Globus (company)

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Globus is a Swiss department store company, with 14 department stores in Switzerland. The group, which also includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, it is owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros.

Globus was founded in 1907 in Zurich, and now has stores in all major Swiss cities. The chain sells mostly upscale goods, including clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and household supplies. The stores are also noted for their extensive delicatessen section, called Globus Delicatessa, and their former mascot, Globi, the comic books about whom have been a fixture in the childhood of many Swiss.

There are Globus department stores in:

Basel, BS
Bern (2 Department stores), BE
Chur, GR
Geneva (2 Department stores), GE
Lausanne, VD
Locarno, TI

Lucerne, LU
Neuchâtel, NE
St. Gallen, SG
Zurich (2 Department stores), ZH
The Glatt shopping centre in Wallisellen, near Zurich.

External links

Official Web site

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