Chinese Alibaba, the US eBay and located in Luxembourg fund CVC Capital Partners is willing to purchase Allegro. Transactions, is expected later this year, and its value should amount to 2-3 billion dollars.
As reported by Reuters, behind the scenes talks are underway for the sale of the auction site by the South African company Naspers. The desire to purchase Allegro expressed the two world giants in the industry – the Chinese and American Albibaba eBay, as well as fund CVC Capital Partners – the same, which last year bought PKP Energy. Transactions, is expected later this year.
– Allegro is ready to operate not only on the Polish market, but also in the entire region – told Reuters one person having information on szykowanej transactions. – Alibaba and eBay will be difficult to undercut, the Chinese seem to be in a slightly better position.
British service adds that “according to some sources in the group interested in buying were found also WP.pl and Onet .com. “
Polish e-commerce market is worth at the moment more than 32 billion zł, but over the next four years its value is expected to double, especially as the authorities finally abandoned the idea of taking e-stores sales tax . And such stores in Poland is over 22 thousand.
The sale of the site was said for a long time. Among the potential buyers in addition to these giants of China and the United States also exchanged another American service – Amazon, which a few years ago in Poland opened its logistics centers. According to Reuters, however, that the company has not expressed desire to buy Polish website.
Allegro currently has about 14 million customers and competes in the market with other portal-announcement OLX.pl, but also with Amazon and eBay. The website was created in 1999 and nine years later was taken over by Naspers. The company, based in South Africa currently operates in more than 130 countries and has shares m. In. in Russian and Chinese companies. He also conducts business in Greece, the Netherlands, the United States, Brazil and India.
As we wrote in money.pl, sales Allegro is on hand Naspers. Allegro is one of the Group’s business, which is growing at the slowest pace.
As reported by Reuters, all interested companies would not comment on a possible deal.
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