hagebau Beratungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (BBG), an in-house consulting and investment company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary. BBG assists hagebau partners in all modern business financing matters.

hagebau Datendienst IT Services GmbH is responsible for developing and implementing IT-systems for both specialised traders and retailers. This in-house data service delivers practical and pragmatic solutions securing successful business management through a high level of transparency and efficient processes. Whether family run companies or large-scale enterprises, the IT experts in Soltau are the right persons to get in touch with.

The fachhandelsMarketing department (specialised trade marketing services) focuses on multi-channel marketing and is a competent partner of all hagebau traders. Besides classic promotion and print media advertising the Soltau experts offer support in fields such as online marketing, point of sale promotion and events. From stationery to marketing plan the Soltau experts push hagebau’s competence!

Using a hagebau-specific rating system the refinancing department evaluates all hagebau partners including their associated companies by taking into account annual financial statements as well as other data. This evaluation of credit worthiness is the precondition for a special service called “merchandise financing” being offered to hagebau traders enabling them to top up existing resource financing at a reduced rate.
 
Moreover, the department supports and advises hagebau partners when it comes to financing and related operational issues and acts as mediator.

The logistics department is responsible for topics like handling of goods, warehousing, order picking, goods transport and information flow.
 
For hagebau, logistics is defined as the demand-oriented allocation of goods. It facilitates the global division of labour thus providing a basis for product price cuts and promoting competition and innovation.
 
It is our joint aim to
 

• secure hagebau’s competitiveness
• manage the procurement logistics from supplier to the point of sale

Carrying out new building and building conversion projects in a way that efficiently and cost-effectively meets the needs of the market: With its innovative layouts for sales premises, the cooperation provides its partners with a strong market presence. The hagebau planning department offers everything from one source – for the specialised as well as the retail trade.
 
The experienced team in the Soltau headquarters plans and develops new locations and supports all structural measures needed for the creation of a modern shopping atmosphere. Existing locations are redesigned and repositioned in the best possible way.

The seminars and training department offers the best training programmes you will find in the sector. About 90 percent of all hagebau partners make use of the wide range of training opportunities on offer, comprising seminars for the building materials, timber and tile trade as well as the retail trade. Every year, the department trains some 9,000 participants. The Soltau cooperation is to date the only company in Germany to have received the international German Training Prize at gold level awarded by the Bund Deutscher Verkaufstrainer (German Association of Sales Trainers) not once but twice.

hagebau management consultants ensure basic operational support for all partners. In addition the department offers a wide range of services, first and foremost annual inter-company comparison studies. Other important tasks include operational analysis, management consultancy, market analysis, cost-earnings accounting as well as sales and distribution controlling. The ultimate aim is to achieve profit maximisation through sales and cost related services.

The hagebau insurance service offers insurance coverage matching the needs of private and business clients in the best possible way. Being an independent broker the insurance service cooperates with selected insurance companies. Packages like the MultiRiskPolicy, for example, have become classics among hagebau locations long ago.