Prestashop acquired by MBE

Open-source ecommerce resolution has been acquired by MBE (Mail Packing containers And so forth.) Worldwide, an Italian platform offering delivery and success. By means of the acquisition, MBE will strengthen its place in Europe and Latin America, the place most of Prestashop’s prospects are positioned.

‘Community of greater than 2.800 service facilities’

MBE is an Italian platform, based mostly in Milan. It offers delivery for digital sellers, success, printing and advertising providers by a community of franchise areas. In response to the corporate, it served over 700.000 prospects worldwide, by a community of greater than 2.800 service facilities in 53 nations. Gross sales by MBE’s system exceeded 1 billion euros.

Prestashop customers generated 22 billion euros in gross sales final 12 months.

Now, the corporate proclaims the acquisition of French Prestashop. The open-source ecommerce resolution is utilized by 300.000 outlets worldwide and obtainable in 60 completely different languages. Nearly all of Prestashop’s prospects are based mostly in Europe and Latin America. Final 12 months, prospects generated over 22 billion euros in gross sales by the platform.

Complementarity of each platforms

MBE has not disclosed the quantity that was paid for the transaction. Becoming a member of the digital ecommerce and bodily location-based platforms will end in an built-in buyer expertise to allow corporations to comprehend extra progress potential, in keeping with each Prestashop and MBE.

“PrestaShop and its persons are a fantastic addition to MBE. By combining ‘atoms and bits’ we’ll additional differentiate our distinctive positioning available in the market thus enabling MBE to develop into one of many main world ecommerce and logistics platforms for companies”, mentioned Paolo Fiorelli, CEO at MBE Worldwide.

‘Our complementarity will allow us to develop into a number one world ecommerce platform.’

“Becoming a member of MBE is a chance for PrestaShop to speed up its progress with the assist of a number one trade participant that may allow us to additional our place of management in Europe and Latin America, conquer new prospects and supply a totally built-in best-in-class providing to our purchasers. The complementarity of each our affords will allow us to develop into the main world commerce platform for enterprise progress.” mentioned Alexandre Eruimy, Managing Director at PrestaShop, who will proceed his management function managing the PrestaShop Crew and enterprise.