The Schwarz Group, an international leader in the retail industry, is expanding its ecosystem to include the future-oriented business areas of digitalization and IT. A new division, Schwarz Digits, has been created to spearhead all matters related to IT and digitalization, consolidating cloud, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and retail media solutions under one roof.
The companies of Schwarz Group are investing roughly EUR 8 billion in strategic projects and future-oriented business areas, including digitalization and IT. Schwarz Digits will be headed by a dual leadership, consisting of the Co-CEOs Christian Müller and Rolf Schumann, and will include 7,500 employees.
Gerd Chrzanowski, General Partner Schwarz Group, explains: “Investing in business areas that affect our society and our lives in the long term is in the DNA of the companies of Schwarz Group. By spinning off our own IT and digital division, we will be able to scale more quickly and position ourselves optimally on the market in the future.”
Christian Müller, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits, comments: “With the strength of the largest retail group in Europe behind us, we are creating our own sovereign, reliable, and trustworthy IT solutions and digital services. Our unique selling point is that we are our own most critical customer: We only offer IT solutions to third parties if they are stable and add real value to our own extensive and complex IT infrastructure.”
Rolf Schumann, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits, adds: “Digital solutions have become significantly more important over the last several years. With digital products and services for the external market, we have developed promising business models, which have gained momentum in the last several years in particular. We firmly believe that Schwarz Digits will enhance the visibility and scalability of our digital solutions and services even further.”
The Schwarz Group has announced the launch of Schwarz Digits, a new division responsible for spearheading all matters related to IT and digitalization. Gerd Chrzanowski, General Partner Schwarz Group, said: “Investing in business areas that affect our society and our lives in the long term is in the DNA of the companies of Schwarz Group. By spinning off our own IT and digital division, we will be able to scale more quickly and position ourselves optimally on the market in the future.”
Schwarz Digits will be headed by a dual leadership, consisting of the Co-CEOs Christian Müller and Rolf Schumann. The division will include Schwarz IT, Schwarz Digital, STACKIT, XM Cyber, Kaufland e-commerce, Lidl e-commerce, the retail media provider Schwarz Media, and the full-service digital agency mmmake. A total of 7,500 employees are working in the new division.
Christian Müller, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits, states: “With the strength of the largest retail group in Europe behind us, we are creating our own sovereign, reliable, and trustworthy IT solutions and digital services. Our unique selling point is that we are our own most critical customer: We only offer IT solutions to third parties if they are stable and add real value to our own extensive and complex IT infrastructure.”
Schwarz Digits offers ideal conditions for the sustainable development of pioneering digital innovations and for investments in promising young companies. It is the aim of the Schwarz Group to make sovereign European products and services competitive across the globe, especially in relation to key technology such as cloud, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.
The Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retail group, has launched a new division, Schwarz Digits, to spearhead all matters related to IT and digitalization. Investments of roughly EUR 8 billion in strategic projects and future-oriented business areas have been made to create this division, which will be headed by a dual leadership and include 7,500 employees.
Christian Müller, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits, explained: “With the strength of the largest retail group in Europe behind us, we are creating our own sovereign, reliable, and trustworthy IT solutions and digital services. Our unique selling point is that we are our own most critical customer: We only offer IT solutions to third parties if they are stable and add real value to our own extensive and complex IT infrastructure.”
The aim of the Schwarz Group is to make sovereign European products and services competitive across the globe, especially in relation to key technology such as cloud, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Rolf Schumann, Co-CEO Schwarz Digits, added: “Digital solutions have become significantly more important over the last several years. With digital products and services for the external market, we have developed promising business models, which have gained momentum in the last several years in particular. We firmly believe that Schwarz Digits will
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