Blackhawk Network
| Blackhawk Network GmbH | |
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2007 |
| Seat | Cologne |
| management |
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| Website | www.blackhawknetwork.de |
The Blackhawk Network GmbH (until September 2015 Retailo GmbH ) belongs in December 2013. Blackhawk Holdings, Inc., a global leader in the field of prepaid and payment.
history
The company was founded in the summer of 2007 as a stock corporation and, with the gift card world, has built up a new type of trading model for gift cards in Germany. The market launch of the gift card world took place in April 2008 in German retail. Further networks followed through national companies in Switzerland and Austria . The network currently includes around 100 brands and has more than 45,000 sales outlets.
The start -up capital for Retailo AG comes from the venture capital companies Wellington Partners , Endeavor Vision and Seventure. In December 2013, Blackhawk Network, a global provider of vouchers and prepaid solutions, took over all shares and integrated Retailo into its own network. At the end of November 2014, the business form of Retailo AG was changed to a GmbH. On September 1, 2015, Retailo GmbH was renamed and now operates as Blackhawk Network GmbH.
Corporate concept
Stationary retail
The gift vouchers of the cooperating brand partners have an EAN code, which is only assigned a value when the voucher is purchased. Gift cards can be offered in a point of sale and customers can choose from a large number of vouchers that they can redeem in all branches of the respective brand. Examples of this can be found in the form of so-called gift card malls and gift card shops. These models are already widespread in the Anglo-American market.
Own vouchers
With the JOKER Online ShoppingCard, Retailo launched a universal prepaid card for virtual vouchers from over 20 online shops in autumn 2012. This first voucher issued by Retailo itself is available both in stationary retail and online and can be exchanged for vouchers from Amazon.de , Zalando and other online shops via an internet portal .
Retailo also expanded its portfolio to include additional vouchers of its own in autumn 2012: The KINO voucher is a themed voucher that the cinema chains Cineplex , Cinestar , Kinopolis and UCI Kinowelt accept to pay for tickets, snacks and drinks. With the Joker MasterCard, Retailo offers a rechargeable prepaid credit card that can be used as part of the credit at all MasterCard acceptance points and, among other things, can be topped up with a special JOKER top-up card.
Online voucher solutions
One of the company's main focuses is the development of solutions for the digital distribution of vouchers. Retailo introduced the first German gift app on Facebook and made it possible for Facebook and non-Facebook members to share social gifts for the first time. In June 2012, Retailo introduced a mobile gift voucher for the textile retailer Adler , which could be ordered and paid for with a smartphone via QR code on posters in around 160 German fashion stores. The vouchers reached the buyers by post or immediately by email. Since March 2013, Retailo has been marketing the prepaid mobile phone cards offered by ADAC in cooperation with Getsmart GmbH on gift card shelves and via QR shopping. Since November 2014, Retailo and the Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) have been cooperating in selling digital vouchers via online banking.
Other corporate areas
In addition to third-party sales of prepaid and gift cards, Retailo also offers gift card account management and gift packaging. The subsidiary Advano GmbH specializes in individual solutions in the area of gift cards for business customers.
Prizes and awards
In 2010, Retailo was awarded the Prepaid Awards 2010 in London in the “Best Prepaid Service Provider” category.
Web links
- www.blackhawknetwork.de
- www.jokerkartenwelt.de
- www.geldkartenwelt.de
- www.giftmobile.de
- www.blackhawknetwork.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mittelstand Nachrichten, September 2nd, 2015 Retailo is now called Blackhawk Network GmbH
- ^ Company website Blackhawk Network GmbH [1] Accessed on September 28, 2015
- ↑ FAZ, October 13, 2010 More and more retailers appreciate gift cards
- ↑ Alexander Hüsing: Blackhawk Network takes over Retailo. In: german startups. December 3, 2013, accessed December 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Retail, November 2, 2009 Retailo AG is growing out of competition
- ↑ Evelyn Binder: Blackhawk Network buys Retailo. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . December 3, 2013, accessed December 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Natasha Lomas: Blackhawk Network Picks Up Gift Card Startup, Retailo, For € 50M To Bolster Its Reach In Europe. In: TechCrunch . December 3, 2013, accessed February 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Niklas Wirminghaus: Cologne voucher startup Retailo goes to US competitors. In: Gründerszene. December 4, 2013, accessed February 10, 2014 .
- ↑ Mittelstand Nachrichten, September 2nd, 2015 Retailo is now called Blackhawk Network GmbH
- ↑ Manager Magazin May 10, 2011 Out of the group and into the start-up
- ↑ Welt am Sonntag, October 11, 2009 Big deal with the voucher
- ↑ ONEtoONE, September 17th, 2012 Retailo launches universal shopping card
- ↑ Blickpunkt Film, December 13, 2012 A voucher for four cinema chains
- ↑ Retailo Company Page Products accessed on May 14, 2013
- ↑ ONEtoONE, July 12, 2012 Retailo is getting social gifting out of Facebook
- ↑ Der Handel, June 19, 2012 Adler makes the voucher mobile with PayPal
- ↑ Cologne News, May 7, 2013 Cologne-based e-commerce specialist supports sales of ADAC prepaid cards ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ONEtoONE, Nov. 28, 2014 DKB and Retailo offer digital vouchers via online banking
- ↑ Retailo company page solutions accessed on May 14, 2013
- ↑ Presse Anzeiger, October 13, 2010 Retailo wins Prepaid Awards 2010
