14.03.2007

Essen, 14 March 2007. Günter Föckersperger, 44, is to take over the management of the Karstadt distribution unit Boulevard Plus, which consists of all 90 department stores of Karstadt, as new Director of Distribution effective 19 March 2007. Föckersperger is a member of the Sales Management team and reports directly to Peter Wolf, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH and member of the Board of Directors of KarstadtQuelle AG, who is driving the advancement of the sustainable new positioning of Karstadt.

Karstadt is developing from a department store into a customer-oriented house of ideas with a select high-quality product range. In his area of responsibility as Director of Distribution, Günter Föckersperger will in future play a significant role in shaping the initiated trading up strategy of the stores and product ranges. Karstadt aims to present itself as a modern market place in central city locations fulfilling customers' high demands on attractiveness, expertise and hospitality.

Günter Föckersperger's last position was Marketing & Sales Director at A.T.U. Auto-Teile Unger Gmbh & Co. Kg, Weiden in Upper Palatinate, Germany. He will take over from the previous Head of the Distribution unit Abram Nette, who will leave the company at his own request. Föckersperger is a proven sales expert, who, before working at A.T.U., was member of the Board of Directors at K & L Ruppert Stiftung, Weilheim, and in charge of the departments Distribution, Furnishing and Decoration. The trained retail salesman, who also has a degree in Business Management, worked at Kaufhof Warenhaus AG, Cologne, for many years after completing his training. At Kaufhof he held different positions from 1988 as, among others, trainee and finally branch manager and Head of Sales (South) until 2003. 

Press contact:
Elmar Kratz
Corporate communication
Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH
Phone: +49 - (0)201 - 727 - 3091