Redcare Pharmacy N.V. (until 2023 Shop Apotheke Europe) is a publicly listed mail-order pharmacy retailer headquartered in Sevenum, Netherlands.

Redcare Pharmacy
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
ISINNL0012044747
IndustryE-Commerce
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Headquarters,
Netherlands
Revenue€1.8 billion (2023)
−17,070,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
−12,040,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets1,021,600,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
2,075 (2023)
Websiteredcare-pharmacy.com
Old logo until 2023

The company has locations in Sevenum, Cologne, Berlin, Munich, Warsaw, Milan, Lille, Eindhoven and Tongeren. The product range includes over-the-counter and prescription drugs, nutritional supplements and beauty and health products.

The company is currently active in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland.[1]

History

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Shop Apotheke was founded in 2001 as the online store of a bricks-and-mortar pharmacy in Cologne. When mail-order sales of non-prescription medicines (OTC) were permitted by law in 2004, shop-apotheke.com was one of the first online retailers in Germany to sell OTC products and offer pharmaceutical advice.[2] In 2010, the company relocated its logistics and sales activities to Venlo in the Netherlands, close to the German-Dutch border. Shop Apotheke began its international expansion in 2012 with the launch of the Austrian webshop shop-apotheke.at, followed three years later by Belgium and France.

In 2016, the company went public as Shop Apotheke Europe and became part of the SDAX of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.[3] International expansion continued with the acquisition of the Belgian online pharmacy group Farmaline in 2016 and the associated market entry in Italy and the Netherlands. The following year, Shop Apotheke Europe acquired Europa Apotheek, which specialized in the sale of prescription medicines to customers in Germany. In 2018, Shop Apotheke Europe expanded with the acquisition of the Berlin-based company nu3, which sells functional nutrition products.[4]

Shop Apotheke Europe moved into its new headquarters in Sevenum in 2020 and relocated its entire logistics operations to the new, adjacent logistics center in 2021. The new site has an area of 40,000 square meters. In 2021, the company also entered the field of electronic prescription processing and digital medication management with the acquisition of the Munich-based company Smartpatient[5] and the Dutch provider MedApp.[6]

Subject to approval by the authorities, the Swiss business (shop-apotheke.ch) is to be merged with Galenica's Mediservice AG to form a joint venture in 2023, with Shop Apotheke Europe holding a 51% stake in the new company and Galenica 49%. Galenica would receive an 8% stake in Shop Apotheke Europe.[7] Permission of the deal was granted in May 2023.[8]

On June 13, 2023, Shop Apotheke Europe was renamed Redcare Pharmacy.[9]

Finances

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The key trends for Redcare Pharmacy are, as of each financial year:[10]

Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total revenue (Euro mio.) 284 540 701 968 1,060 1,204 1,799
Net profit (Euro mio.) (21) (34) (36) (17) (74) (78) (12)
Total Assets (Euro mio.) 298 351 434 544 793 742 1,049
Number of employees ... 843 1,011 1,220 1,569 1,847 2,075
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References

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  1. ^ "Märkte & Brands | SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE" (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ "SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE | Corporate Website" (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ^ "SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE wird in den SDAX aufgenommen" (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ^ "Märkte & Brands | SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE" (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. ^ "SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE: Ausbau des digitalen Medikations-management durch Erwerb von SMARTPATIENT" (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  6. ^ "SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE: Erwerb von MedApp zur Erschließung des Markts verschreibungspflichtiger Arzneimittel und des Ausbaus von Medikationsmanagement in den Niederlanden" (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  7. ^ "Galenica und Shop Apotheke Europe schliessen strategische Partnerschaft und gründen die führende Online-Apotheke der Schweiz". galenica.com. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  8. ^ "Konkurrenz für die Migros: Weko genehmigt neue Online-Apotheke für die Schweiz". tagesanzeiger.ch. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  9. ^ "Willkommen, Redcare Pharmacy: Offizieller Ticker-Symbol Wechsel an der Frankfurter Börse und Launch der neuen Corporate Site" (in German). 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  10. ^ "Redcare Pharmacy (ex Shop Apotheke) Umsatz, Kennzahlen, Bilanz/GuV". finanzen.net.