Digitec Galaxus has had a robust yr, with gross sales throughout its platforms up by 17 %. This development is partly pushed by the addition of half 1,000,000 new customers, bringing the whole buyer base to round 5 million. The Swiss ecommerce large additionally outperformed the market in EU international locations.
Digitec Galaxus is an organization group from Switzerland. It consists of Digitec, a web based retailer specializing in IT and electronics, and Galaxus, a web based division retailer. Whole platform gross sales at Digitec Galaxus exceeded the (transformed) 4 billion euros mark for the primary time, reaching 4.023 billion euros.
This represents a 17 % enhance in contrast with the gross merchandise quantity in 2024. The rise of almost 600 million euros marks “the second-largest development interval” within the firm’s historical past. Solely through the Covid interval did gross sales develop sooner.
‘Just about the whole lot’
Not solely did the variety of Digitec Galaxus prospects develop strongly, the assortment additionally expanded considerably over the previous yr, reaching greater than 10 million merchandise in whole, up from 8 million on the finish of 2024 and simply 3 million on the finish of 2020. “{The marketplace} is making a robust contribution to this development”, CEO Florian Teuteberg emphasizes. “Evidently, we’re more and more residing as much as our promise of getting just about the whole lot.”
Galaxus and Digitec
With Galaxus and Digitec, the group owns two of the three largest gamers in Swiss ecommerce. Mixed, the platforms are bigger than Zalando, which competes with Galaxus.ch for market management. Amazon, the clear market chief in neighbouring international locations corresponding to Germany, France and Italy, follows at a ways. Digitec Galaxus’ income grew barely much less strongly than its gross sales quantity, rising by 14 % to only over 3.5 billion euros.
Digitec Galaxus’ income elevated 14%
Galaxus within the EU
Exterior Switzerland, income additionally elevated by 14 %, in keeping with platform gross sales development in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Mixed, these markets generated 412 million euros in platform gross sales, which means the worldwide impression stays comparatively restricted. That is akin to Allegro, the native hero from Poland, which has been pushing considerably tougher internationally.
Digitec Galaxus is rising sooner in Switzerland (17 %, as talked about) than overseas (14 %). EU gross sales grew by 27 % in 2024, which means the expansion charge has since slowed.
Digitec Galaxus’ European development charge is slowing
Commenting on the corporate’s efficiency within the EU, Teuteberg says: “We’ve shifted the pendulum barely in the direction of profitability and invested much less in advertising. However, we’ve got grown considerably, so we’re very glad.”
