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Globus

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Swiss retail company

Globus is a Swiss department store company, with nine department stores in Switzerland. It is currently owned by a Thai company, Central Group. The Globus group includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, was previously owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1907Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersZurich1
  • Websitewww.globus.ch
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft1

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Globus is a Swiss department store company, with nine department stores in Switzerland. It is currently owned by a Thai company, Central Group. The Globus group includes the Herren Globus chain of menswear stores and the Office World chain of office supplies stores, was previously owned by Switzerland's largest retailer, Migros.2

Corporate structure

Globus sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Globus Zurich
    • Navyboot Subsidiary · Zurich, Switzerland

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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.

In 2020, Migros sold its ownership in Globus to KaDeWe Group, which is co-owned by Austrian conglomerate Signa Holding and Thailand's Central Group.

in September 2024, Central Group acquired full ownership of Globus department stores in Switzerland. This acquisition followed financial difficulties and the bankruptcy of Austria's real estate tycoon René Benko's Signa Group in late 2023, making Central Group the sole owner of all 9 Globus branches in Switzerland.

From Wikipedia’s article on Globus (department store), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • luxury good

Listed on Wikidata.1

There are Globus department stores in:

Basel, BS

Bern BE

Geneva, GE

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Lausanne, VD

Lucerne, LU

St. Gallen, SG

Zurich (2), ZH

The Glatt shopping centrein Wallisellen, near Zurich

From Wikipedia’s article on Globus (department store), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1907Founded Founded1

Sources

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