At the Coolblue-webshopketen is the sale of tablets in the christmas season so far with 396 per cent, while for laptops it did well. The webwinkelketen recorded in the period before christmas, a sales growth of 25 percent.
Retail the Netherlands reported last week that the kerstomzet for retailers is expected to be at 780 million euros would come true. This is 0.6 percent lower than in 2010, but for webshops seems to be the turnover be higher. For Christmas, the shops that Thuiswinkel.org are connected already, a revenue increase of 36 percent. Now is the Coolblue that reports that in the period before christmas with the 105 stores of the group, a revenue growth of 25 percent is achieved. Coolblue speaks of a sales record.
Especially tablets, were popular in the chain. “Not only the iPad 2, but also competing tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Asus Eee Pad are widely bought,” says Pieter Zwart, founder and ceo of Coolblue. He explains opposite Tweakers.net that growth compared to last year even 396 percent. “But also the sale of laptops has grown strongly. Laptopshop.nl it is now nearly the most popular shop, Coolblue,” says Black.
Less wonderful is the sale of hard drives, he must admit. “The sales of hard drives have plummeted in the fourth quarter,” said Black. He blames the sharp drop to the scarcity and price increases by the floods in Thailand. “We expect this will certainly continue until mid-2012.”