QXL group welcomes Ceneo to its online catalogue

The company bought the shares from private financial investors for GBP 875,000 (zl.4,977,769). The founders of Ceneo, Lukasz Zych and Marcin Chwalik, still own slightly more than 25% of the firm's shares. "The takeover of Ceneo is compliant with the strategy of the company, which tries to be present in all places where there is a chance for the development of Polish internet trade," declared Arjan Bakker, general director of QXL Poland. The QXL group owns Allegro, the most popular Polish auction portal, Payback loyalty program, car classified site otoMoto, real-estate classified site otoDom and Platnosci.pl, an internet payment authorization system. "The decision about the consolidation of activities into one company has not been made yet, but it is probable," declared Bartosz Szambelan from QXL Poland.(Puls Biznesu, p. 7) E.B.