They specialize in offering electronic devices such as computers, digital cameras, mp3 players and mobile phones.

The Group started as a battery shop in Athens in 1980 and since then has expanded into retail when it opened its first store by the same year.

In 2006 when a subsidiary of Cosmote bought the company, Wind and Vodafone pulled their support from the stores, stating that it would lead to unfair treatment towards them in order to enhance support to its in-house mobile operator.

[citation needed] The Germanos Group has been operating a battery recycling program called Dias Bat since 2004.

Germanos stores expanded throughout the last years in Greece, Cyprus and many Eastern European countries counting as of 2007 960 retail points.