{"id":55012,"date":"2023-08-17T08:53:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mf.ag\/articles\/mediashop\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:38:15","slug":"teleshopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mf.ag\/en\/references\/teleshopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Teleshopping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-client\">The Client:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The client is a leading company in the teleshopping industry, designing, developing, and marketing innovative consumer products that simplify everyday life and solve practical problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is the DRTV (Direct Response TV) market leader in the DACH region for products in the household, garden, fitness, and beauty categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Headquartered in the Lake Constance region and operating through several sales subsidiaries across Europe, the group generated revenues of \u20ac180 million in FY 2022\/2023 and employed approximately 500 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-project\">The Project:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>VALTUS Management Factory was engaged to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/mf.ag\/en\/interim-cfo\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/mf.ag\/en\/interim-cfo\/\">interim CFO<\/a> leadership from October 2022 to May 2023, bridging a vacancy while supporting the company\u2019s structural transformation process.<br>Working capital was aligned with the reduced sales volume. 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