Zalando

German e-commerce company Zalando SE sells footwear, apparel, and accessories to customers across Europe and is traded on the stock market. The company, which David Schneider and Robert Gentz started in 2008, now boasts over 50 million users across 25 European nations. Zalando is involved in several different industries, including multi-brand online shopping (including their own brands), a shopping club called Zalando Lounge, retail locations in eleven different German cities, a consulting service called Zalon, and logistics and marketing services for other businesses.

Zalando has a concept called Connected Retail that links over 7,000 traditional stores with their virtual counterpart. Zalando has around 17,000 workers and 10.35 billion Euro in revenue in 2021.In 2008, Robert Gentz and David Schneider established Zalando in Berlin with funding from the three Samwer brothers. Gentz, Schneider, and Oliver Samwer all went at the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, which is where they became friends.

Founded: October 2008
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Website:https://zalando.com/