() is a
German Perfume Retailer based in
Hagen , which owns 1,528 stores, 1,088 of which are in Germany, in Europe and the United States.
The roots of the company date back to
1821 , when the perfume and soap factory ''J.S. Douglas Söhne'' was founded in
Hamburg . In
1863 , the first ''Christ''
Subsidiary was founded. In
1910 , the first Douglas perfumery was opened in Hamburg. The actual predecessor of the Douglas Holding AG, the ''Hussel Süßwarenfilialbetrieb GmbH'', was founded in
1949 and transformed into a
Joint Stock Company in
1962 . In
1969 it acquired the ''Parfümerie Douglas'', which soon became the main pillar of the corporation, which became known as Hussel Holding AG in
1976 . In
1989 , the company changed its name to Douglas Holding AG.
