Due to rising demand of our company the logistic centre was expanded by 4,000 m², thus bringing it up to date technically.
2012
Our 10th shop opens in Halle (a.d. Saale).
2011
Our 9th shop opens in Bremen.
2010
The shop Eschwege opens its “hunting shop”.
New shops open in Hamburg, Offenbach, and Kiel/Schwetinental.
2009
In early 2009 the stores in Luedinghausen, Duesseldorf/Cologne and Hannover get new "hunting shops" and in March the first hunting catalogue is published with great success.
A completely new, cutting-edge online shop goes live. With the ultimate goal: customer satisfaction and the convenience of online shopping.
2008
A new shop for the hunting sport is opened. The first print brochure proves so successful that a 100 page catalogue is already planned for 2009.
Askari customers increase to over 1,000,000.
2007
A new shop opens in Langenfeld (Dusseldorf / Cologne). On approximatly 1,500 m² floor-space and along with the normal selection a range of special offers and end of line stock are offered at a discount of up to 50%.
The fourth major shop in Hannover opened its doors. A huge shopping paradise on 1000 m² floor-space.
2005
Due to the strong expansion in 2005, an ultramodern logistics centre with over 10,000 m² floor-space is built. Situated here is a 12 m high storage warehouse with space for 7,000 pallets, a fully automated order-picking warehouse with 40,000 locations and modern electronic scanning, a returns department, goods-in facility and the in house call centre. Now over 100 employees serve over 850,000 customers.
2001
Askari goes online. The internet shop is opened.
2000
The Askari shop in Luedinghausen increases in size to 1,500 m² floor-space.
1999
Askari records steady growth, meanwhile, over 50 staff ensure a smooth operation and serve 500,000 customers.
The third shop opens in Eschwege. Here the customer can test the current range on 1,000 m² floor-space.
1998
The first private-brand Perca is developed. It is successfully established among anglers.
Our second shop opens in Duisburg.
1995
The Luedinghausen shop moves and now has a total area of approximately 500 m² floor-space.
1993
The first shop is opened in Luedinghausen with approximately 100 m² floor-space.
The number of employees rises to 15, the main catalogue has a circulation of 180,000 units.
1990
The qualified businessman Paul Bruggemann lays the foundation stone for the Askari Sport GmbH and starts the business with 5 employees.
The first catalogue with 72 pages is printed in an edition of 80,000 copies and posted.