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Zooplus sets high

growth targets

Zooplus AG aims to continue its growth curve this year.
As board chairman Dr Cornelius Patt explained at the virtual

Capital Markets Day, the company is assuming sales of
between 2.04 and 2.14 bn euros for 2021.

The mood at Zooplus is upbeat, as fiting from this trend. In the first its core business of pet food sales;
was apparent in mid-November at nine months of the fiscal year, the it also picked up on a growing de-
the Capital Markets Day, which was online retailer increased its sales mand for accessories, which had a
staged as a virtual event. The entire by 18 per cent to 1.3 bn euros. Zoo- positive impact on the gross profit
board of Europe’s leading online plus shone not only with regard to margin. Zooplus puts its share of
pet product retailer volunteered in- sales in the European online market
formation about fiscal 2020, about for pet products at 40 per cent.
the company’s strategy and about 28%
its plans for the future. Figures for High resale rate
the previous nine months had been The company also improved its
is the amount by which Zooplus has
presented in writing shortly before grown in Central and Eastern European profitability in the first nine months
the event, and it was clear from (CEE) countries, more than in any of 2020. At 47.8 mio euros, earn-
other region. This is closely followed
these that online demand in Eu- by Poland, with a sales ings before interest, taxes, depre-
rope still remains strong and that increase of 27 per cent. ciation and amortisation (EBITDA)
Zooplus AG in particular is bene- attained the upper end of the pro-

Zooplus: sales trend 2010-2020

1
Overall sales Change compared Change compared
(in mio €) with previous year with previous year
(in mio €) (in per cent)
2010 193.6
2011 257.1 63.5 32.8
2012 335.6 78.5 30.5
2013 426.9 91.3 27.2
2014 570.9 144 33.7

2015 742.7 171.8 30.1
2016 952.0 209.3 28.2
2017 1 163.4 211.4 22.2
2018 1 350.3 186.9 16.1
2019 1 533.2 182.9 13.5
2020 2 1 770-1 810 237-277 16-19
1 Sales revenues and other income; 2 Forecast. nine-month report 2020

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