Zalando

Zalando SE is a German multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Berlin, specializing in fashion, beauty, and footwear. It describes itself as an online platform for fashion and lifestyle that connects customers, brands and partners. Besides its multi-brand shopping platform, which includes its own private label brands, it operates the shopping club Lounge by Zalando and physical outlet stores in Germany. It also provides logistics and marketing services for retail partners.

Zalando was founded in 2008 by Robert Gentz and David Schneider in Berlin, with investment capital from the three Samwer brothers. It serves 30 European markets and a customer base of 62 million active users. Its own pages say it connects customers with more than 7,000 brands. As of 2025, it generated revenues of €12.3 billion and employed approximately 16,500 people.

Zalando was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2014. In November 2025, it finalized the acquisition of its competitor About You, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary.