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Metro AG

(MEO) is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$70.4B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Metro serves the residents of Europe's many cities. Founded in 1879 and headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, Metro AG (German: MEO) is Germany's largest retailer. The company operates about 2,400 stores in several formats: wholesale stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, department and specialty stores under the Metro/Makro Cash & Carry, Real, Extra, Media Markt, Saturn and Galeria Kaufhof brands. It also runs restaurants in some of its stores. Operations are mainly in Germany, but it has locations in almost 30 other countries. The company has annual revenues of about ? 55.7 billion and employs about 261,400 people. In December 2005 the company disposed of 53 Praktiker locations to a real estate fund managed by IXIS AEW Europe.

Number of Employees 256,915
Contact Information

Schluitir Strasse 1

Dusseldorf

(49) 21168860

NAICS Code Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores: 445110

Recent Events

  • Rising Unemployment Hurts Metro

    11/03/09 - Planned Site Openings - View Story

  • BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Goldman Sachs raises Tesco, cuts Colruyt, Delhaize

    11/03/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Metro's net profit fell to 72 million euros

    11/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Metro wants to open new Egypt, Kazakhstan stores

    10/27/09 - Site Opening - View Story

  • Metro AG raised to overweight at J.P. Morgan

    10/15/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-Bernstein raises price target on Tesco, 4 others

    10/05/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Arcandor's Top Brass Departs

    9/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • UPDATE 2-Metro names new CFO in management reshuffle

    7/31/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story

  • BRIEF-Metro appoints CFO Unger as deputy CEO

    7/31/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CEO - View Story

  • CORRECT: Arcandor Held Talks With Rival Metro - Spokesman

    6/07/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Arcandor Is Hurting Whitehall

    5/27/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Metro Aims To Combine, Not Buy Arcandor's Department Stores

    5/18/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

metro ag - All News and Analysis

  • Research and Markets: Metro Took Over 19 Polish Operations of the Hypermarket Operator Geant in 2006

    - 2008-06-03

    DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c93605) has announced the addition of "Premium Company Profile:Metro AG" to their offering. Metro took over 19 Polish operations of the hypermarket operator Geant in 2006. With this deal, the number of Metros Real hypermarkets in Poland rose to 49 locations. Again in...

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  • Research and Markets: Metro AG, Tesco PLC And Coop Hungary Are Among The Main Companies Competing In Hungary's Agricultural Products Industry

    - 2008-05-21

    DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92471) has announced the addition of Agricultural Products in Hungary to their offering. The Agricultural Products in Hungary industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the agricultural products industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation,...

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  • 'Infantswear in Germany' Report is Available Now

    - 2008-01-24

    DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c80672) has announced the addition of "Infantswear in Germany" to their offering. Our Infantswear in Germany industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the infantswear industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and...

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  • METRO TO CONTINUE EXPANSION IN CHINA IN 2008

    - 2007-12-17

    AsiaInfo Services 12-17-2007 METRO to Continue Expansion in China in 2008 BEIJING, Dec 17, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- German-based METRO AG will fasten its pace of opening new stores in China in 2008, despite the slow-down in 2007, said an...

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  • India: a growing opportunity.(retail market)

    - 2007-12-03

    India's retail market is a complex challenge for most western retailers, but its estimated worth is $300 billion and growing. Currently, Germany-based METRO AG is trying to resolve a fundamental problem it is facing, along with WAL-MART STORES INC. and other retailers trying to enter the...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Hans-Joachim Korber CEO
Thomas Unger CFO
Zygmunt Mierdorf CIO
Francois Oliver Managing Director, Metro Cash & Carry, Romania & Moldova
Hans-Jurgen Matern Manager, Quality
Albrecht von Truchsetz Press Officer
Jurgen Homeyer Press Officer
Thomas Ghabel Head, Investor Relations

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Theo Siegert Chairman
Anja Kiehne Neuberg Board of Directors
Dr A Stefan Kirsten executive board member
Eckhard Cordes Board of Directors
H.C. Erich Greipl Board of Directors
H.C. Klaus Brockhoff Board of Directors
Jurgen Henning Board of Directors
Klaus Bruns Vice Chairman
Klaus Mangold Board of Directors
Klaus Von Menges Board of Directors
Marianne Meister Board of Directors
Marliese Grewening Board of Directors
Peter Kupfer Board of Directors
Rainer Kuschewski Board of Directors
Stefan Feuerstein Board of Directors
Ulrich Dalibor Board of Directors
Volker Claus Board of Directors

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