1. 4,500 independent affiliated retailers Turnover: €37.085 mDiscount (2400 stores): Supermarket: ( only in Karstadt) 3.300 stores Convenience Store: 150-500 sqm, 700 stores Hypermarket (58 stores): Cash&Carry: Specialist: Turnover: €44,249 m Discount (3964 stores): Convenience Stores: Full range >2,500 sqm Full range 1-2,500 sqm Only food 400-1,000 sqm Hypermarket: Wholesale: Pureplay domestic retailer Turnover: €30.641 m Cash & Carry: 6.025 m Hypermarket: 9.420 m Electronics: 11.250 m Department Store: 3.800 m (Schwarz Group) Turnover: €28.400 m Discount: €15.500 mHypermarket: €12.900 m Regionally structured Turnover: €26.000 mAldi Nord: 12.000 mAldi Süd: 14.000 m Turnover: €4.085 m Drug Store chain: 1,185 stores Turnover: €3.239 m Hypermarkets (40): DIY stores (81): Consumer Electronics (9): Specialist (26): Turnover: €7.900 m Wholesale to Petrol Stations etc. (Tobacco, Non-Food, Drinks,etc.) Turnover: €7.156 m DIY: €3.443 mConvenience Store: €2.330 mTextile Discounter: €1.350 m Turnover: €4.500 m Drug Store chain: 8,800 stores No. of discounters Sources: Trade Dimensions 2011 (total turnover figures Germany 2010 Company Websites

2. Top 5 Drugstore Chains:1. Schlecker: €4.50bn, 8,800 stores2. dm: €4.08bn, 1,185 stores 3. Dirk Rossmann: €3.45bn, 1,580 stores 4. Müller: €3bn, 477 stores5. Iwan Budnikowsky: €390m, 154 stores Consumer Electronics: 1. Media Markt/Saturn (Metro): € 20,8 bn, 622/321 stores 2. Expert Deutschland: €1,89 bn, 439 stores 3. Euronics Deutschland: €1,86 bn, 132 XXL stores (co-op with 1,824 members at 2,000 locations) 4. Electronic Partner: €1,64 bn, Medimax 116 stores + branded reseller Top 5 Food Chains: Edeka: €44,.2bn, 5,700 storesRewe: €37.08bn, 7,000 storesSchwarz Group: €28.4bn, 4,000 storesAldi: €26bn, 4315 stores Real (Metro): €9.42bn, 343 stores Top 10 Textile:Otto Group: €3.6bn, 180 stores (Focus on mail order(70 %) and e-commerce) C&A: €2.9bn, 475 stores H&M: €2.8bn, 350 stores Metro Group: €2.5bn, 500+ stores Karstadt: €2.bn, 116 stores Tengelmann: €1.3bn, 2437 (KIK) stores Peek & Cloppenburg: €1.2bn, 69 stores Aldi: €1.bn, 4315 stores Lidl: €1bn, 3200 stores Tchibo: €0.9bn, 850 stores Top 10 DIY Chains: Obi: €6.2bn, 330 stores Bauhaus: €4.44bn, 190stores Praktiker: €4.07bn, 330 stores Hornbach: €3.23bn, 91 stores Zeus: €2.58bn, 730 stores TOOM (Rewe): €2.36bn, 385 stores Globus Holding: €1.34bn, 87 stores Eurobaustoff: €0,81bn, 492 stores EMV-Profi: €0.71bn, 274 stores Baywa: €0,64bn, 271 stores Retail Categories Top 2 Department Stores: 1. Galeria Kaufhof: €3,8bn, 109 stores 2. Karstadt: €3,3bn, 116 stores (incl. Karstadt Sport, 27 stores) Top 10 Furniture Chains: Ikea: €3.34bn, 48 stores Höffner: €1.9bn, 17 stores XXXLutz: €1.5bn, 55 stores Porta: €1.1bn, 109 stores Tessner: €1.09bn, Segmüller: €1.05bn, 7 stores Poco/Domäne: €0.895bn, 34 stores Dänisches Bettenlager: €0.791bn, 950 stores Otto: €0.620bn, 400 stores Schaffrath: €0.325bn, 26 stores Top 6 Discounters:1. Aldi: €25.5, 4,305 stores 2. Lidl: €15.5bn, 3,232 stores 3. Netto Markendiscount: €11.4bn, 3,964 stores4. Penny: €7.554bn, 2,403 stores 5. Norma: €2.6bn, 1,258 stores6. Netto Nord: €1.13bn, 323 stores Top 10 Online Stores:1. Ebay: 22,127,000 visitors 2. Amazon: 20,091,000 visitors 3. Otto: 6,857,000 visitors 4. Neckermann: 5,595,000 visitors 5. Tchibo: 4,691,000 visitors 6. Weltbild: 4,006,000 visitors 7. Zalando: 3,575,000 visitors 8. Bon Prix: 3,288,000 visitors 9. Conrad: 3.258,000 visitors 10. Ikea: 2,692,000 visitors