Issue No. 6 / June 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shutterstock SIGNA Sports Group is number 1 in Germany and ranks among the top 5 in Europe Launch of SIGNA Sports Group In 2016, SIGNA Retail acquired the mic omni-channel players in Eu- have built up their companies majority stake in the online sports rope, especially in the team sports, from scratch and managed them retailer OUTFITTER, in Europe‘s running, football, biking, outdoor successfully, shall continue to be SIGNA TIMES leading bike and outdoor e-com- and tennis segments. actively involved in each of the merce company, internetstores, and individual companies and in the in Europe‘s most successful mul- Every month, more than two milli- SIGNA Sports Group. SIGNA GOES DIGITAL! ti-channel retailer in the tennis sec- on customers visit the SIGNA Sports Sports Group is proud to have one tor, Tennis-Point. At the beginning Group‘s brick-and-mortar shops, of the largest, best and most entre- In the current issue of SIGNA Times, we invite you to immerse of 2017, SIGNA Retail, through its and more than eight million online preneurially experienced teams of yourself in the digital world of SIGNA with our specially program- subsidiary internetstores, acquired visitors surf the web shops every online business experts in the Eu- med app. The SIGNA Times team wishes you a lot of fun reading Probikeshop, the leading online month, which results in more than ropean sports market. and experiencing exciting virtual realities. bike retailer in Southern Europe 2.2 million online orders or packa- and France. Together with Karstadt ges leaving the state-of-the-art logi- The SIGNA Sports Group is strate- Sports, the number 2 sporting goods stics centres and warehouses of the gically coordinated by a Steering retailer in Germany, these compa- SIGNA Sports Group every year. Committee, which also includes the nies form the newly established founders and CEOs of each of the SIGNA Sports Group. The key strategic factor in the companies. Synergies are analysed, success of the newly established best-in-class standards are defined, With target revenues of about SIGNA Sports Group is its con- and growth opportunities are dis- EUR 650 million in 2017, 45 brick- sistent focus on digital business. cussed. In spring 2017, René Köhler, and-mortar locations in the DACH The acquisitions it has made over founder and Chairman of inter- region (Germany, Austria, Switzer- the past as well as the current netstores, took over the function land), and 58 web shops in 17 dif- year, which were exclusively in of Chairman of the SIGNA Sports ferent countries, SIGNA Sports the online segment, will lead to Group. The medium-term quantita- SIGNA Times Group is clearly number 1 in Ger- an increase to over two thirds of tive aim of the SIGNA Sports Group many and ranks among the top the online market share of the is the first billion in revenues. Qua- five in the multi-channel sports group‘s revenues in 2017. The “di- litatively, the approach is still focu- sector in Europe. All the com- gital heads” of the online compa- sed on remaining the top expertise You can find a detailed explanation and panies are operating profitably. nies were also enthusiastic about and innovation leaders in the omni- more information on page 3. SIGNA Sports Group has become SIGNA Sports Group‘s vision. channel sporting goods business in one of the largest and most dyna- The entire team of founders, who Europe. Page 01 Issue No. 6 / June 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 TIMES TIMES SIGNA Group SIGNA goes digital POSITIONING ITSELF AS THE INDUSTRY PIONEER IN ITS CORE MARKETS In the midst of the Third Industri- tangible and concrete. They allow SIGNA has been digital in the retail store segment, we have experienced on will look once it‘s completed in al Revolution, in the changeover dimensions to be seen, thus crea- sector for quite a while now. With 58 great success with the online outlet 2018. Furthemore, you can experien- from the industrial age to the di- ting clarity for the customer. This online shops in 17 different coun- for designer fashion, dress-for-less, ce the opening of the new KaDeWe GROUP EXECUTIVE BOARD: Dieter Berninghaus (Chairman), Christoph Stadlhuber, Frank Tölle, Wolfram Keil gital era, our lives are being pro- facilitates and accelerates the deci- tries, SIGNA Sports Group is among and with Karstadt.de, and we are on in Berlin. By viewing a time-lapse foundly and globally changed in sion-making process. In residential the top 5 companies in the sports a path towards increased growth. film, you can also see the progress many ways by this process. Digital sales, SIGNA relies on HTC VIVE sector across Europe and has already being made on the PARKAPART- change is all-encompassing and and Gamepad technologies, which made the leap into the digital era. SIGNA Times is also going digital. With MENTS AM BELVEDERE