Verkkokauppa.com

Verkkokauppa.com Oyj is Finland’s largest, most known and most visited online retailer that offers over 65 000 different items from 25 main categories. The company sells its products through its four megastores and over 2500 pickup locations in Finland, and also home delivered and installed. The company was established in 1992 and it has over 550 employees in four locations. Verkkokauppa.com is trading under ticker VERK at OMX NASDAQ First North.

Verkkokauppa.com Oyj
TypePublic limited company
NASDAQ: VERK
IndustryRetail
Founded1992
Headquarters
Helsinki
,
Finland
Key people
Samuli Seppälä, Founder
Christoffer Häggblom, Chairman
Panu Porkka, CEO
Jussi Tallgren, CFO
Henrik Weckström, CTO
ProductsConsumer electronics
Revenue EURO 479 million (2018)
Number of employees
667 (2018)
SubsidiariesVerkkokauppa.ee
Websiteverkkokauppa.com

Verkkokauppa.com's main store and warehouse is located in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki and is the largest electronics store in Europe with total 35 000 m². Part of the store is always open. The store also features Finland's largest and free sightseeing terrace with a MiG-21BIS fighter plane.

The company has over 65 000 articles in its selection from over 1000 manufacturers and 25 main product groups. For example it sells computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, bicycles, white and brown goods, toys, accessories, components, grills and pet supplies. The company also has over 250 private label brands and over 1000 private label products.

The company's revenue was €479 million in 2018, €431 million in 2017, €238 million in 2013, €225 million in 2012, €187 million in 2011, €173 million in 2010, €153 million in 2009, and €139 million in 2008. Verkkokauppa.com was founded in 1992 and it has 667 employees in four locations. The company's name "verkkokauppa" means webstore in English. The company's current slogan is "Probably always cheaper".

Verkkokauppa.com was declared as Finland's most usable web shop by Adage in 2006 and chosen as the best webstore in Finland 2010 by TNS Gallup. Verkkokauppa.com was Finland's 3rd most known online-brand after Google and Facebook in 2013 by Taloustutkimus.

In 2019 RichRelevance named the company leading innovator in personalization.[1]

Shop-in-shop

Verkkokauppa.com has shop-in-shops or concept stores for ASUS, Sony, Microsoft, EA, TomTom, Nokia, Belkin, Western Digital, Acer, Intel, Apple, Canon, Gardena, HP, LG, Logitech, Sennheiser and Samsung.

  • Verkkokauppa.com company logo.

References
  1. "Verkkokauppa.com Named Leading Innovator in Personalization". RichRelevance. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
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