Matas Group

Matas Sweeps into Top 20 of Denmark's Most Attractive Workplaces Matas Group’s Danish retail chain is one of the year’s biggest climbers on the list of the most attractive workplaces for Danes with a business education background. Two years ago, Matas A/S wasn’t on the list of the most attractive workplaces. Last year, our Danish branch made its debut in 43rd place. In the recently published survey, Matas has leapt an impressive 24 places, now ranking among the top 20 most attractive workplaces in Denmark, according to highly educated professionals. Matas holds the 19th spot on the list, making it one of this year's biggest climbers. It is something that brings pride and joy in Matas HQ: "We have made significant steps at Matas in terms of employee satisfaction and have had a tremendous focus on mental health throughout the organization. It’s a great pleasure that the survey shows we are not only considered an attractive workplace among our own employees, but that many professionals outside our organization also see us as one of the best places in the country to work,” says Lise Ryevad, Executive Vice President of Matas. The list is compiled annually by the employer branding company Universum, which this year surveyed 9,746 working Danes.

Would you like to help develop and implement Matas Group's new ESG reporting structure? We are looking for an ESG Controller for Matas Group Finance and hold interviews on an ongoing basis. We remove the job posting when our new colleague has been found and no later than 31 October. Find the job posting in comments - don't be a stranger!

Today our Group CEO, Gregers Wedell-Wedellsborg, had the pleasure of introducing Gediminas K. to a day in the life of a CEO of a listed company.   As part of the CEOx1Day Gediminas attended meetings with internal and external stakeholders throughout the day and got first hand insights to a typical day in charge of Matas Group.   “It’s been fantastic experiencing how Gregers works with the different brands in Matas Group, how it is behind the scenes and what different type of work that’s being put in. It’s been intense but a welcoming type of intensity with a lot of activities and a lot of learnings for me personally”, said Gediminas Kaminskas.   Being host in this program has also been rewarding:   “It’s inspirational to see one’s business through the eyes of a bright, young student. Hosting CEOx1DAY is both about giving something to the hard-working students but as a business we also get valuable learnings in return. We finished the day off discussing actual decisions I have to make, and it was very interesting to hear Gediminas’ views on those,” Gregers concluded.

We're hiring! We are looking for a ‘Head of Green Deal transformation’ with flair for program management, finance & ESG. If you can tick these boxes we would love to hear from you: · Scope clarification · Strategy · Planning · Program management · Stakeholder management · Monitoring and evaluation · Resource allocation · Communication and reporting · Developing long-term organizational set-up See full job post in the comment section

Wednesday our Group CEO Gregers Wedell-Wedellsborg invites a young student to become CEOx1Day - a global programme by Odgers Berndtson that provides the opportunity to spend a day shadowing a successful top chief executive. We can't wait to meet the aspiring leader

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬' 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 Matas' loyalty club, Club Matas, has reached two million members, now including more than 40% of Denmark’s adult population. Although a study indicates that loyalty clubs have generally lost members in recent years, Club Matas has successfully moved in the opposite direction, achieving over 10% growth during the same period, reaching two million members. “The growth is due to an increased focus on recruiting and retaining members in Club Matas with great offers, event invitations and much more. At the same time, we have made membership more personal and relevant for each individual, which has, among other things, led to a more than 40% increase in male members over the past year. Especially the younger age group, those under 30, has contributed to nearly half of the growth among male members,” says Lise Ryevad, Executive Vice President for Matas. In addition to Club Matas, the business has seen great success with the expansion of its loyalty club, Club Matas Plus, where members, for 39 DKK per month, can receive even more benefits than traditional Club Matas members. For example: Free-of-charge home delivery on all products, three times as many Matas Points on purchases, etc. More than 100,000 Danes have already joined Club Matas Plus.

Stockholm + e-commerce = Great opportunity in KICKS HQ as a Technical Project Manager

We are looking for you, if you are looking for a role in a business on an exciting growth and transformation journey. Give it a look 👀

𝗔 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗤𝟭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰/𝟮𝟱 Matas Group’s strategy to Win the Nordics is progressing as planned and delivering as expected. ·     Matas Group generated total revenue of DKK 1,956 million in Q1 2024/25 ·     EBITDA before special items came to DKK 293 million ·     Profit for the period after tax amounted to DKK 59 million Gregers Wedell-Wedellsborg, Group CEO: “We have had a good start to the year with growth in underlying sales and earnings. Our strategy to Win the Nordics is progressing as planned, with continued assortment expansion, faster delivery, store upgrades and membership growth. At the same time, we continue to see gains from being a Nordic group. Operations in our new automated KICKS logistics center improved through the quarter and construction of Matas Logistics Center is on plan. We maintain our guidance for the financial year.”   See the full Q1 Interim Report 2024/2025 on Matas Group website. Link provided in comments

If you didn't get to it last week we completely understand - it's been an intense time with lots of information about finance, corporate website, new brand identity, strategy and the like. We do however want to flag the important work we do on the ESG side of our business. We've just announced our 3rd ESG report and the 1st ever with data across the group - Matas A/S and KICKS View the full report in the comments section below