euro adhoc: KarstadtQuelle AG
Strategic management decisions
KarstadtQuelle:
New structure for Mail Order
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28.11.2006
Ad hoc release under Section 15 Securities Trading Law KarstadtQuelle: New structure for Mail Order
Essen, November 28, 2006. KarstadtQuelle AG is optimizing its Mail Order division and providing it with a new structure. Universal Mail Order Germany is to concentrate on the market leader Quelle. Its second Universal Mail Order company neckermann.de will be floated on the stock exchange in 2007. As an alternative, consideration is also being given to the disposal of neckermann.de, the No. 3 in the German mail order market. The development of Quelle GmbH, Europes leading universal mail order company, is to be advanced strongly. In the process, focus will be given to strenghten further the leading position among German mail order companies in the e-commerce business. Furthermore, Quelle plans to initiate business in the growing teleshopping sector. International business at Quelle will be rigorously aligned to growth regions. Here Quelle is concentrating its activities on Central and Eastern Europe, as well as German-speaking territories, with particular attention being rapid expansion in Russia. The companies in France, Portugal and Spain are to be sold, with relevant sales talks already having been initiated. In Belgium and in the Netherlands activities are to be discontinued to the beginning of 2007. In Specialty Mail Order, KarstadtQuelle will concentrate on the Golden Ager, Premium and Communities segments. Over the mid-term, KarstadtQuelle will dispose of all other specialty Mail Order companies. The Mail Order Service Group, consisting of 14 call centers, five logistics locations and IT service providers with a total of 10,000 employees is to be sold or developed in conjunction with a strategic partner.
end of announcement euro adhoc 28.11.2006 07:33:00
Further inquiry note:
Detlef Neveling
Tel. +49(0)201 727-9817
Fax: +49(0)201 727-9854
E-Mail: detlef.neveling@karstadtquelle.com
Branche: Retail
ISIN: DE0006275001
WKN: 627500
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