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Metro Cash & Carry sends out 'Metro-Post' in a climate-neutral manner
Metro Cash & Carry sends out 'Metro-Post' in a climate-neutral manner
Saturn starts operation in Turkey and opens Flagshipstore in France
Metro Cash & Carry opens wholesale store number six in Japan
TOGETHER 2009: Employees present ideas for saving energy

Metro Cash & Carry opens third wholesale store in Beijing

Image: Opening of the third Metro Cash & Carry wholesale store in Beijing. Metro Cash & Carry eröffnete am 27. Januar 2010 seinen drittten Großmarkt in der chinesischen Hauptstadt. Es ist die erste Neueröffnung des Unternehmens im Jahr 2010 und die 43. Filiale in China. Damit geht MCC einen weiteren wichtigen Schritt, den chinesischen Markt mit seinem enormen Potenzial und seiner wirtschaftspolitischen Bedeutung zu erobern.

Der neue Markt legt den Grundstein für die diesjährige Expansion der METRO Group in China. „Die Eröffnung des Beijing Jingshunlu Store bestätigt einmal mehr das Vertrauen von Metro Cash & Carry in den Markt von Peking und China insgesamt“, sagt Tino Zeiske, Geschäftsführer von Metro Cash & Carry China. Er sei davon überzeugt, dass Metro mithilfe seines einzigartigen Business-to-Business-Konzepts das große Potenzial der Hauptstadt nutzen könne.

Der neue Markt Jingshunlu liegt im Distrikt Chaoyang nördlich von Peking. Das Warensortiment umfasst 18.000 Food- und Non-Food-Artikel verteilt auf 7.100 m² Verkaufsfläche. In Zukunft will MCC China in den florierenden Bezirken der Stadt noch näher bei seinen Gewerbekunden sein.

Metro Cash & Carry sends out 'Metro-Post' in a climate-neutral manner

Image: Metro Cash & Carry Germany sends out 1.3 million copies of Metro-Post every two weeks. With its new Metro-Post mailing system, Metro Cash & Carry Germany is demonstrating how to keep your customers informed in an appealing format, while at the same time protecting us from the effects of climate change: In collaboration with Deutsche Post DHL, these promotional brochures are now being mailed in a climate-neutral manner.

Well over 1.3 million copies of the popular Metro-Post brochure are sent out every two weeks by Metro Cash & Carry Germany, to keep its customers informed of new and attractive product offers. Starting just recently, they are now being sent out using Deutsche Post DHL's GOGREEN service. This means that the wholesale professional is contributing towards climate protection every time it sends out one of its brochures.

With the GOGREEN products and services provided by Deutsche Post DHL, private individuals or companies are now able to send their mail in a climate-neutral manner. The CO2 emissions associated with transport of mail are calculated and then offset using reduction measures or through the application of climate protection projects. By using GOGREEN, Metro Cash & Carry is continuing to build on its successful track record of collaboration with Deutsche Post DHL.

Further information Climate balance sheet of METRO Group

Saturn starts operation in Turkey and opens Flagshipstore in France

Image: Opening of the first Saturn store in Turkey Media-Saturn Group continues its expansion. On October 29 2009, the company reached two new milestones: After Media Markt, now also the Saturn brand is operating in Turkey. At the same time, a new Saturn store - the largest electrical goods store in France and second largest in Europe - opens at the gates on the outskirts of Paris.

At the DOMUS shopping center in Rosny-sous-Bois located in Greater Paris, Saturn opens its largest store in France. Following the flagship store on Mönckebergstraße in Hamburg, this is the second largest electrical goods store in Europe with a sales floor of 11,000 square meters. "With this move, we are underscoring our commitment to the French market. In the last five years we have opened ten new stores in total - a continuous growth which we are proud of", said Roland Weise, CEO of Media-Saturn-Holding.

At parallel, the Saturn brand - after Media Markt’s move in September 2007 - is following suit into the Turkish market. This is the 13th country where the brand is represented. "With Saturn, now our second successful brand will be operating side by side with Media Markt and thus allows fully leveraging the respective potential of both sales divisions. This means even enhanced performance, larger selection and even better offers for our customers", said Roland Weise.

Metro Cash & Carry opens wholesale store number six in Japan

Image: Metro Cash & Carry successfully drives forward its growth strategy with the opening of its sixth location in Japan Metro Cash & Carry successfully drives forward its growth strategy with the opening of its sixth location in Japan. The store’s architecture is proof of the Düsseldorf-based company's ability to adapt to challenging conditions like the heavily-populated area of Tokyo/Yokohama: The store, with 3 floors, is built on pillars over a flood-drainage.

"Japan is a very demanding market, which also provides huge potential for our wholesale business", said Frans W.H. Muller, CEO of Metro Cash & Carry and member of the METRO Group management board. "Following intensive analysis of market conditions and customer requirements, we have adapted our concept precisely to specific local conditions and will accelerate our rate of growth in Japan. Besides, we have proven once again that our company is also able to expand successfully in difficult economic times."

Architectural masterpiece in Yokohama

Metro Cash & Carry operates what it refers to as its ECO-concept in Japan, focused on food, in particular on fresh produce. The Düsseldorf-based wholesale specialist’s sixth store in the Asian nation was erected in the Izumi district in Yokohama. Due to the limited space, the store was built in an area of low ground, which serves as an overflow basin for a nearby canal in periods of high water. The three-storey building sits on 110 pillars, each approximately 4.5 meters high.

TOGETHER 2009: Employees present ideas for saving energy

Image: This year’s employee contest TOGETHER is organised under the motto “Retail combines energies”. This year’s employee contest TOGETHER is all about sustainability: Under the motto "Retail combines energies: customers - markets - employees", eleven teams from sales division locations in Bavaria and Baden Wurttemberg presented their contributions on September 28, 2009.

Every year, METRO Group invites its employees to participate in the employee contest TOGETHER. In the framework of this contest the participants have group up in teams to develop business ideas and concepts for a specific issue. In view of globally rising energy demand this year’s contest is about the sparing use of natural resources. To this end METRO Group asked employees working at the stores and administrative headquarters in the regions Bavaria and Baden Wurttemberg to develop suggestions for saving energy. "With the contest TOGETHER 2009, METRO Group combines two essential elements of its sustainability strategy", said the manger of the project, Rouben Halajian. "the improvement of the energy management of METRO Group, on the one hand, and the strengthening of the employee awareness regarding the responsible use of resources, on the other".

In total, eleven teams submitted their project ideas and presented them to a seven-member jury in late September. The best concepts will receive prizes at a closing event that will be held on October 28, 2009 in Stuttgart in the presence of the METRO Group Management Board.