Coolblue strongest growing retailer

Things are going well
at Coolblue. Of all Dutch retailers, the company is growing the
. Between 2012 and 2014, Coolblue’s turnover rose more than that of any
retailers in the country.

In the RetailTrends Fabulous 40, compiled by
consultancy firm Capitalmind, Coolblue has been ranked number one for the second year running. Between 2012 and 2014, the turnover of the
electronics company’s turnover rose by 45.67 per cent, making it the only online retailer
to have achieved a turnover increase of more than 40 per cent. Coolblue has left
companies such as U.R. Nieland Beheer, the group behind Fonteyn.
They came in second place with growth of 37.05 per cent. Rituals grew by
the years surveyed by 33.33 per cent and occupies third place.

criteriaThe compilers of the list take many different
factors. For example, the core business must be retail in food or non-food, and
other activities must support the retail business. In addition, consideration is given to
both online and high-street operations. Companies that
in
the sale of cars, oil or gas are not included in the list. It is also
a requirement that the companies have a Dutch entity, Dutch
shareholders or an (international) investor.

no longeron the list What is striking about the list is that only the top 25 companies
managed to achieve an increase in turnover. All the other companies in the ranking
failed to do so. In addition, many companies are dropping out of the
electronics sector are dropping out of the list. Two years ago, there was still a place reserved
for
Paradigit and
, but they have now disappeared entirely from the top 40.

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