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- 1 2 3 "Warner Music Group kauft Lingener Unternehmen EMP". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. 18 September 2018.
- 1 2 "Erfahre alles über das Unternehmen EMP 🤘 Bewirb Dich noch heute!".
- 1 2 Bößl, Beate. "Eldorado für echte Fans. EMP Merchandising GmbH aus Lingen" (PDF). Wirtschaft Osnabrück-Emsland (in German). Industrie- und Handelskammer Osnabrück (9/2003). Retrieved 29 December 2010.
Rund 3500 Pakete werden von dort aus täglich auf den Weg zum Kunden gebracht... Deutschlandweit ist das Unternehmen in seinem Musiksegment größter Versandanbieter (lit.:From there [Lingen] roughly 3,500 parcels are delivered to the customers each day... The company is the greatest mail order business in its segment throughout Germany)
[ permanent dead link ] - ↑ "Warner Music to Acquire EMP Merchandising for $180 Million". 17 September 2018.
- ↑ "EMP Merchandise | Fanartikel Shop für Rock & Entertainment". 11 March 2020.
- 1 2 Sven Lampe (21 October 2018). "Warner Music Group buys Lingen-based EMP".
- 1 2 "EMP erhält "NEO - Excellence in Multichannel" Award".
- ↑ "Lingen verteidigt Podium: EMP auf Platz 1 der Storyclash Social Media Award "Fashion & Retail Brands in Germany"". 23 February 2021.