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Spartoo attracts investors
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Spartoo attracts investors

The European online shoe store Spartoo, as it is called the “European Zappos”, has received 25 million euros in a new round of investments from the Belgian investment fund Sofina. Spartoo's investors have already become Plus Finance, CM-CIC Capital Privé, Highland Partners and Endeavor Vision, they also took part in the new round.

In total, since 2006, more than 45 million euros have been invested in the online store.

According to the store managers, the money will be spent on aggressive expansion in those countries of Europe where the store is not yet represented. Now the key to the company is the French market, but shoes are already sold in 20 other European countries. Thanks to free and fast delivery, more than 2011 million pairs were sold in 2.

According to 2012 statistics, the number of unique visitors to the site is about 12 million per month (for comparison, there were about 2009 million in 4), and over the past three years the turnover has increased by 20 times. Now the site offers customers about 30 000 models of 700 brands. Based on materials from the site analpa.ru.

The European online shoe store Spartoo, as it is called, “European Zappos,” received 25 million euros from the Belgian investment fund Sofina in a new round of investments. Spartoo investors already ...
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