper Rorsted had to make many decisions. Even difficult ones that…
Sensoo attracts online customers with tailor-made sofas
Dusseldorf Stephan Rom can’t help with the eureka moment of a sudden business idea at the kitchen table in the student flat share. “That wasn’t the classic, romantic start-up story,”…
Susanne Klatten’s love for start-ups
It is the commitment of Germany’s richest woman (who doesn’t want to be reduced to just that) to family businesses and start-ups, to a vibrant economic structure. To this end,…
How do you change a company from the inside out?
Dusseldorf As an in-house strategist, Tobias Krüger was given the task of leading the “Kulturwandel 4.0” team in the Otto Group in 2016 – a team with a not exactly…
How do you change a company from the inside out?
Dusseldorf As an in-house strategist, Tobias Krüger was given the task of leading the “Kulturwandel 4.0” team in the Otto Group in 2016 – a team with a not exactly…
Avoid millions of returns with these tricks
Dusseldorf A real shopping spree can be expected on Black Friday again this year: Germans want to spend 4.9 billion euros on this day, 27 percent more than last year.…