Galeria Kaufhof (German Department Store Chain)

Leonard Tietz opened a first store called ‘Leonhard Tietz’ in Stralsund in 1879. It was a 25 m² shop selling fabrics, wool and haberdashery. In 1889 a branch was opened in Elberfeld. This was followed by branches in Koblenz (1890), Barmen (1890), several in Cologne (1891, 1892, 1893, 1898), Remscheid (1891), Aachen (1892), Mainz (1893), Düren (1894), Düsseldorf (1895 ) Eschweiler (1897), Bonn (1901), Krefeld (1904) and Mayen (1905). Cologne became its registered office in 1897.

Galeria (German Department Store Chain)

Galeria in Kleef, Duitsland — Galeria in Kleve, Germany

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Galeria (Cadena de Grandes Almacenes Alemana)

Vêtements pour Femmes Opus dans un Grand Magasin Galeria — Opus Women’s Clothing in a Galeria Department Store (2021)

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After the death of Leonhard Tietz, his son Alfred Leonhard Tietz took charge. In 1929, branches in Potsdam, Frankfurt and Breslau were taken over from the Lindemann Konzern. The chain had now grown to 43 branches. To prevent the company from being dissolved as a result of the Aryanization by the NSDAP, the company was renamed Westdeutsche Kaufhof AG in July 1933 and Tietz sold his shares.
After the Second World War, the company continued to grow. For example, branches were built in Solingen (1950), Frankfurt (1950), Mainz (1950), Bonn (1950), Würzburg (1951), Munich Stachus (1951), Hagen (1952), Worms (1952), Krefeld (1952), Darmstadt (1953), Mannheim (1953), Mülheim an der Ruhr (1953), Hamburg Mönckebergstrasse (1967), Düsseldorf – Am Wehrhahn (1968), Hamburg – Alstertal-EKZ (1970) and Munich Marienplatz (1972). In 1994, the German department store chain Horten was acquired.

Galeria (Deutsche Kaufhauskette)

Galeria（德国百货连锁店）

Dział Kosmetyczny w Domu Towarowym Galeria — Cosmetics Department at a Galeria Department Store

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In 1991, shortly after German reunification, five former Centrum department stores were acquired in Berlin, Rostock, Neu-Brandenburg, Suhl and Chemnitz. In addition, the former Universal-Kaufhaus in Berlin-Marzahn and the Kinderkaufhaus in Halle were taken over.
In 2015, the chain had 101 branches in Germany, including the Carsch-haus in Düsseldorf. This department store was closed in 2016 to be converted into a branch of Sake 5th Off. In Germany, the Lust for Life department store formula was also operated in Hamburg and Aachen. In addition, there were 16 branches in Belgium (under the name Galeria Inno). On September 30, 2015, Hudson’s Bay Company acquired the business from Metro AG.

Galeria (сеть немецких универмагов)

Galeria (Chaîne Allemande de Grands Magasins)

In September 2018, Hudson’s Bay announced that it would merge Kaufhof with Karstadt. In 2009, Kaufhof had already taken over 60 branches from Karstadt. In 2019, Karstadt & Galeria Kaufhof presented the new logo of their combined company Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof and also they launched their new website galeria.de. The head office was moved to the former Karstadt headquarters in Essen-Bredeney. On April 1, 2020, the group applied for a suspension of payment due to financial problems, including the corona crisis.