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~ MEEST ~

“OUR PLAN IS 80% OF

REVENUE FROM FOREIGN

MARKETS BY 2025” -

MODIVO, LEADER OF

THE CEE E-COMMERCE

MARKET

Text: Yana Kyreleiza // Photos: Meest

ow the company was born, and what The company’s business also includes many key investors
preceded it? Please tell us a bit about your whom we have
Hstart and history. the honour of
The history of MODIVO S.A. is a story of breaking cooperating with.
the usual thought patterns and boldness in the rapid They support both
implementation of new technologies. In 2006, the group the company and
started online sales and, to prepare for further business the entire team
growth, expanded its logistics infrastructure by leasing new in further, rapid
warehouse space in 2011. development
and in building
The beginning of the company’s international expansion our position as a
was marked in 2013. The first market where we opened our European leader in
platform was the Czech Republic. A year later, we launched online sales.
our business in Slovakia. Until 2017, our products were
available to residents in 14 countries. In addition, at the
beginning of this
We dynamically developed multi-channel sales by opening year, we decided
our first stationary store in 2018. Our innovative esize.me to change the Marek Harag, Head of Transport & Distribution, MODIVO S.A.
tool debuted at the end of the year, allowing for the selection company’s name
of shoes based on 3D scans of the foot. One of the key to MODIVO S.A. This is related to our ambitious plans for
undertakings in 2019 was the creation of a new MODIVO international growth and debuting on the stock exchange.
sales platform, offering clothing and accessories belonging
to premium brands. Later, we opened our first stationary You are one of the most powerful online retailers
store with the eobuwie.pl and MODIVO offer in Prague. in Poland. Do you expand your activities to other
At the turn of 2021 and 2022, we launched our first foreign markets?
logistics centre in Bucharest. One of the most important issues for our supply chain was
certainly the opening of a new logistics centre in Bucharest,
We are about to finish creating an additional platform – which I mentioned earlier. Our first foreign facility – a
Marketplace. We are seeing great interest in this sales model warehouse with an area of 15,000 sqm. focuses on serving
in both large and smaller brands. Moreover, thanks to this, three markets: Bulgaria, Greece and Romania. The opening
we will be able to expand our range with other product of this facility was related to the transition to our Next
categories. Business Day policy. We want most of the shipments in
this region to be delivered to customers the next business

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