Globus (company)

Type	Public
Industry	Retail
Founded	1907
Headquarters	Zurich, Switzerland
Key people	Robert Lips
Products	upscale goods, including clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and household supplies
Owner	Migros
Parent	Migros
Website	http://www.globus.ch

Globus is a Swiss department store company, with 14 department stores in Switzerland. The group, which includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, is owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros.

History

Globus was founded in 1907 in Zurich, and now has stores in all major Swiss cities. The chain sells mostly upscale goods, including clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and household supplies. The stores are noted for their extensive delicatessen section, called Globus Delicatessa, and their former mascot, Globi, the comic books about whom have been a fixture in the childhood of many Swiss.^[1]

Department stores

There are Globus department stores in:

• Basel, BS
• Bern (2 Department stores), BE
• Chur, GR
• Geneva (2 Department stores), GE
• Lausanne, VD
• Locarno, TI
• Lucerne, LU
• Neuchâtel, NE
• St. Gallen, SG
• Zurich (2 Department stores), ZH
• The Glatt shopping centre in Wallisellen, near Zurich.

See also

• Migros
• Globi

References

1. - 15:29 (2007-07-23). "Globi the parrot, the Swiss "Mickey Mouse", turns 75". swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2014-04-08.

External links

• Official Web site