SCHWARZ GROUP INSIGHT DECK
Growth markets and strategic initiatives
July 2013
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Service
MATTHIAS QUECK
Research Director
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Major Strategic Initiatives
3. Key Markets
4. Conclusions & Implications
5. Further Reading
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All data correct at time of publishing.
1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Corporate Structure
Schwarz Group: A global retail colossus in the guise of a SME
 Private German grocery retailer Schwarz Group is one of the fastest-growing
retailers, with a presence in 26 European markets.
 It focuses on two formats, which operate as completely separate entities:
Lidl discount stores and Kaufland price-focused hypermarkets & superstores.
Schwarz Finanz- und Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft (SBG)
Owned by Dieter Schwarz Non-Profit Foundation (99.9%) and
Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand – SUT (0.1%, all voting rights)
Kaufland
Stiftung
Lidl Stiftung
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
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France
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Source: Schwarz Group, Planet Retail
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Lithuania (planned)
Serbia (planned)
USA (considered)
Organisationally and
operationally independent
competitors
Germany
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
1. Introduction
Management Structure
Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand (SUT)
Dieter Schwarz
Klaus Gehrig
Extraordinary Member
Chairman & CEO
Lidl Stiftung
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Various other, internal and
external partners
Kaufland Stiftung
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Karl-Heinz Holland, Chairman & CEO
Frank Lehmann, Chairman & CEO
Holger Albrecht, Deputy Chairman
Hans Christoph Templin, Lidl International
Patrick Kaudewitz, Lidl International
Bojan Luncer, Lidl International
Dawid Jaschok, Lidl International
Gerd Chrzanowski, Central Services
Robin Goudsblom, Head of Buying International
Richard Lohmiller Jr, Member of the Board
Rupert Schädler, Member of the Board
Siegfried Ganshorn, Member of the Board
Daniel Kunzi, Administration
Source: Schwarz Group, Planet Retail