A Global Dst 4% Zalando

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id=""> valign="top" colspan="2" class="createdate"> Friday, February 3, 2012 Zalando, the European e-retailer specializing in the sale of shoes and fashion, has a new shareholder. This is the investment company DST Global, which has just gained 4% of the retailers. Zalando, thanks to new partners, will develop further in Europe.

ecommerce company, with headquarters in Berlin, was founded in 2008 by Robert Gentz ​​and David Schneider. After Germany, in 2009, the company opened in Austria in 2010, Holland and France. In 2011, finally, the e-retailer has landed in Italy, UK and Switzerland.

"We are very pleased to have Dst as a new investor. With investments in Facebook, Zynga, Groupon, Twitter, 360buy and Alibaba, Ds is a major investor in the Internet", said Rubin Ritter, CEO of Zalando.