REWE Group
The REWE Group is a German diversified retail and tourism co-operative group based in Cologne, Germany. The name REWE comes from Revisionsverband der Westkauf-Genossenschaften", meaning "Western Buying Co-operatives Auditing Association". The most important companies under the umbrella of the REWE Group operate under the REWE-Zentral AG and REWE-Zentralfinanz eG names. The basis of the co-operative trade group consists of a network of independent retailers. In the 2017 financial year, the REWE Group had total external sales of €57.8 billion. The REWE Group is the second largest supermarket chain in Germany behind EDEKA.
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| Type | Private. Cooperative, Joint-stock company |
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| Industry | Retailing |
| Predecessor | Stüssgen  |
| Founded | 1927 (current form 1972) |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Lionel Souque, CEO Heinz-Bert Zander, Chairman |
| Products | Department stores, Supermarkets, Convenience stores, Cash&Carry, Hypermarkets, Home improvement, etc. |
| Revenue |  US$72.18 billion (2019)[2] |
| 491,400,000 euro (2017) | |
| 337,800,000 euro (2017) | |
| Total assets | 19,506,400,000 euro (2017) |
Number of employees | 363,633 (2019) |
| Website | www.rewe-group.com |
Divisions
Trading
- REWE – supermarket chain in Germany with 3,300 stores.
- BILLA – supermarket chain with over 1,000 stores in Austria and 400 stores in other European countries
- Penny – discount supermarket chain with 3,000 stores in Germany, Austria, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic
- XXL Mega Discount – discount hypermarket chain in Romania
- nahkauf – convenience store operator in Germany.
- toom BauMarkt – A DIY/home improvement chain with 250 stores in Germany
- Billa Plus – supermarket chain with 100 stores in Austria (formerly known as Merkur)
- BIPA – health and beauty retail chain with 560 stores in Austria and 58 stores in Croatia
- Kaufpark – supermarket chain with 120 stores in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Palink – supermarket chain in Lithuania
Tourism
DER Touristik is the tourism division of Rewe Group:
- Tour operator brands: ITS, Jahn Reisen, Tjaereborg, Dertour, Meier’s Weltreisen and ADAC Reisen[3] and clevertours.com
- Hotel brands: lti Hotels, Club Calimera and PrimaSol Hotels
In June 2015 DER acquired Kuoni Travel's European tour operations.[4]
Country ranking in 2006
| Country | No. of Stores | Sales (million euros) |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8939 | 31220 M€ |
| Austria | 1901 | 4618 M€ |
| Italy | 337 | 1736 M€ |
| France* | - | 1140 M€ |
| Romania | 65 | 1050 M€ |
| Switzerland* | 22 | 904 M€ |
| Czech Republic | 245 | 844 M€ |
| Poland | 33 | 679 M€ |
| Hungary | 200 | 667 M€ |
| Slovakia | 117 | 274 M€ |
| Croatia | 50 | 215 M€ |
| Bulgaria | 110 | – M€ |
| Russia | 69 | – M€ |
| Ukraine | 21 | 68 M€ |
- *Sales of retail activities
Digital Business
In 2013, the REWE Group founded a subsidiary named REWE Digital, which is responsible for all strategic online activities.[5] The group also acquired the e-commerce platform vendor commercetools[6] and Zooroyal, an e-commerce website for animal food and pet supplies.[7]
Cassis de Dijon
In 1979, Rewe won a significant case in the European Court of Justice, the Cassis de Dijon case.
References
- Ley, Claudia; Lee, Sang Yup (2016). "Bioengineering – Use What You Know". ChemViews. doi:10.1002/chemv.201500111. ISSN 2190-3735.
- https://nrf.com/resources/top-retailers/top-50-global-retailers/top-50-global-retailers-2020. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ADAC Reisen – Specialist for mobile holidays
- Gretler, Corinne. "Kuoni Sells European Tour Operating Business to Rewe Group", Bloomberg Business, 22 June 2015. Accessed 7 July 2015.
- "REWE digital - Provider of online solutions in markets relevant to REWE Group". Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- "REWE Digital acquires e-commerce software provider commercetools GmbH". March 31, 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- "ZooRoyal - der Onlineshop für Ihr Haustier". Retrieved August 29, 2019.