Otto-Chef: „Otto-Katalog als Schaufenster zu klein geworden“
Alexander Klay und Jörg Quoos
Der letzte Otto-Katalog ist gedruckt. Der Hamburger Konzern Otto Group setzt jetzt voll auf den Onlinehandel.
Foto: Nicolas Armer / dpa
Berlin Alexander Birken, Chef der Otto Group, über das Ende einer analogen Ära, seine 52.000 Mitarbeiter und die Zukunft des Versandhandels.
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