Ahold, the company behind the Albert Heijn, take Bol.com about. For the online shop is 350 million euro was paid to the current owners. It is the second time in three years that it is of German origin Bol.com of owner changes.
Ahold on the acquisition on Monday morning announced. The retailer pays the current owners, two investment companies, 350 million euros for all the shares in the shop. The two investors, Cyrte and NPM Capital, took the company less than three years ago for an undisclosed amount.
It is expected that the acquisition in the second quarter of this year is completed. Bol.com has indicated that the company is under the same management continues to fall and that in his own office is housed. Last year turned Bol.com a turnover of 355 million euro; half of the internetshoppers in the Netherlands last year, at least once in Bol.com shopping, claims the company.
Bol.com stands for “Bertelsmann On-Line’ and exists since 1999. Although the company is originally German, it is especially successful in the Dutch market and the company is now also established in the Netherlands.