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The importance of the METRO Group as strong
and international trading group has continually risen in the
past years. With its various brands and business units, it belongs
to Germany's biggest and most successful enterprises. The newly
introduced term "METRO Group" aims to further strengthen the
profile in the public eye, to foster the communication of a unique
identity, a common spirit and group goals, that are shared across
the operating units.
The METRO Group is clearly structured. At the top there is METRO
AG as the strategic management holding company. The operating
business is divided into four business units in which the six
sales divisions act independently in the market with their individual
brands. While the Cash & Carry business distributes only
to businesses and professional customers, the other divisions
do retail business with end consumers. The so-called cross-divisional
service companies provide services to all sales divisions right
across the group, like procurement, logistics, IT, advertising,
financing, insurance and catering.
Today,
the group employs around 280,000 employees in 31 countries. In
the year 2007, METRO Group has reached its sales to € 64.3 billion. |
