Germanos Group
Germanos SA has been a leading Greek retail chain for telecommunication goods and services in Europe. It was founded in 1980 with one retail battery outlet in Athens. The rapid developments that took place in the mobile telecommunication market at the end of the 90s, found Germanos equipped with expertise, specialization, and infrastructure to cope with the increased demands of the consumers. In 34 years it managed to become and remain the greatest chain of stores for new technology in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe. In 34 years it managed to become and remain the greatest chain of stores for new technology in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe.
The company operates in two segments, Chain of Stores and Consumer Product Distribution Network. It also provides telecommunication consultancy services and integrated call centre and customer relationship management services. It has more than 600 Stores in 7 countries (Greece, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ukraine, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). Germanos S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications S.A. since 2006.
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Sector: Retail
Subsector: Telecom/Technology Retailer
Country: Greece
Acquired: 1996
Sold: 2004