Höffner (furniture retailer)

A company of that name was founded in 1874 by Rudolf Höffner, and became Berlin's biggest furniture retailer before World War II. Based in the eastern part of Berlin, the company was discontinued after the war. In 1967 Kurt Krieger bought the right to the name "Höffner" and created a new company under that name. This company was initially based in Berlin-Wedding, but the headquarters moved to Schönefeld, Brandenburg after Germany's reunification.[1]

In 2007, the Höffner store in Barsbüttel was prohibited by the Lübeck Regional Court from advertising discounts if a price had previously been raised for a short time and then lowered again immediately afterwards. The background to this was the discovery by a couple looking for a couch set that a moon price had been advertised for a couch for a short time. Höffner cited price fluctuations on the part of the manufacturer as the reason, but these could not be proven.[2]

In January 2021, Höffner became the target of numerous protests in Kiel when it became known that compensatory land had been cut down during construction work on the Kiel store in November 2020.[3] The company described the event as an "oversight."[4]

Höffner's mascot is a man wearing a hat and a red bow tie named Höffi.

• Hoeffner.de