Komplett Explained

Komplett AS
Type:Public
Foundation:1996
Location City:Sandefjord
Location Country:Norway
Key People:Ole Vinje, CEO
Industry:E-Commerce
Products:Komplett
Homepage:http://www.komplettgroup.com

Komplett AS[1] [2] is a Norwegian e-commerce company with nine webshops in 3 countries in Scandinavia.[3] The main part of their product assortment is computers and components, but they have also expanded to include photographic, Hi-Fi, TV, gaming and white goods. The headquarters are located in Sandefjord, Norway where the company was founded. In addition to their Norwegian operations, Komplett also runs webshops in Sweden and Denmark, and distribution in Norway through the channels Norek and Itegra.Komplett has three call centers for sales and support in Sandefjord, Norway and Gothenburg, Sweden.Komplett has a distribution center and warehouses in Sandefjord, Norway. Company turnover in 2015, was 7.3 billion NOK with 800 employees and 1 800,000 active customers.

History

!Year!Significant event(s)
1991Norek was established
1996Introduced the first webshop, Komplett.no
1999Norkom established as a result of a merger between Komplett and Norek
2000Noted on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE)Komplett.se was established
2001The first webshop outside of Scandinavia opens
2003New warehouse set up in Tilburg, Netherlands to supply the web shops in Western Europe
2004Introduced SAP as the new company ERP system
2005Komplett introduced their own consumer finance solution
2007Komplett bought the rights to the name of a new stadium for Sandefjord Fotball called Komplett.no Arena.In May, the company acquired their Swedish competitor, inWarehouse AB and took control of their webshop, inWarehouse.se

along with their concept stores in Stockholm and Malmö.

In October, Komplett ASA merged with Torp Computing Group ASA and took over the distributor Itegra AS with the webshops MPX.no and XD.no

2008The UK, Germany, Austria and France webshops were closed on June 24 at 10 in the morningAn additional warehouse of 14,000 m2 was opened adjacent to the existing distribution facilities in Sandefjord

The Irish webshop pickup point, local office and RMA department was opened on September 1 to facilitate Komplett.ie customers

The concept stores in Stockholm and Malmö was effectively sold to Mac Support on October 1

2010European webshops sold to Netherlands-based Paradigit Holding B.V.Komplett.no was the first online store in Norway who organised Black Friday
2011Delisted from Oslo Børs (the Norwegian stock exchange)
2013Komplett acquires 100% stake in Webhallen Sverige AB, and Blush.no. A stake in Norsk Bildelsenter AS increased to 90.1%KomplettForsikring.no is also launched
2014KomplettBank.no is launched. The company acquires 50.1% of Babybanden.no
2015Komplett acquires Comtech.deKomplettreiser.no and Komplettapotek.no are launched
2016Marked.no and Komplettmobil.no are launched
2017MPX.no rebranded to KomplettBedrift.no. Komplett.no opens marketplace.
2018Marked.no shuts down
2019Verdane buys in Farmasiet.no (formerly Komplett Apotek), Blush, Norsk Bildelsenter and Sixbondstreet[4]
2022Komplett Group acquires NetOnNet[5]

Awards

Komplett was awarded the Farmand Prize (awarded by Farmand Activum) for best website in 2007 and they won the Gulltaggen the same year in the category Interactive Advertiser of the Year 2007.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About. co-opcreditunions.org. 7 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Google Maps.
  3. Web site: 2013-11-12 . Ole Vinje . 2022-06-17 . Tek.no . no.
  4. Web site: Solem . Lars Kristian . 2019-05-31 . Norges største nettbutikk tapte 300 mill.: – Fjoråret ble et opprydningsår . 2022-06-17 . www.dn.no.
  5. https://www.komplettgroup.com/media/hp3nhmfn/komplett-presentation-of-combination-with-netonnet-090222.pdf Komplett and NetOnNet to combine
  6. Web site: 2007-06-10 . Komplett tok førsteplassen! : Økonomisk Rapport . 2022-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610050326/http://www.orapp.no/okonomisk/farmandprisen/beste_nettsted/farmandprisen_beste_nettsted_2007/komplett_tok_forsteplassen/ . 10 June 2007 . dead.
  7. Web site: 2007-10-09 . Her er vinnerne av Gulltaggen 2007 - HegnarOnline . 2022-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009123042/http://www.hegnar.no/IT-Kanalen/newsdet.asp?id=251483 . 9 October 2007 . dead.