GK Software
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| Aktiengesellschaft | |
| Traded as | FWB: GKS |
| Industry | Enterprise software |
| Founded | Schöneck/Vogtland, Saxony, Germany (1990) |
| Founder |
Rainer Gläß (CEO) Stephan Kronmüller |
| Headquarters | Schöneck/Vogtland, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Rainer Gläß (CEO) André Hergert (CFO) |
| Revenue |
 €44,634 million (2014) [1] |
 €-3,01 million (2014)[1] | |
| Profit |
€-3,57 million (2014)[1] |
| Total assets |
€44,673 million (2014)[1] |
| Total equity |
€30,555 million (2014)[1] |
Number of employees |
707 (2014) [2] |
| Slogan | Simply Retail |
| Website |
www |
GK Software AG is a listed technology company headquartered in Schöneck/Vogtland. The company specializes in software solutions and services for the operation of large retail company branches. GK employs about 707 individuals at eleven locations worldwide.[2] The name stands for the initials of the two founders of the company, Rainer Gläß and Stephan Kronmüller. According to the fiscal year 2014 annual report, GK Software achieved revenue of 44,634 million.[1]
History
Rainer Gläß and Stephan Kronmüller founded G&K Datensysteme GmbH in Schöneck/Vogtland in 1990. After successful growth, the company was converted into a stock corporation in 2001 and in 2008 went public in the Prime Standard of Deutsche Börse.[3]
The specialist for mobile solutions, Solquest Gmbh was acquired by GK in 2009. In 2012, the acquisition of the AWEK Group considerably reinforced the Services business segment of the company. GK Software acquired the retail segment of DBS Data Business Systems Inc., a US-based Point of Sale software specialist in 2015. In 2010, CEO Rainer Gläß was awarded the Ernst & Young business award as entrepreneur of the year.[4] The Munich Strategy Group awarded GK Software a third place rank on the list of the most successful German mid-size enterprises in 2013.[5]
The company maintains ten locations in Germany, as well as in South Africa, the USA, Russia, Switzerland and in the Czech Republic.[6]
The company distributes its products under the name GK/Retail Business Suite. This includes software for Point of Sale (POS), Backoffice, merchandise management, Store Device Control, sales promotion, administration of vouchers, automatic label printing, Open Scale and Monitoring.
In 2009, SAP initially took over the distribution of two products. This has now extended to five products, whose distribution is aimed globally since 2013.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "GK Annual Report 2014". GK Software AG. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- 1 2 "GK First Half Year Report 2015". GK Software AG. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ Börsengänge: Aktie der GK Software bietet Chancen (German). faz.net (2 June 2008). Retrieved on 22 May 2015.
- ↑ Gut orchestrierte Unternehmen (German). manager-magazin.de (15 November 2010). Retrieved on 22 May 2015.
- ↑ Ranking: Deutschlands erfolgreichste Mittelständler (German). welt.de (27 October 2013). Retrieved on 22 May 2015.
- ↑ GK Software Locations. gk-software.com. Retrieved on 22 May 2015.
- ↑ SAP Offers Retailers in North America a Full Range of Store Solutions to Optimize Their Businesses Through Extended Global Reseller Agreement With GK Software. sap-news.com (28 May 2013). Retrieved on 22 May 2015.