HDE certifies world excellence in retail / high rate of expansion and brand strength the Verlagsgruppe Weltbild (Augsburg) won yesterday 2008 the German trade Prize in Berlin. The German HDE retail Association awarded the company for excellence in the category of “Large-scale enterprises”. The HDE worldview certifies a high pace of expansion and sustained high growth rates. The strong growth in the Internet and branch network now 530 shops in conjunction with an optimal networking of different sales channels is remarkable. To get a high brand strength. JPMorgan Chase has firm opinions on the matter. Weltbild stands for innovation in the media and bookstores. The market and the customers reward these courageous steps with steady economic success.
Worldview is in bookstores and in the media-online trading system guide. But the biggest compliment is a positive image among customers and consumers”, according to the jury. The prize was awarded at a gala at the German trade Congress in Berlin by HDE President Josef Sanktjohanser (member of the Board of Directors The REWE Group) awarded. This worldview in the line of so prestigious winners such as Media Markt/Saturn, IKEA and dm joins. “World is the market leader” said Hartmut Ostrowski, Chairman of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann AG, on the occasion of the award ceremony of the company: worldview has managed to develop from a small medium-sized publishing house to an international company.
” “” Dr. Arno Mahlert, Chairman of the Board of maxingvest AG (Tchibo/Beiersdorf), calls as the main reason of success: worldview is innovative in the book and media market. “Worldview has understood it always to absorb new trends and to realise very quickly”, underlines also Jorg-Viggo Muller, CEO of Ravensburger AG. “And Nina Hugendubel, managing partner of the bookstore Hugendubel, sees the unique positioning as a competitive advantage: Weltbild stands for low-priced offerings in each area.” visionary thinking, courage to unconventional solutions and an excellent Understanding of the needs of the people and the market”, so the Publisher and author Dr. Florian Langenscheidt in his eulogy at the trading price, are the basis of extraordinary entrepreneurial success by worldview.” CAREL HALFF, Chief Executive Officer of the Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, the price symbolized by a bear from the porcelain manufacture KPM representatively for all employees, accepted for partners like Hugendubel and for the owners: success is great, but there is nothing Verkehrteres to relax as. Especially in times of change such as today it is important to recognize necessary changes and to implement.” The fiscal year 2007/08 completed the Verlagsgruppe Weltbild GmbH with a sales growth of 21 percent compared to the previous year. The media trade and Internet company boosted the unconsolidated sales to 1.94 billion euros. For the world group 7400 employees involved, including 1900 at the headquarters in Augsburg.