residen- ubiquitous, and is changing peop- make it possible to move around Target revenues for the Sports our specially programmed SIGNA tial project, or see how the luxury le, markets, the society and the en- freely and independently in the Group in the online segment in 2017 Times app for iOS and Android, you hotel Park Hyatt Vienna was created vironment. In the business world, room. The customer gets a very re- already account for more than two can already see – in 3D – how our land- from what was once the head office new technologies, such as social alistic representation of his or her thirds of the entire revenues of about mark project THE ICON VIENNA of a bank. And much more... Just DEPARTMENT FOOD & RESTAURANTS PREMIUM GROUP SPORTS GROUP media and virtual or augmented new apartment. On top of this, peo- EUR 650 million. In the department at the Vienna Central Railway Stati- follow the step-by-step instructions. STORE GROUP GROUP reality companies are compelling ple who are interested in the apart- other companies to reconsider ment can soon choose possibilities their business models in a funda- for furnishings, such as flooring, mental way in order to recognise bathroom fixtures or lamps, using their customers‘ needs and fulfil a configurator. How your SIGNA Times becomes digital them. At the same time, new me- STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS: dia are the “golden connection” Using a mix of various networks, to the customer and create almost SIGNA has been active on social unimaginable new opportunities, media at corporate level since the in particular for the real estate sec- EXPO REAL 2016. SIGNA CEO SIGNA Real Estate SIGNA Retail tor – from planning all the way to Christoph Stadlhuber is also posi- marketing of projects. tioned as Digital CEO on LinkedIn. SCAN The aim is to contact various custo- DOWNLOAD START SIGNA Real Estate employs approximately 200 people in seven offices in Austria, Established under the overall corporate umbrella of SIGNA Retail are a number SIGNA is positioning itself in the mers via various channels, to iden- Germany, Italy and Switzerland. The property portfolio is valued at about EUR 7.5 billion, of commercial concerns, operating next to one another but independently. real estate sector as one of the in- tify topics, point out trends, and and the development volume amounts to EUR 5 billion. SIGNA Real Estate is organised About 20,000 people working in over 125 locations generate annual revenues dustry pioneers in the digital re- speak about current developments Download the SIGNA Start the SIGNA Scan the images marked Note: Always hold your in four independent divisions: of about EUR 3.8 billion. alm, and has been using virtual in the real estate and retail sector. Times app in the iOS app Times app. mobile device in landscape with the icons and reality tours for office property In addition, SIGNA uses selected store or in the Google Play enter the virtual world format when using the SIGNA PRIME SELECTION SIGNA FUNDS SIGNA PREMIUM GROUP SIGNA DEPARTMENT STORE GROUP sales since 2015. Digital and virtual social media channels to present Store and install it. of SIGNA. SIGNA Times app. SIGNA Prime Selection owns a portfolio SIGNA Funds manages several closed-end The KaDeWe Group is part of the SIGNA With over 135 years of tradition in the Ger- realities make the property more individual projects. of selected assets in inner-city locations real estate funds that promise stable re- Premium Group, and is the leading premi- man retail market, the successful restruc- in Austria, Germany and Italy. The ma- turns and a long-term increase in value um and luxury department store group in tured Karstadt Warenhaus is one of the jority of these exceptional properties will for private investors. In addition, it pur- the brick-and-mortar sector in Germany leading department stores in the country. remain in the hands of SIGNA Prime and sues opportunistic real estate investments, and Europe. It operates three luxury The group operates 79 stores in triple-A are not for sale. such as managing private equity invest- department stores: KaDeWe in Berlin, locations, sells more than 1,200 brands ments on behalf of institutional investors Oberpollinger in Munich and Alsterhaus and generates over EUR 2 billion in an- SIGNA Prime continually complements and high-net-worth family offices. in Hamburg. With the acquisition of Ger- nual revenues. Together with karstadt.de, its stock by acquiring and developing many‘s largest fashion mall for premi- dress-for-less, hood.de and further add-on additional projects in outstanding New projects such as daycare facilities um and luxury fashion on the Internet, acquisitions and partnerships, the group locations with a potential for significant for children & student residences and city MYBESTBRANDS, in mid-2017, the com- aims to become a modern “Marketplace of FILM - VILLA EDEN increases in value.