Alza takes Second Place in the Retailer of the Year Award for Central & Eastern Europe

Czech market leader in e-commerce wins second place EMEA Channel Academy: 2015 AwardPrague 13. 03. 2015 – At the 2015 EMEA Channel Academy Awards, Alza was awarded second place for the prestigious Retailer of the Year prize in the Central and Eastern Europe region.

The annual ceremony took place at the Salles des Etoiles in Monaco to award a number of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers for excellence in IT and consumer electronics.

"We greatly appreciate our second place in the Retailer of the Year Category for the whole of Central and Eastern Europe," says Denisa Dlabová, spokeswoman for Alza.cz. "In September last year, we expanded our business activities to 26 European countries. We’ve already gained a number of awards in the Czech and Slovak Republics, and we are honoured to be recognised by the wider region."

The EMEA awards were launched in 2003 with the goal of focussing on ICT products and consumer electronics. Distree EMEA 2015 hosted over 1,000 senior executives from influential web shops, and vendors from over 60 countries across Europe, covering areas such as Smart Home, Connected Devices, and various Internet topics.

For 2015, Distree has a total of six events planned covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, CIS, Brazil and Latin America, and Asia and the Pacific. Each event brings together an exclusive group of players from top management and leading channel partners.

Alza.cz
Denisa Dlabová
Mobile: (+420) 731 533 412
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Šárka Jakoubková
Mobile: (+420) 607 053 536
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About Alza.cz, a.s.

Alza is a market leader in the Czech and Slovak online retail market, with a history spanning 20 years. In 2005, Alza.cz became the first online store to break the threshold of 1 billion CZK (€40 million) in turnover – a watershed in domestic retail. Consolidating its position ever since, the company has continued to grow dynamically, recording sales in excess of €418 million and processing over 4.8 million orders in 2014 alone. Daily website traffic surpasses 400,000 users. What distinguishes Alza as market leader is the unrivaled availability of goods, extensive product catalogue, and premium sales and after-sales services. The company’s flagship showroom is home to the first ever Apple Shop in Central and Eastern Europe, where customers are greeted by Apple professionals. For its business accomplishments, Alza.cz has won many prestigious awards, including Shop of the Year from 2011-2014, MasterCard Retailer of the Year in 2012 and 2013 in the Online Retailer Category, Best E-commerce Applications 2014, and many others. A detailed history can be found here.