PROFILE |
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Selling pleasure is easy for Beate Uhse. Europe's largest porn retailer, the company operates more than 50 Beate Uhse sex shops in Germany and nearly 95 in Austria, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland. For those who like to skimp on the skimpy, the company runs about 45 Erotic Discount Centers in the Netherlands and Belgium. Other operations include wholesale and manufacturing businesses, an erotica mail-order business (Europe's largest), and, of course, an Internet porn network with more than 140 domain names. The company also runs the Museum of Erotica in Berlin. It is planning an adult pay-TV venture in Europe and expansion in the US. Late founder and former chairwoman Beate Rotermund's family controls the company.
COMPETITION |
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Internet Entertainment Group, Inc. (dossier)
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PLA)
Private Media Group Inc. (PRVT)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: December
2000 Sales (mil.): 153.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 31.3%
Employees: 905
Revenue per employee: $170,055.25
KEY PEOPLE |
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Richard Orthmann
CEO
Otto Christian Lindemann
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Gutenbergstrasse 12
24941 Flensburg, Germany
Phone: 49-461 99-66-111
Fax: 49-461-1 59
Online: Web Site
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