Accueil » Home-Decoration. New invaders from cold countries Home-Decoration. New invaders from cold countries Hema, Action, Sostrene Grene and Flying Tiger manage to mix functional and clean design with extremely low prices. As an interesting trend, all come from Nordic countries, where people pamper their houses much more than in hot climates like Spain and Italy. Our Journalist Cecilie Bahr took an opportunity to interview the leaders of one of these disruptive retailers, Mikkel Grene, C.E.O. of Sostrene Grene. Through . Published on 13 April 2018 à 12h34 - Update on 10 May 2019 à 17h13 Resources Cecilie Bahr: Can you tell me the story behind Sostrene Grene (SG) ? Mikkel Grene: I’m the 2nd generation in SG, a retailer selling home accessories, kitchenware, stationery, interior furnishings, etc. Today we are two brothers Cresten Grene and I, who own the firm 50/50. It was my parents who started SG back in 1973 and in 1989, they invested themselves 100% in SG. My father wanted to build a story around the store, so he based the story on my mother’s two unmarried aunts named Anna and Clara, who at that time were working in my grandfather’s company in the bookkeeping department in small Danish town called Skjern, so they became these role models. C.B.: Can you present SG in a few figures ? M. G.: Start of 2018, SG operated 183 stores in 15 countries (mostly in Western Europe and in Japan), including 49 new stores opened last year. By the end of 2018,… This article is for subscribers only Already have an account? Log in You are not registered yet ? Sign up for a free trialfree for 1 month Online services : studies, analyses, databases and much more Daily Briefing : latest news digest Weekly letters Last name First name Email address Essentials Synthèse et historique de tous les contenus sur une thématique suivie en détails par la rédaction Les dernières publications A year of crisis: Retailers' initiatives to cope with the purchasing power drop Guarantees and insurance: new drivers of conversion and customer satisfaction Analyzes Synthèse et historique de tous les contenus sur une thématique suivie en détails par la rédaction Les dernières publications Charging for returns: pure players follow the lead of omnichannel retailers Ads.txt: which advertising providers do retailers work with?
