please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the neutrality of this article is disputed . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources digitec galaxus news newspapers books scholar jstor free images october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message digitec galaxus industry retail founded 2001 headquarters technopark z rich z rich switzerland number of locations 9 area served switzerland key people oliver herren florian teuteberg products home electronics computer hardware and components telecommunications video games and electronic equipment services 9 stores telephone orders and online distribution revenue chf 510 mio 2013 1 number of employees 570 2 3 parent migros website official website digitec shop technopark z rich digitec galaxus is a swiss retail company in the home electronics sector and operates the digitec and galaxus webshops as well as 9 department stores in switzerland . the company was founded in 2001 and the migros group switzerland s largest retailer acquired a majority stake in the company in 2012 . 4 the voting ratio on the board between migros and the three founders remains 50 50 5 contents 1 history 2 range 3 references 4 external links history edit marcel dobler who sold his shares in 2014 6 oliver herren florian teuteberg then students established the digitec brand and the webshop with an adjoining store at technopark z rich in 2001 with the goal to offer a wide range of it products service and support at moderate prices . the concept was followed by several renovations to expand the warehouse and the sales area . the partnership was incorporated in january 2005 to form the digitec aktiengesellschaft according to swiss law . in august 2006 a central warehouse was established in kleind ttingen that was replaced in spring 2009 by the logistics centre in wohlen ag . in 2010 galaxus was launched to provide an updated online shop with a range including household items toys and sports articles . in 2011 the first store in western switzerland was opened in lausanne and the warehouse surface area in wohlen was expanded to 18 000 square metres 193 750 sq ft . another expansion to 32 000 square metres 344 445 sq ft followed in 2015 . the company employs around 570 people . 2 in 2014 the brands digitec and galaxus merged to form galaxus switzerland . 7 the value of the former galaxus ag was estimated to be chf 120 million 8 in may 2012 . in june 2012 the migros group acquired 30 % of the company which operated the then separated digitec and galaxus . migros decided to honour the option on the majority per end of 2015 . on 2 september 2015 the mother company galaxus schweiz ag was renamed in digitec galaxus ag 9 that operates the online shops digitec and galaxus . now both shops have been reintegrated into the company s name . 2 range edit digitec galaxus claims to be switzerland s online market leader in the fields of it consumer electronics and telecommunication . the galaxus brand is the online shop division and also sells household diy garden and sports equipment . 10 references edit simon gr flin 2014 09 23 . die umsatzst rksten schweizer onlineshops in german . pcipp.ch . retrieved 2015 06 18 . a b c about us galaxus . digitec . retrieved 2015 09 08 . employees . digitec . retrieved 2015 06 17 . migros acquires participation in digitec . b r & karrer . 2012 06 11 . retrieved 2015 11 10 . stefan barmettler 2013 03 07 . migros bernimmt die mehrheit in german . bilanz.ch . retrieved 2015 11 10 . quereinsteiger auf dem weg ins bundeshaus . 10vor10 . 2015 07 09 . retrieved 2015 07 12 . company history . digitec . retrieved 2015 06 17 . millionensegen f r digitec gr nder in german . blick.ch . 2013 03 08 . retrieved 2015 11 10 . commercial register and business information . moneyhouse commercial register and business information . 2015 09 21 . retrieved 2015 11 10 . galaxus . digitec . retrieved 2015 06 17 . external links edit official website digitec.ch official website galaxus.ch companies portal switzerland portal this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title digitec galaxus & oldid 743260363 categories companies established in 20012001 establishments in switzerlandretail companies of switzerlandcompanies based in z richmigroshome electronic selling websitesvideo game retailersswiss company stubshidden categories cs1 german language sources de npov disputes from october 2015all npov disputesarticles with topics of unclear notability from october 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from october 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from october 2015all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 21 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view