| Galeria Kaufhof GmbH | |
| Type: | GmbH |
| Industry: | Retail |
| Genre: | Department store |
| Fate: | Merged with Karstadt |
| Predecessor: | Kaufhof Warenhaus AG |
| Successor: | Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof |
| Founder: | Leonhard Tietz |
| Hq Location City: | Cologne |
| Hq Location Country: | Germany |
| Key People: | Dr. Wolfgang Link (Chairman of the Board) |
| Owners: | --> |
| Num Employees: | 21 500 |
| Num Employees Year: | 2014 |
| Parent: | Signa 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 25 March 2019, Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof launched their merged company, Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, based in Essen, with a new logo and a new website galeria.de.