Faster than Amazon

Christian Raisson: In 2017, we became the number one online destination for home improvement and garden products in France. In the coming years, we expect to become the leader in this category across the other European regions in which we operate - Belgium, Spain, Italy, the UK and Germany. Our customer base across Europe has reached more than two million consumers, and we are currently driving more than 15 million unique visitors per month to our platform.
We work closely with our sellers to achieve a win-win partnership and as a result we have a rapidly growing number of top-quality suppliers and distributors across all country platforms. Our objective is not to have the biggest number of partners, but the best suppliers and distributors in Europe, and we are therefore very selective in our choice. We want to grow quickly, which is only possible if our partners grow as fast as we do.

Today, we offer over two million products to consumers across Europe. In 2017, our sales reached over 250 million euros, tripling the business year on year, and we won't stop there.

Right now we are focused on the development of the countries in which we operate and are looking into launching new services for our partners and consumers. With a market of 200 billion euros in Europe in the six countries where ManoMano is present, we already have plenty to do. However, if we see an opportunity to accelerate the business, we will do it.

The New Frontier is, of course, a reference to Kennedy's speech in 1960. At that time, the USA had to choose between isolationism and progressivism. I don't want to say too much about my talk at the DIY Summit, but you can probably guess where my talk will lead businesses to look to for the future - if they are not too late, of course.
I do agree with Mr Giroldi: we can't do everything alone, we need to work together, and not just the traditional…