RETAIL

• Retail is the sale of goods and services from individuals or businesses to the end-user

• Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG formally Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand KG is a German global discount supermarket chain

• That operates over 10,000 stores across Europe. It belongs to the holding company Schwarz Gruppe, which also owns the store chains Handelshof and hypermarket Kaufland.

• Trading name: Lidl

• Type: Privately held company

• Industry : Retailing

• Founded : 1930

• Founder(s) :Dieter Schwarz

• Headquarters: Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Number of locations: 9800 stores in 28 countries in Europe, expected to open stores in the USA by 2015

• Area served: global

• Key people: Klaus Gehrig, Chairman

• Products: Discount store, hypermarket/supercenter/superstore

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NEW MODE OF PAYMENT

•Operating income: € 48,9 billion euro (2013)

•Owner(s) :Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG

•Employees: 315.000

•Parent: Schwarz Gruppe

•Divisions :Lidl, Kaufland

PLANNED COUNTRIES

Country Opening Notes

 Lithuania 2014–2015

The first store in Lithuania is expected to open in 2014 in Vilnius. Stores in other major cities of Lithuania are said to follow.

 Serbia 2013–2015

The first store will open in Zrenjanin, and the second in Subotica ;another will open in Novi Sad in 2013–2014

 Australia 2014First store outside Europe planned for Melbourne, currently sourcing sites

 Morocco 2016 Planned new supermarket in Casablanca.

 United States At end of 2014 Or early 2015 Planned 100 new supermarket in United States.

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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Our commitment to our core principles of simplicity and customer focus together with responsible use of natural resources and respectful relations with our customers

It is our goal to ensure that you continue to place your trust in us.