KARE Design

Wholesale, franchise system, contract business, e-commerce and retail - the German KARE Design GmbH designs and markets furniture, lighting and home accessories as a multi-channel provider worldwide. The privately owned company has been growing since 1981. KARE Design currently has 120 franchise partners in 50 countries, hundreds of retail customers in furniture stores, design and gift stores as well as over 100 KARE premium shop-in-shop spaces. The unique and unmistakable style mix of the approx. 5,000 product range with 1,000 new products per year offers retailers and business partners new sales opportunities. Because the KARE brand stands for eye-catching, extraordinary and inspiring products and style worlds. With KARE Design, impulsive and individual living worlds are created - whether for award-winning retail concepts, within the framework of the sophisticated franchise system or for the contract business for professionals in interior design.

International trade fair appearances
KARE presents its living worlds and ranges at all the important furniture fairs such as the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Maison&Objet in Paris, IMM in Cologne and Ambiente in Frankfurt. In addition, KARE organises its own in-house fairs for its B-to-B customers in the 2,800 square metre showroom at its headquarters near Munich. Furthermore, regular and exclusive events and further training, online and offline, are held to support franchise partners.

Subsidiary for the contract business with professionals
With its subsidiary KARE Objekt GmbH, the furniture company has broadly positioned its business segment for furnishing commercial properties from hospitality to office. Numerous reference projects show how brands can gain competitive advantages through their design presence.

Logistics and quality management
The central logistics unit with 30,000 square metres of space is linked to the headquarters in Garching and is supplemented by further external warehouses and a logistics centre in Asia. Purchasing and quality management are also controlled from the headquarters, supplemented by purchasing offices and quality managers in Eastern Europe and Asia.

Sustainability
KARE continues to develop every day in the area of sustainability. To ensure this, there is the company's own initiative "Let's do better". In addition to initiatives to reduce the CO2 footprint and more, the company focuses on durable furniture made of high-quality materials. In this way, the company's range is a statement against the throwaway mentality.

The founders and their idea
KARE Design GmbH was founded in 1981 by Jürgen Reiter and Peter Schönhofen.As owners and managing partners, they still run the medium-sized company today.Their personal day-to-day commitment shapes the company and KARE employees are proud to work in an unconventional and successful family business. ... More ... less