The BAS Group, owner of MyCom, the retail chains Dixons and Dynabyte take control of Dexcom Holding. The acquisition is the BAS Group to own say, one of the largest retailers in the Netherlands.
In a statement let Dexcom know that all the central activities after the acquisition can be accommodated at the head office of the BAS Group Almere, the netherlands. The office of Dexcom in Den Bosch is shut down, leaving 90 people losing their jobs. These people are Tuesday informed. The acquisition has no consequences for people who work in the shops of Dixons and Dynabyte.
The acquisition would, in any case, ‘better prices’ in the shops of Dynabyte and Dixons result should have. This would be possible by the by the BAS Group developed logistics system for the MyCom formula. Also is the management system of the websites of Dynabyte and Dixons updated to the example of MyCom.
Through the acquisition, which is still in use by the NMa must be approved, get the BAS Group significantly more physical stores in his possession. Dixons currently has 160 and Dynabyte has 44 physical locations. MyCom itself currently has 26 stores, while the BAS Group-daughter Vobis 37 branches.
At the end of 2007, Dexcom is still known the Coolblue-merchants to want to take over all the business came a year later at the back due to the economic climate. Dexcom showed at that time, interest in Coolblue because of web shops and the experience with e-commerce of the latter, something the winkelketeneigenaar itself lacks.