KaDeWe Group GmbH is a group of three department stores in Germany with around 4,000 employees.[1] It is owned by the ThaiCentral Group.
The group was founded in 2014 bySigna Holding (at the time owner of German department storeGaleria Kaufhof) and was also owned by Beny Steinmetz for a short period. In 2015Central Group (who own a plethora of department stores in Asia and Europe) acquired a stake in the company.[3]
The construction of a new department store titledLamarr (after actressHedy Lamarr) was announced in 2022 to be built in Vienna.[4]
In 2023, Signa Holding filed for bankruptcy and in mid-2024 Central Group purchased 100% of the company.[5][6]