André Maeder’s Post

Selfridges, Oxfordstreet, London. Celebrates the opening of its "State of the Art" beauty hall after 12 months of renovation work in phases. Selfridges is now offering over 300 beauty brands, 50 of which are available exclusively from the Departmentstore Ikone on Oxford Street. Customers can experience and enjoy over 200 different beauty services. A thousand beauty experts turn the shopping visit into an unforgettable experience.

Happy Birthday 🥂 Brown Thomas, Dublin, Ireland. Member of the Selfridges Group. 17.5.1849 what a great anniversary. 175 years of excellence and world-class level Departmentstore historie, with its flagship store on 10’000 sqm on Grafton street in the heart of Dublin. I wish you continued success and joy for the next 175 years. The big thanks go’s to our loyal customers, brand partners and employees.

I am very happy and proud to be the CEO of the Selfridges Group in London effective from 1.5.2024. The Selfridges Group is majority owned by the Thai Central Group from Bangkok. In addition to the namesake Selfridges UK with its world-famous flagship store on Oxford Street, Selfridges operates two other department stores in Manchester and one in Birmingham as well as an established e-commerce shop. The group also includes seven department stores and a successful e - commerce shop in the Netherlands under the DeBijenkorf brand with the flagship stores in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. In addition to the two flagship stores of Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Dublin, Brown Thomas / Arnotts in Ireland operates a total of seven department stores and an e - commerce shop on the island. All banners of the Selfridges Group are very well established, all of them far more than 100 years old and part and the proud of the individuals in their relevant City’s. All 18 departmentstores and e - commerce shops of the group are in the luxury segment and offering our customers an unforgettable exiting lifestyle experience. All important and globally leading luxury and premium brands from the segments, fashion, accessories, cosmetics, home and food are partnering with the Selfridges Group.

Dear all, what a year 2023! A roller coaster with ups and downs in all aspects. This will give us strength for a new challenging, exciting and hopefully successful year. I wish you all a great start to 2024, the best of health and much satisfaction.

Time to say goodbye! After ten exciting, inspiring and energetic years as CEO, I’m leaving the KaDeWe Group at the end of October. The "luxury up" strategy was implemented in 2014 and with it the complete renovation and repositioning of all three flagship stores - the KaDeWe in Berlin, the Alsterhaus in Hamburg and the Oberpollinger in Munich. As a highlight, the KaDeWe Group was recently named the world's most innovative department stores' by the Intercontinental Department Store Association, IGDS. The new locations Lamarr in Vienna and Carschhaus in Düsseldorf will seamlessly join this success story. With my move as the CEO of the Selfridges Group in London, which also includes DeBijenkorf in the Netherlands and Brown Thomas / Arnotts in Ireland, I am starting a new exciting chapter in my professional career of over 40 years. I have been lucky and honoured to work with so many talented, motivated and energetic people. Thank you very much, all of you. #kadewegroup #selfridgesgroup #worldclass #departmentstore

Great News! I’m very proud and exited to announce that the award for "Most Innovative Department Store in the World" was given to the KaDeWe Group at the World Departement Store Summit in Dubai this evening trough the association IGDS, Intercontinental Group of Department Stores. This prize is awarded every two years by an independent international jury. On behalf of the KaDeWe leadership team, we would like to thank our amazing employees, our fantastic customers, our loyal suppliers and partners. And of course our owners and shareholders for their continued trust, support and commitment over the years. This award is another incentive for all of us to go the extra mile. THE KADEWE GROUP GmbH #IGDS #no1 #awardwinning #dubai2023 #mostinnovativeintheworld

Skims exclusive launch in Germany at the KaDeWe. After much anticipation, the long-awaited German launch of the trend brand Skims, by co-inventor Kim Kardashian, took place exclusively at KaDeWe in Berlin this morning. The partnership marks Skims first-ever shopping experience in Germany and lets customers and fans fully immerse themselves in the brand’s universe on 100 sqm. In celebration of the launch, Skims also unveils an impressive takeover of the KaDeWe’s famous window front. THE KADEWE GROUP GmbH #skims #kimkardashian #Berlin #exclusivelaunch

="A Story of Desires" In its new autumn campaign, the KaDeWe Group stages the passionate power of desires and dreams with breathtaking beauty. . "A Story of Desires" explores this desire and describes it in five stories. "Bold Desires" "Pure Desires" "Tiny Desires" "Cozy Desires" "Crazy Desires" Star photographer, Hugo Comte, who has had superstars such as Dua Lipa and Kendall Jenner in front of his camera, brings the five desires and the most exclusive pieces of the new fashion collections to life and dreams in this campaign. Dive with me into this world of wishes, dreams and fulfilled longing. THE KADEWE GROUP GmbH #hugocomte #astoryofdesires #autumn23 #highfashion #KaDeWe #Oberpollinger #Alsterhaus

Yayoi Kusama, is a Japanese celebrity and one of todays leading contemporary artist. Her creative universe of polka dots, have become part of global culture. In the late nineties, Kusama startet to create the mindblowing large inflatable sculptures which she calls her balloons. Kusama enterd into a cooperation with Louis Vuitton 10 years ago. Designed an exclusive collection, which pieces are regarded today as exclusivities collectors items. In the context of the 10th anniversary of this cooperation, Louis Vuitton celebrates this anniversary with a new collection from Kusama. The current exhibition, „You, me and the ballon’s“ has been created especially for the „Factory international“ in Manchester. Next to an urban, young, creative neighborhood, a must see exibhition and a trip worthy to visit Manchester.