Beate Uhse Group BV
Retailing | |
Founded | 1946 |
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Founder | Beate Uhse-Rotermund |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | In more than 60 countries worldwide |
Products | Sex shops |
Beate Uhse Group BV (formerly Beate Uhse AG) is a German industry group which focuses on selling adult entertainment in the form of sex toys, lingerie, clothing and pornography. It is the most successful company in the German sex industry,[1] and the country's leading pornography retailer.[2]
It operates in the three business units Retail, Mail Order and Wholesale. The Entertainment division was sold to tmc Content Group AG in September 2016.[3]
It currently has over 1,500 employees. It is active in 60 countries and has been listed on the
As of 30 September 2007, the company employed 1,425 people and generated sales of just under €271 million in 2006. In 2009, just under €231 million were implemented, the number of employees at the end of the year 1,222. In 2010, €197.7 million were implemented,[citation needed] the number of employees was 975. In 2012, €144 million were still implemented, the number of employees was 704. In 2015, sales amounted to €128 million. The number of employees was 600 in 2016. 150 jobs were to be reduced. 16 of the 78 stores, including 3 in Germany, were to be closed.[4]
Since 2020, the company has been listed as Beate Uhse Group BV and headquartered in Veendam, Netherlands.
History
The company was founded by former German
Bankruptcy
With the upcoming of free internet pornography, paid services suffered decline.
On 15 December 2017, the company filed for insolvency in self-administration.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-275-99434-1.
- ^ ISBN 3-593-34402-5.
- ^ beate-uhse.ag: Beate Uhse verkauft Entertainmentsparte im Rahmen eines Assetdeals
- ^ Erotik-Pinonier in der Krise: Sex sells? Warum Beate Uhse trotzdem am Abgrund steht, stern.de, 19. Februar 2016
- ^ "Pressemitteilung des Unternehmens". Archived from the original on 15 December 2017.
External links
- Official website (in German)