Europe's fastest-growing fashion online shop continues its European expansion: ABOUT YOU celebrates launch in Italy

The most inspiring and personal fashion online shop in Europe ABOUT YOU continues its successful expansion and launched its new online shop aboutyou.it on September 14th 2021. In the past, ABOUT YOU proved its approach of a special shopping experience within several country launches in Europe and is currently active in 23 European markets. The fashion online shop in Italy was officially launched with a huge marketing campaign and spectacular launch event in Milan with over 300 social media stars, celebrities, industry experts and journalists. Among the guests were the most influential Italian personalities such as jewelry designer Valentina Ferragni, influencer Francesca Ferragni, designer and actor Mariano Di Vaio, ABOUT YOU campaign faces Guilia Gaudimo and Frank Gallucci, model Elisabeth Canalis, TV-Presenter Belen Rodriguez, musician Amedo Preziosi and many other Italian stars.

Milan, 14 September 2021 - The most inspiring and personal fashion online shop in Europe, ABOUT YOU, continues its successful expansion and launched its new online shop aboutyou.it on September 14th 2021. In the past, ABOUT YOU proved its approach of a special shopping experience within several country launches in Europe and is currently active in 23 European markets. The fashion online shop in Italy was officially launched with a huge marketing campaign and spectacular launch event in Milan with over 300 social media stars, celebrities, industry experts and journalists. Among the guests were the most influential Italian personalities such as jewelry designer Valentina Ferragni, influencer Francesca Ferragni, designer and actor Mariano Di Vaio, ABOUT YOU campaign faces Guilia Gaudimo and Frank Gallucci, model Elisabeth Canalis, TV-Presenter Belen Rodriguez, musician Amedo Preziosi and many other Italian stars.

The spectacular launch event in Italy marked the 'big bang' of ABOUT YOU's three-phase marketing campaign. More than 300 social media stars, celebrities, branch experts and journalists celebrated the 'lift off' to Italy's new shopping destination. After the teaser phase creating curiosity, the launch phase finally reveals ABOUT YOU's identity via out-of-home campaigns, TV and radio spots, digital content and the big launch event. The third phase 'product and content' marks the end of the innovative campaign and is characterized by diverse content and exclusive discount campaigns in the coming weeks, with the aim of increasing brand awareness.

'For us, the Italian market offers huge potential. We expect to grow really fast here, with the aim of becoming the market leader. We're also looking forward to exciting the Italians with our inspiring platform and unique approach of a personal shopping experience as well as our very large assortment, free shipping and free returns.', says Tarek Müller, co-founder and co-CEO at ABOUT YOU.

ABOUT YOU is Europe's first online shopping destination, where one can discover fashion, get inspired and shop for your personal style. The fashion online shop digitizes the traditional window-shopping experience. ABOUT YOU can be used on any device: desktop, tablet, smartphone and in the award-winning ABOUT YOU smartphone app. In fact, shopping at ABOUT YOU is not only fun but also completely risk-free. Everything can be ordered with free shipping. Payment can be done through various payment methods. In addition, customers can return products free of charge within 100 days, so that they can comfortably try out at home whether the products suit their taste, and return everything they don't like for free.


ABOUT YOU
ABOUT YOU digitises the classic shopping stroll by creating an inspiring and personalised shopping experience on the smartphone. At ABOUT YOU, the focus is on the customers, who are supported in expressing themselves individually through fashion. On the website aboutyou.com and the multi-award winning ABOUT YOU app, customers find versatile inspiration and more than 400,000 items from over 2,000 brands. With more than 30 million unique monthly active users, ABOUT YOU is one of the largest fashion and lifestyle platforms in Europe. It is currently active in 26 European markets. With the ABOUT YOU Commerce Suite, the fashion tech company also offers its own e-commerce infrastructure as a licensed product. The group's shares have been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Prime Standard in June 2021.
 

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