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Saturn is a German chain of electronics stores, now found in several European countries. Saturn sells household appliances, home entertainment, and media such as CDs and DVDs. With Media Markt it constitutes Media-Saturn Holding, owned by the German retail trade company METRO. It is known for its slightly coarse German-language advertising slogan "Geiz ist geil!".
With around 128 stores Saturn is one of the big players in German electronics retail business. It also has 13 stores in Austria, 6 in Switzerland, 17 in Poland, 4 in Hungary, 10 in Spain, 16 in Italy, 36 in France, 6 in Belgium, 2 in Luxembourg, 3 in Russia, 11 in the Netherlands, and 5 in Turkey.
In 2003 Saturn and Apple Inc. signed a contract for a "store-in-store" concept, allowing consumers to purchase Apple products in special sections of some branch stores.
Saturn stores in Spain are closing down starting with 2013: http://www.saturn.es
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