Raymond Wesselse is head of the branded goods department at EMD’s headquarters.

Pfäffikon/Switzerland, July 22, 2024 /EZPress/ – EMD’s Retail Group announces a significant expansion: The six German mid-market retailers Bartels-Langness, Bünting, Klaas & Kock, Kaes, Netto and Tegut are new to this retail alliance, which is known for its strong performance, and are now merging their RTG International, previously established with Globus, with EMD’s Retail Group on an international level. The combined forces aim to promote the best and most customer-friendly product assortment concepts in the affiliated store networks in cooperation with the international branded goods industry. The integration of RTG International into EMD’s Retail Group will be completed on January 1, 2025, with operations starting simultaneously.

While Globus Group with its headquarters in Germany, the Euromadi Alfa Group in Spain, ESD Italia and Superunie from the Netherlands already formed the successful core of the EMD Retail Group, the largely owner-managed German medium-sized companies Bartels-Langness, Bünting, Klaas & Kock, Kaes, Netto and Tegut are now joining the group as additional retail professionals. Each of these long-established retail companies has a strong presence in their home regions and an excellent reputation. In the meantime, the German Kaufland Group has left the EMD Retail Group.

By bundling the branded purchasing volumes of EMD Retail Group and RTG International, retailers and industrial partners can realise advantageous on-top agreements for the benefit of European consumers. From the start in 2025, the EMD Retail Group, which has been expanded with the new German retailers, will be active in more than 17,000 points of sale in 5 European countries with its customer-oriented promotions and services, generating an external turnover of 90 billion euros.

The EMD principles always provide for mutually agreed sales targets to be achieved through partnership-based cooperation with manufacturers. Founded in 1989 as a transnational trade alliance, EMD has been active for 35 years and is still seen as an organization in which long-term, stable cooperation with manufacturers and suppliers is one of the fundamental principles.

A note on Tegut and Netto’s membership in the EMD Retail Group: According to corporate law, retailers Tegut and Netto belong to the Migros Zurich and Salling Groups respectively. They contribute only their branded products destined for the German market to the purchasing volumes negotiated by the new EMD Retail Group.

A new Head of EMD’s A-Brand Department has been appointed. The Branded Goods Department is now headed by experienced manager Raymond Wesselse.

European Marketing Distribution recently added a new member to its team. Raymond Wesselse, a Dutch national, has been appointed as Head of A-Brand at the company’s headquarters in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

Mr. Wesselse, 53, has held management positions for more than 27 years and brings extensive knowledge and experience to the company, including expertise in wholesale and retail, private label and the branded industries. Previously, Raymond Wesselse was responsible for global sales and business development at Haleon, leading several well-known brands including Sensodyne and Voltaren. At EMD, he will now be responsible for leading the company’s premium branded products division.

About the EMD
European Marketing Distribution AG, headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, has been known in the consumer goods industry since 1989 as an efficient and powerful partner for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). In particular, it develops and purchases highly efficient and sustainably produced private label concepts for consumers on three continents. The EMD headquarters also supports and implements global partnerships in the area of ​​on-top agreements with the largest brand manufacturers. The EMD member companies currently represent an external retail turnover of more than 175 billion euros in Europe alone.

The member companies of European Marketing Distribution (EMD) are active in the following markets:

Australia: Woolworths Netherlands: CIV Superunie BA
Austria: MARKANT Österreich GmbH Norway: Unil/NorgesGruppen AS
Czech Republic: MARKANT Portugal: EuromadiPort
Denmark: Dagrofa a/s Sweden: Dagab/Axfood
Germany: MARKANT Switzerland: MARKANT
Italy: ESD Italia Srl Slovakia: MARKANT
New Zealand: Countdown (Woolworths) Spain: Euromadi

EMD also works with the Belgian Colruyt Group for the international purchasing of private labels. Colruyt is active in its home country, but also in France and Luxembourg.

For more information:
Donati & Rosmanith
Uwe Rosmanith
Triq ir-Romanian, 3
Xlendi, XLN1431
Malta
Phone: +49 171 9706644
[email protected]
[email protected]

About RTG International
RTG International GmbH is a company owned by the shareholders Globus, Bartels-Langness, Bünting, Tegut, Netto, Kaes and Klaas & Kock. Its aim is to consolidate their national purchasing volumes in an international cooperative purchasing initiative for the provision, mediation and support of services in the retail and wholesale trade. In addition, RTG International supervises the membership of its shareholders. The company’s headquarters are in Hamburg. The Managing Director is Michael Kutz.

For more information:
RTG Internationale GmbH
Phone: +49 40 325 122-0
[email protected]
www.RTGroup.de

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