Bol.com is a
webshop
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in the Netherlands and offers general merchandising products in categories such as music, film, electronics, toys, jewelry, watches, baby products, gardening, and DIY. As of 2020, the store serves 11 million active customers in the Netherlands and Belgium and offers over 23 million items. Since 2011, bol.com has also opened its webshop for retailers to sell and effectively became a
platform
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. Since the introduction of "Selling via bol.com", more than 30,000 retailers have already sold via bol.com. The company employs approximately 3,000 workers.
History
The company was founded on 30 March 1999 by
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, and is also active in the service sector and ...
as 'Bertelsmann Online'.
In 2003 it was sold to
Weltbild,
Holtzbrinck Networks and
T-Online Venture Funds. From 2009 until 2012 the company was managed by Cyrte Investments, part of
Delta Lloyd
Delta Lloyd Group was a Dutch insurer with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It consisted of Delta Lloyd, OHRA, ABN AMRO Verzekeringen and a few minor banks. The company was the sixth-largest insurer in the Netherlands, with a ...
. On 9 May 2012 the Dutch
Koninklijke Ahold N.V. acquired Bol.com.
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Arts and crafts retailers
Book selling websites
Online retailers of the Netherlands
Ebook suppliers
Review websites
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