Ahold Delhaize announces that Cycloon and bol.com receive approval for strategic partnership
02 Maggio 2022 - 10:15AM
Ahold Delhaize announces that Cycloon and bol.com receive approval
for strategic partnership
Zaandam, the Netherlands, May 2, 2022 – Ahold Delhaize
announces today that bol.com, its online retailer in the Benelux,
and delivery expert Cycloon completed the transaction for a
strategic partnership in which bol.com has become a majority
shareholder of Cycloon. The Dutch Authority for Consumers and
Markets has approved this transaction. Bol.com and Cycloon can now
work towards the first joint delivery of a bol.com package, which
is expected to happen in the second half of this year. The parties
wish to jointly accelerate Cycloon’s growth and share the ambition
to make delivery more sustainable and social. The current
management team of Cycloon will be continued, and the existing
shareholders of Cycloon will remain involved as
such.
The partnership with bol.com enables Cycloon to substantially
accelerate its mission of green and social delivery, creating a
future-proof position with strong growth opportunities in a
competitive market. For bol.com and its sales partners, the
majority stake will ensure a larger proportion of packages can be
delivered by bicycle, and it enables the online retail platform to
offer customers an even better delivery service.
Green and socialManagement and shareholders
remain fully committed to Cycloon’s social culture and sustainable
mission to grow the organization and create new jobs. With its
nationwide network of bicycle couriers and mail deliverers, Cycloon
delivers mail and packages to thousands of customers throughout the
Netherlands. As a result, the company is already saving 1,600 tons
of CO2 annually. 600 people with a (former) distance to the labor
market are employed at the company. Cycloon will continue to
deliver mail and packages for current and new customers, next to
delivering packages for bol.com. This concerns both packages from
bol.com itself as well as packages from sales partners who store
their products at the distribution centers of bol.com.As part of
the terms of the transaction, bol.com will acquire the remaining
shares in four years’ time, subject to approval of the relevant
competition authority. The parties intend to continue operating
Cycloon as an independent brand.
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About Cycloon Cycloon, is the green and social
delivery expert of the Netherlands. Cycloon's mission is to move
the delivery market to become greener and more social. From that
mission, Cycloon initiated a national bicycle courier platform in
2016 and now delivers in over 75 cities. Thus, a nationwide parcel
service with around 800 bicycle couriers became a reality. In
addition, Cycloon employs 600 postal workers with a (former)
distance to the labor market. About bol.com In
1999, bol.com was founded in the Netherlands at a construction site
in Vianen. Bol.com was the first online bookstore in Europe. Over
20 years later, bol.com is one of the largest online retail
platforms in Belgium and the Netherlands with a range of over 41
million products in dozens of product categories, with a focus on
non-food. Bol.com aims to offer its customers convenience,
reliability and choice, anywhere and anytime. The platform does
this together with 49,000 local entrepreneurs who sell via bol.com
to 13 million Dutch and Belgian customers. Bol.com believes in the
power of collaboration, because only together with its sales
partners bol.com can offer its customers the best shopping
experience. As a 'store for all of us', bol.com should be
accessible to everyone. Bol.com wants to do better every day: from
packing and delivering as economically as possible, to using 100
percent wind and solar energy in its buildings. Together with a
network of suppliers, sales partners, colleagues and millions of
customers, bol.com aims to make sustainable living easier. With its
sustainable assortment, bol.com wants to help customers make a
conscious choice and the platform wants to reduce the CO2 emissions
per package as much as possible. The remaining emissions will be
compensated. For the 49,000 sales partners who sell via the
platform, bol.com also compensates the operational emissions. As of
2022, bol.com will be climate neutral according to the Climate
Neutral Certification standard. Bol.com has over 2,600 employees,
who work at the headquarters in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Since
2012 bol.com is part of Ahold Delhaize. For more information &
news about bol.com, please visit pers.bol.com.About Ahold
DelhaizeAhold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest
food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and
e-commerce. Its family of great local brands serves 55 million
customers each week, both in stores and online, in the United
States, Europe, and Indonesia. Together, these brands employ more
than 413,000 associates in 7,452 grocery and specialty stores and
include the top online retailer in the Benelux and the leading
online grocers in the Benelux and the United
States. Ahold Delhaize brands are at the forefront of
sustainable retailing, sourcing responsibly, supporting local
communities and helping customers make healthier choices. The
company’s focus on four growth drivers – drive omnichannel growth,
elevate healthy and sustainable, cultivate best talent and
strengthen operational excellence – is helping to fulfil its
purpose, achieve its vision and prepare its brands and businesses
for tomorrow. Headquartered in Zaandam, the
Netherlands, Ahold Delhaize is listed on the Euronext
Amsterdam and Brussels stock exchanges (ticker: AD) and its
American Depositary Receipts are traded on the over-the-counter
market in the U.S. and quoted on the OTCQX International
marketplace (ticker: ADRNY). For more information, please
visit:www.aholddelhaize.com.
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