The largest Czech online store Alza reported a net profit of 2.5 billion crowns in 2021, which is about 360 million crowns more than a year earlier. Its revenue in the second covid year increased by a fifth year on year to 45.9 billion crowns.
The results follow from the annual report published in the Collection of Documents. In the annual report, the chairman of the board of directors, Aleš Zavoral, described the company’s turnover as a record and, according to him, 17.9 million orders from 5.25 million customers contributed to it.
Company representatives reported the online store’s turnover for the year 2021 as early as last February, but did not disclose the profit.
In the published annual report, Zavoral has now said that the company’s sales grew in the first quarter of 2021, when the number of people infected with covid-19 increased significantly in the Czech Republic. “Unfortunately, it was not possible to maintain the good start to the year and in the second and fourth quarters the numbers started to decline,” added Alzy, chairman of the board. According to him, however, Alza also did well in foreign markets, outside the Czech Republic and Slovakia, it grew by 36% on the European market in the year under review.
According to Zavoral, the best-selling products at Alza two years ago were Lego books and kits. Four of the 10 best-selling items in 2021 were various types of respirators, of which Alza sold 4.3 million alongside face masks, Zavoral added.
Alza was founded in 1994. Today it is owned by a group of investors who control it through the holding company LS Investments Limited. In 2021, according to the annual report, the company increased the number of its employees from 800 to 3,500.
