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| Industry | e-commerce retail  |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
| Revenue | 38,253,068,000 Czech koruna (2020) |
| 2,802,641,000 Czech koruna (2020) | |
| 2,140,285,000 Czech koruna (2020) | |
| Total assets | 9,788,716,000 Czech koruna (2020) |
Number of employees | 1,736 (2020) |
Alza.cz a.s. is an e-commerce store operating in the Czech Republic, Slovakia (Alza.sk), and since 2014, in other European Union countries (Alza.de, Alza.at, Alza.hu, Alza.jpn, Alza.co.uk, Alzashop.com).[1] It is one of the largest online consumer electronics retailers in Central Europe with a strong stance in the toys, hobby, media and entertainment, perfume, watches and beauty segments too. It operates a chain of brick-and-mortar stores bearing the same name (Alza). The company was founded in 1994 under the name Alzasoft.
As of 2021[update], the company had 53 stores and 1 800 AlzaBoxes, which are found throughout the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Austria. Showrooms could be found in Prague, Bratislava and Budapest. The company Alza.cz was the largest online shop in the Czech Republic with an annual turnover of over €1,76 billion excluding VAT (45 billion CZK) in 2021. At the end of 2021, Alza.cz offered around 700,000 products and completed over 17,9 million purchase orders.[2]
Alza.cz is owned by a group of investors that control it through the holding company L. S. Investments Limited, which is based in Cyprus. The shareholders are unknown. The Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors is the company's founder Aleš Zavoral. Alza.cz acts as a Czech joint-stock company with a tax domicile in the Czech Republic.
- ^ "Alzashop.com initiates international expansion". Alzashop.com. Alza a.s. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ "Alza.cz in Numbers: Year 2017". Alza.co.uk. Alza a.s. Retrieved 2018-04-04.