date:Apr 24, 2014
s early as 2015, after it emerged that the retailer established an office in the US with executives from its Irish division tasked with a feasibility study.
Klaus told Heilbronner Stimme that Schwarz' sales for the fiscal year ended 28 February grew by 10% to about 74 billion. Turnover for the full year at Lidl rose 10.4% to 54 billion, while Schwarz's Kaufland banner achieved sales of 20 billion.
Lidl operates in 26 countries while Kaufland has been exported to six outside Germany.