Stefan Heinig Explained

Jost-Stefan Heinig (born 1962^[1] in Dortmund) is CEO of the major German company KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH from Bönen. KiK came under pressure by dumping salaries and abusing female workers in Bangladesh and other Third World countries.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Heinig participates with his Dortmund Firma H. H. Holding GmbH by 65% from TEDi and with 15% an KiK.^[7] The main shareholder of KiK is the company Tengelmann International GmbH from Mülheim an der Ruhr with a stake of 83.02%.^[8]

In July 2010 Heinig together with Karl-Erivan Haub, co-owner of Tengelmann, bought the German branch of Woolworth's, insolvent Woolworth GmbH.^[9]

Resume

After finishing the Realschule, Heinig served his apprenticeship as a trading assistant.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Tageszeitung Die Welt: Jetzt spricht der geheimnisvolle Kik-Gründer, Interview with Stefan Heinig (14 September 2007)
2. Web site: NDR Fernsehen - Sendungen - Panorama - Die Reporter- Die KiK-Story - die miesen Methoden des Textildiscounters . www3.ndr.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100410185414/http://www3.ndr.de/sendungen/panorama_die_reporter/startseite114_sid-734885.html . 2010-04-10.
3. Web site: NDR Fernsehen - Sendungen - Panorama - Die Reporter- Die KiK-Story . www3.ndr.de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100411195250/http://www3.ndr.de/sendungen/panorama_die_reporter/panorama430.html . 2010-04-11.
4. News: Textildiscounter in der Kritik: Kik-Beschäftigte klagen über katastrophale Zustände. Der Spiegel. 7 April 2010. Teevs. Christian.
5. verbraucherInfoTV, Panorama: Die KiK-Story
6. Web site: Dokus im Ersten - Reportage & Dokumentation - ARD | das Erste.
7. Jensen, Ramsch ist sein Leben, in: Manager-Magazin, 8/2010, S. 65
8. Hoppenstedt-Unternehmensdatenbank: Datensatz KiK Textilien und Non Food GmbH
9. Web site: Ramsch is his life - the Woolworth Takeover. Soren Jensen. 23 July 2010. Manager Magazin. 4 December 2018.
10. verbraucherInfoTV, Panorama: Die KiK-Story, Teil2