Douglas Holding

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Douglas Holding AG
Type 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)
Website www.douglas-holding.de

Douglas Holding AG (FWB: DOHG) 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 corporation, which became known as Hussel Holding AG in 1976. In 1989, the company changed its name to Douglas Holding AG.

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