Tag Archives: Zalando

Worth reading: Kreditech, Skimlinks, Zalando, Waymate, SBC

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

There are so many interesting stories out there and unfortunately we don’t have the time to cover all of them. With our section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany-Startups, Netherland-Startups, UK-Startups | Tagged Amsterdam, Berlin, Kreditech, London, SBC, Skimlinks, Waymate, Zalando | Leave a comment

Worth reading: Google, Tictail, ShoorK, Zalando, Tigerlily

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Posted in France-Startups, Germany-Startups, Sweden Startups | Tagged google, ShoorK, Tictail, Tigerlily, Zalando | Comments Off

Worth reading: Achoo, Instagram, Spotify, Wrapp, Zalando

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Posted in Estonia-Startups, Germany-Startups, Sweden Startups | Tagged Achoo, Instagram, Spotify, Wrapp, Zalando | 1 Comment

Samwer brothers – on the hunt for new investors

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

By the end of last week, Yuri Milner (a Russian billionaire & investor in Zynga, Groupon, Facebook etc.) announced that his investment company DST Global is going to acquire a direct minority stake (4 %) in the German shoe & clothing shop Zalando … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany-Startups | Tagged DST Global, Rocket internet, Samwer brothers, Yuri Miler, Zalando | 5 Comments

European shoe business: Zalando vs. Spartoo

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

According to the Federal Cartel Office the German Zappos clone Zalando recently was about to receive some fresh capital from Emesco AB, which is a subsidiary of Kinnevik AB. An update of the Federal Cartel Office has now revealed that this … Continue reading →

Posted in France-Startups, Germany-Startups | Tagged Kinnevik, Rocket internet, Shoe shop, Spartoo, valuation, Zalando | 2 Comments

Zalando’s UK-launch and the plans of a own logistics center

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The German Zappos clone Zalando has recently entered the UK market. This means that the Berlin based shoe and fashion-shop is now available in Germany, Austria, Netherland, France, Italy and the UK. Zalando was founded at the end of 2008 … Continue reading →

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Zalando published its financial statements for 2009

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin-based shoe shop Zalando has recently published its financial statements for 2009. In this documented year the Zappos-like shop has made a loss of almost 1.6 million Euro. The actual sales figures were not released but the financial statements show that Zalando has … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany-Startups | Tagged financial statements 2009, Shoe shop, Zalando, Zappos, Zign | Comments Off

Zalando just announced another round of financing

Posted on November 29, 2010 by admin

This month the shoe-shop Zalando has registered a further capital increase into the commercial register. According to German press reports the Swedish investment company Investment AB Kinnevik has evaluated Zalando with 370 million € at the last capital increase in July. Prior to … Continue reading →

Posted in Germany-Startups | Tagged Kinnevik, Rocket internet, round of financing, Zalando | 1 Comment

Rumor: Shoe-shop Zalando was valued 370 million €

Posted on November 12, 2010 by admin

Was the German Zappos clone Zalando really valued 370 million Euro within the last round of financing? German press reports indicated that the Swedish investment company “Investment AB Kinnevik” has recently joined Zalando with 2.7%. As the last quarter report shows, Kinnevik directly plugged € … Continue reading →