Press Releases 2007
20 December 2007
Jürgen Homeyer to head Corporate Communications at the METRO Group
Jürgen Homeyer (47) will take over as head of the Corporate Communications department of the METRO Group effective immediately. In this function, he will be responsible for the group-wide external and internal communication and report directly to the CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of the METRO Group, Dr. Eckhard Cordes.
5 December 2007
METRO Group opens second bilingual company kindergarten
METRO Group today opens its second bilingual company kindergarten "Metro-Sternchen". With this move, the corporation is setting another example for the compatibility of family and career. The new daycare center for children at the group’s Düsseldorf headquarter provides another 65 kindergarten places for children aged between 4 months and 6 years so that a total of 130 places are now available.
13 November 2007
Petra Rob resigns from METRO Group
Petra Rob, General Manager at the METRO Group, Düsseldorf, and responsible for Corporate Communications of the world’s third largest wholesaling and retailing group, has requested the new Chairman of the Group’s Management Board, Dr. Eckhard Cordes, to release her from her functions. Cordes has taken note of Mrs. Rob’s decision to discontinue her activity on behalf of the METRO Group with respect and appreciation and thanked her for her, literally "extraordinary performance to the benefit of the company".
6 November 2007
METRO Group presents children’s cookbook
Healthy nutrition made easy
• Cookbook "Ich koch mir was!" explains balanced diet
• More than 40 home-cooking recipes for children
• Revenues donated to German Food Bank
30 October 2007
METRO Group raises sales forecast to above 9 percent
• Group sales in Q3 up 10.8 percent to € 15.7 billion
• International business grows 13.6 percent to € 9.2 billion
• German operations stepped up sales by 6.9 percent
• EBIT up 14.8 percent to € 323 million in Third Quarter
20 September 2007
Change in METRO Group’s top management
• CEO and Chairman of the Management Board, Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber, is to leave the Company
• Dr. Eckhard Cordes recommended as his successor
1 August 2007
Joël Saveuse appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Real
Joël Saveuse (54) has been appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Real SB-Warenhaus GmbH, effective as of 1 September 2007. The experienced retail manager will be responsible for both Real’s domestic and international business. Andreas Riedel, who previously managed the German business, will leave the company at his own request.
1 August 2007
METRO Group grows sales in first half-year
• International business grows 13.5 percent to €17.2bn
• Domestic sales lifted 7.6 percent
• Conversion of Wal-Mart Germany and Géant Poland to Real completed according to plan
• EBIT of METRO Group excluding integration expenses for Real higher than a year earlier
12 July 2007
Shaping tomorrow’s retail today: METRO Group drives the deployment of RFID
METRO Group will further drive the deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) over the next few months. By late 2007, the company will have equipped all Metro Cash & Carry wholesale stores in Germany and more than 100 Real hypermarkets with RFID-based incoming goods portals.
23 May 2007
METRO Group proposes to raise dividend by around 10 percent
The Chairman of the Management Board, Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber presented a successful balance sheet to the stockholders at the Annual General Meeting of METRO AG: "For us, 2006 was the year with the strongest growth since 1998. We generated record sales and earnings and thus emphatically underscored our claim to be one of the leading international retailers. We will successfully pursue our strategy of profitable growth and sustained increase of the company’s value also in 2007."
21 March 2007
METRO Group with record revenue and record earnings – dividend increase proposed
• Sales increased by 7.5 percent to around € 60 billion in 2006
• EBIT grows by 14.1 percent to € 1.98 billion – excluding special items, EBIT increases by 9.9 percent
• EPS rise to € 3.23 – adjusted EPS up 7.0 percent to € 2.64
• Dividend increase from € 1.02 to € 1.12 proposed
• Net debt reduced by € 630 million
• METRO Group expects to boost sales by 8 to 9 percent in 2007 and EBIT by 6 to 8 percent
6 February 2007
The customer at the focus: METRO Group launches new corporate film
With its new corporate film "We are there", the METRO Group emphasizes on customer orientation and the international applicability of its sales brands. The story centers on the individual needs and wishes of the company’s customers – in more than 30 countries worldwide.
30 January 2007
'Koch mit' campaign: METRO Group hands over € 800,000 donations check to the Tafel initiative
METRO Group donated € 800,000 to the Bundesverband Deutsche Tafel e.V. The Duesseldorf-based retailing company raised this considerable amount in the context of its nationwide fundraising campaign "Koch mit". The money will benefit the more than 620 local Tafel organizations across Germany, which supply up to half a million people in need with food on a regular basis.
11 January 2007
METRO Group increases sales by 7.5 percent to around € 60 billion (pre-acquisitions +6.6 percent)
• Continued international double-digit sales growth: Increase by
12.4 percent to € 33.5 billion (pre-acquisitions: +12.0 percent)
• International share of sales rises to 55.9 percent
• METRO Group drives expansion of Metro Cash & Carry with 41 and Media Markt and Saturn with 64 new store openings
• Outlook of EPS growth of 5 to 8 percent confirmed
• Sales growth in the fourth quarter of 10.1 percent (pre-acquisitions: +7.2 percent) with a very satisfactory Christmas business in Germany
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