Galeria Kaufhof

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]

Galeria Kaufhof GmbH

Galeria Kaufhof Cologne, Hohe Straße
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Genre	Department store
Predecessor	Kaufhof Warenhaus AG
Founded	1879; 146 years ago (1879)
Founder	Leonhard Tietz
Fate	Merged with Karstadt
Successor	Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof
Headquarters	Cologne , Germany
Areas served	Germany Belgium
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

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.

Business portfolio

• Galeria Kaufhof - 97 branches
• DINEA Gastronomie GmbH - 58 restaurants
• Galeria Inno - 16 stores in Belgium^[6]