HOPPSTÄDTEN-WEIERSBACH, December 2025 –ROFU Kinderland is restructuring its management.
ROFU Kinderland is restructuring its management and realigning the company as part of a comprehensive strategic transformation to address the current challenges in the non-food retail market. Persistent consumer restraint, rising costs across the value chain, and intense competition in both physical and digital retail continue to shape the market environment—especially for non-food and specialist categories such as toys, decoration and gift items. In a market where customers are increasingly value-driven and promotion-sensitive, ROFU Kinderland is sharpening its customer promise: strong value, reliable product availability, and inspiring in-store experiences—especially for gifting and seasonal occasions. Against this backdrop, ROFU Kinderland is focusing on a lean leadership setup and a clear prioritisation of its brick-and-mortar business, supported by strong omnichannel integration.
Farewell after 35 years: Frank Schröder retires
After around 35 years with the company, Frank Schröder is retiring. Over several decades, he has significantly shaped ROFU Kinderland’s development—from expanding the store network and growing the assortment to strengthening the company’s position as a regionally rooted toy specialist. The management team and shareholders would like to express their sincere gratitude for his outstanding long-standing commitment and his strong dedication to the company, its employees and partners. To ensure an orderly transition and to support the planned further expansion, Frank Schröder will remain available to ROFU Kinderland in an advisory capacity for a transitional period.
Lean and clear leadership structure: responsibilities bundled
As part of this reorganisation, the management team is being deliberately streamlined and responsibilities are being clearly sharpened.
Michael Fuchs assumes key governance and infrastructure functions
Michael Fuchs, shareholder of ROFU Kinderland, will now personally take full responsibility for Finance, HR, Logistics and IT. By bundling the company’s core governance, infrastructure and support functions within one area of responsibility, ROFU Kinderland aims to respond faster and more efficiently to
volatile conditions—such as fluctuating demand, rising energy and transport costs, and increasing requirements for process and data quality.
Purchasing, Marketing and Sales under the leadership of Michael Edl
In addition to Purchasing and Marketing, Michael Edl will also assume responsibility for Sales. By bringing together assortment strategy, pricing and promotions, brand management, as well as floor-space and sales steering, ROFU Kinderland will enable faster, end-to-end decisions and further increase responsiveness to market and consumer trends.
- a clear focus on brick-and-mortar retail as the heart of the ROFU Kinderland brand—featuring experience-oriented store areas, competent advice and emotional product presentation,
- consistent omnichannel development, strengthening the integration of online services, digital touchpoints and physical stores,
- further strengthening of the company’s core through optimised processes, more efficient inventory and space management, and closer, partnership-based collaboration with suppliers.
Well positioned for a demanding market environment and sustainable growth
With the new leadership structure, the strategic realignment and the involvement of a supportive partnership, ROFU Kinderland considers itself well positioned to remain a relevant brick-and-mortar retailer in a demanding non-food market environment, selectively leverage growth opportunities and secure the company’s long-term stability—for the benefit of customers, employees and business partners.