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 Galeria Kaufhof Cologne, Hohe Straße | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Genre | Department store |
| Predecessor | Kaufhof Warenhaus AG |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Founder | Leonhard Tietz |
| Fate | Merged with Karstadt |
| Successor | Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
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Key people | Dr. Wolfgang Link (chairman of the board) |
| Revenue | 3,120,000,000 euro (2014)  |
Number of employees | 21 500 (2014) |
| Parent | Signa Holding |
| Website | https://galeria-kaufhof.de |
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]
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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.
