Redcats Nordic

Leader in Home Shopping in Northern Europe

Redcats Nordic is the leader of home shopping in the Nordic area, mainly focusing on Apparel and Home. The main sales channel is Internet.

Awards received:

  • Ellos won the Internet World Awards – No. 4 in 2005 (shopping site)
  • Ellos won the Internet World Awards – No. 5 in 2006 (shopping site)
  • Ellos won the Internet World Award – No. 2 in 2007 (shopping site)

ELLOS, the main brand of Redcats Nordic, is a multispecialist brand offering at distance the largest offer in apparel and home. Ellos is the most pleasurable shopping experience for the whole family.

Jotex: a specialized brand of home textile and decoration.

Enjoy: a specialized brand of Music and film club.

Catalogue Outlet: Offers overstock by Internet.

  • 1947 Ellos was founded by a Swedish entrepreneur, Olle Blomqvist
  • 1956 1 million SEK Sales
  • 1969 100 million SEK Sales
  • 1983 established in Norway
  • 1987 established in Finland
  • 1995 established in Denmark
  • 1996 acquisition of Josefssons
  • 1997 La Redoute group acquires Ellos
  • 1998 La Redoute catalogue is introduced in Sweden
  • 2002 focus on internet development Ellos/Josefssons
  • 2004 acquisition of Jotex
  • 2005 La Redoute launched in Norway
  • 2006 Ellos new mastersite launched
  • 2008 Esprit e-shop launched
  • 2009 Zara Home e-shop launched

Worldwide presence of Redcats Nordic :

  • Ellos : Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Danemark.
  • La Redoute: Sweden and Norway.
  • Enjoy and Jotex: Sweden, Norway and Finland.
  • Catalogue outlet: Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

Key figures

  • Around 900 employees (end 2009)
  • More than 22 millions unique visitors on ellos.se/no/fi.dk in 2009

Membership

  • Svensk Distanshandel (SDH)

Websites

Catalogue request

  • Internet websites
  • Phone Ellos :
    Sweden +46 33 33 000,
    Norway +47 66 99 75 00,
    Finland + 358 01 01 91 313,
    Denmark +45 70 10 02 00