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METRO gROUP : ANNUAL REPORT 2011 : sTRATEgy
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· q4 / 2011 ·
Change on the
Management Board (1)
1/10/2011: Effective 1 October 2011, Heiko
Hutmacher joins the Management Board of
METRO AG as Chief Human Resources Officer
(CHRO), taking over from Dr Eckhard
Cordes. His appointment extends the
Board from four to five members.
Joint venture for
specialty stores
1/10/2011: Effective 1 October 2011, METRO
PROPERTIES brings its specialty store business
into a joint venture with shopping
centre developer and operator ECE. The
company MEC METRO­ECE Centermanagement
GmbH & Co. KG (MEC) handles management,
operations, rental and marketing of
38 specialty stores in Germany.
Galeria Kaufhof
launches online shop
7/10/2011: Galeria Kaufhof’s virtual department
store enables customers to shop
comfortably on their computer. The online
shop’s assortment comprises nearly
all product groups offered in the sales division’s
physical stores.
Saturn web shop
goes online
10/10/2011: On the occasion of its 50th anniversary,
the sales brand transforms itself from
a stationary retailer into a multichannel provider,
launching its German online shop.
online SHoPPinG AT
www.saturn.de
Long-Term VaLue CreaTion
Second Real
Drive opened
10/10/2011: Real opens its second drivein
station in Germany in Cologne­Porz
where customers can pick up groceries preordered
over the Internet.
International
target agreement
17/10/2011: METRO GROUP commits to
increasing the share of women in management
positions worldwide to 20 percent
by the end of 2013 and 25 percent
by the end of 2015.
25%
share of women
in mAnAGemenT PoSiTionS
– By 2015 –
Change on the
Management Board (2)
18/11/2011: The Supervisory Board appoints
Olaf Koch as new Chairman of
the Management Board of METRO AG
effective 1 January 2012. He succeeds Dr
Eckhard Cordes, who left the Company
on 31 December 2011.
Change on the
Supervisory Board
18/11/2011: Franz Markus Haniel is elected
as new Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of METRO AG. He succeeds Prof. Dr Jürgen
Kluge who resigned from his office effective
17 November 2011.
TaKing a Far-SigHTeD VieW!
700th wholesale
store worldwide
24/11/2011: Metro Cash & Carry opens
its 700th store worldwide in Kagithane,
a district of Istanbul.
700 times
meTRo CASH & CARRy
Sales and earnings
forecast reduced
6/12/2011: METRO GROUP adjusts its
sales and earnings forecast for the financial
year 2011 following a weak start
to the Christmas business, negative
currency effects and the increasingly
tangible effects of the sovereign debt crisis
on economic growth and consumer
confidence.
Changes on the
Management Board (3)
16/12/2011: Mark Frese is appointed new Chief
Financial Officer of METRO AG effective
1 January 2012. He succeeds Olaf Koch who
takes over as Chairman of the Management
Board of METRO AG. In future, Joël Saveuse
will oversee the strategic development of
the Real sales division. Frans W. H. Muller
assumes overall responsibility for Metro
Cash & Carry worldwide.
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