Douglas Holding
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Douglas Holding AG | |
 |
|
| Type of Company | joint stock company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | Hagen, Germany |
| Key people | Henning Kreke, Chairman |
| Industry | retailing |
| Products | perfume, books, jewelry, clothing, confection |
| Employees | 18,698 (2004) |
| Slogan | Handel mit Herz und Verstand (Retailing with heart and understanding) |
| Website | www.douglas-holding.de |
Douglas Holding AG is a German perfume retailer based in Hagen, which owns 1,528 stores, 1,088 of which are in Germany, in Europe and the United States.
The roots of the company date back to 1821, when the perfume and soap factory J.S. Douglas Söhne was founded in Hamburg. In 1863, the first Christ subsidiary was founded. In 1910, the first Douglas perfumery was opened in Hamburg. The actual predecessor of the Douglas Holding AG, the Hussel Süßwarenfilialbetrieb GmbH, was founded in 1949 and transformed into a joint stock company in 1962. In 1969 it acquired the Parfümerie Douglas, which soon became the main pillar of the the corporation, which became known as Hussel Holding AG in 1976. In 1989, the company changed its name to Douglas Holding AG.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of September 3, 2006.
[edit] External links
 |
This German corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
|
 |
|---|---|
|
Aareal Bank AG | AMB Generali Holding AG | AWD Holding AG | Beiersdorf AG | Bilfinger Berger AG | Celesio AG | DEPFA BANK plc | |
