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Bol.com

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Bol
IndustryE-commerce
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Headquarters,
Areas served
Netherlands
Belgium
Key people
Margaret Versteden (CEO)
RevenueIncrease €4.3 billion (2020)[1]
ParentAhold Delhaize
Websitewww.bol.com

Bol (formerly bol.com) is a webshop in the Netherlands and offers general merchandising products in categories such as music, film, electronics, toys, jewelry, watches, baby products, gardening, and DIY. As of 2020, the store serves 11 million active customers in the Netherlands and Belgium and offers over 23 million items.[2] Since 2011, Bol has also opened its webshop for retailers to sell and effectively became a platform. Since the introduction of "Selling via bol.com", more than 30,000 retailers have already sold via Bol. The company employs approximately 3,000 workers.

History

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The company was founded on 30 March 1997 by Bertelsmann as 'Bertelsmann On-Line'.[3] [4] In 2003, it was sold to Weltbild, Holtzbrinck Networks and T-Online Venture Funds.[5] From 2009 until 2012 the company was managed by Cyrte Investments, part of Delta Lloyd.[6] On 9 May 2012 the Dutch Koninklijke Ahold N.V. acquired Bol.com.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Recordjaar voor supers Ahold; Bol.com verkoopt in lockdown 70 procent meer". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  2. ^ "Ons verhaal".
  3. ^ Graaff, Arthur (1999-11-05), "Christoph Mohn of Bertelsmann: a European Gates (Christoph Mohn van Bertelsmann: een Europese Gates).", Computable (in Dutch), retrieved 2021-11-24
  4. ^ "Bol.com: Van start tot overname" (in Dutch). ecommercenews. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Weltbild verkauft bol.com" (in German). etailment.de. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Overname bol.com door Cyrte Investments afgerond" (in Dutch). bol.com. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Company Overview of bol.com b.v." bloomberg.com. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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