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SIGNA RETAIL BUILDS NEW BUSINESS HUB IN ZURICH

09-09-2019 10:57 AM CET | Industry, Real Estate & Construction

Press release from: SIGNA René Benko

SIGNA Retail builds New Business Hub in Zurich +++ Carmen Spielmann takes over the role of Head of New Business +++ Consistent development of the European SIGNA Retail Group

Carmen Spielmann (31) has been Head of New Business at SIGNA Retail since June 1, 2019, and is responsible for establishing the hub for the European trading group at its headquarters in Zurich.

With Spielmann, SIGNA Retail has become a proven expert in the identification and development of new, forward-looking business models. The 31-year-old brings with her many years of experience in the sustainable implementation of digital business models and customer-centric business management alongside her digital DNA and a Master in Digital Management from Hyper Island in London. Among other things, she has successfully built up the internationally awarded car sharing platform sharoo, and most recently as CEO. It also acts as a venture advisor for Kickstart, one of Switzerland's largest innovation programs for international technology start-ups.

With the launch of the New Business Hub in Zurich, the SIGNA Group is strategically expanding its digital competence and innovative strength, having already made six investments in the field of PropTech since the beginning of 2018 with SIGNA Innovations. Screening trends, market developments and start-ups in the retail environment will further accelerate the pace of innovation. In addition to the further development of digital strategies, new margins and business models will be identified.

The focus is currently on the expansion of Europe's leading, fast-growing sports eCommerce & Experience platform SIGNA Sports United. SIGNA Sports United is already clearly setting itself apart from its competitors by expanding its business model and its clear goal of shaping the global trend of the "Experience Economy" in sports in the medium term.

SIGNA HOLDING GMBH
Freyung 3
1010 Wien
Tel.: +43 1 532 98 48 – 0
Fax.: +43 1 532 98 48 – 2023

The SIGNA Retail Group brings together the five independent trading platforms SIGNA Premium, SIGNA Sports United, SIGNA Department Store Group, SIGNA Home & Lifestyle and SIGNA Food & Restaurants.

Each of these platforms holds a leading market position in its segment in the German and European retail sector. In the German sports and luxury goods trade as well as in the department store sector, SIGNA Retail is already by far one of the largest retail companies in Germany and among the "Top Five" in Europe.

320 locations in prime downtown locations and more than 100 web shops in 20 countries contribute to the strong growth of the SIGNA Retail Group in Europe.

SIGNA Sports United is the leading, fast-growing sports eCommerce & Experience platform in Europe, focusing on the categories of biking, tennis, outdoor, team sports and athleisure.

SIGNA Sports United includes brands such as Fahrrad.de, Bikester, CAMPZ and addnature (European leaders in bike and outdoor), Tennis-Point (European leader in tennis), OUTFITTER and Stylefile (Europe's leading online retailer of team sports and athleisure).

In the past financial year as of September 2018, the platform generated profitable revenues of EUR 442 million. With more than 200 million platform views in the current financial year, organic sales growth with stable margins is in the two-digit range and within the target range of the corresponding planning.

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