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Thalia

🌎 thalia.de

Thalia is a retail company with a passion for books and reading, founded in 1919 in Hamburg. It is a family-owned business headquartered in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, and is the market leader in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Thalia operates around 500 bookstores and has a strong online presence, offering a diverse range of content and stories through various channels.

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Thalia - Latest News and Updates

• Thalia has updated its product offerings by replacing several baby and pregnancy books with new titles, including 'Babymassage' by Christina Voormann and 'Hebammen-Gesundheitswissen' by Silvia Höfer, and introduced new toy products with significant discounts, such as LEGO DUPLO sets.
• Thalia has updated its eBook offerings, replacing titles like 'Allein gegen die Lüge' by Alex Finlay with new releases such as 'Die Schanze' by Lars Menz and 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' by Jules Verne, indicating a shift in their featured eBook selection.
• Thalia has updated its children's book offerings, replacing 'Sachen suchen, Sachen hören: Weihnachten' by Frauke Nahrgang with 'Lesen + Stickern. Die Olchis allein zu Haus' by Erhard Dietl, and introduced 'Skyjo' as a new bestselling game, replacing 'Content-Tonie: 23 Lieblings-Kinderlieder - Spiel- & Bewegungslieder (Relaunch)'.
• Thalia has introduced new thriller titles including 'Verschwiegen' by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir and 'In Zeiten des Todes' by Luca D'Andrea, while removing 'Böse Herzen' by Karen Rose and 'Happy End' by Sarah Bestgen.
• Thalia has introduced new eBook titles including 'Die blaue Stunde' by Paula Hawkins and 'The Five Crowns of Okrith 2: The Witches' Blade' by A. K. Mulford, while removing titles like 'Zwischen Ende und Anfang' by Jojo Moyes and 'Die Besucherin' by Joy Fielding.

• Thalia plans to open a new 2,500 square meter flagship store on the Zeil in Frankfurt in summer 2026, as announced by CEO Ingo Kretzschmar.
• Oli Seubert and Nina Raabe collaborated with Thalia's HR team on implementing SAP SuccessFactors for their Austrian colleagues.
• Thalia is hosting a series of 18 events across Germany with FAZ to discuss future-shaping topics featuring authors and experts.

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