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How the Migros Family Cooperative Built a Swiss Retail Empire
This episode of Family Business Stories with Fexingo explores how the Migros cooperative, founded by Gottlieb Duttweiler in 1925, grew into Switzerland's largest retailer and a 30 billion Swiss franc empire. We trace Duttweiler's radical vision: a grocery chain that owned no suppliers, paid no dividends, and reinvested profits into cultural and educational programs. Lucas and Luna discuss how Migros's unique ownership structure—a cooperative with over two million members—kept the company focused on low prices and social good for a century. They unpack the 'Migros…
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