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Allo (Ukrainian: Алло) is a Ukrainian group of companies operating as a marketplace in online and classic retail and electronics distribution.[1] It is headquartered in Dnipro, Ukraine.[2] The group also operates its own postal service Allo Express.[3]

History

Allo-telecom retail chain of stores was founded in 1998 by Dmytro and Hryhoriy Derevytskyy in Dnipro.[4]

In 2004, the wholesale company Cifrotech was established. As of 2021, Cifrotech distributes more than 30 brands and operates a franchise network under the Mobilochka brand.

In 2006, the online store allo.ua was launched.[5][6]

In 2013, the Mobilochka chain stopped operations and ALLO re-registered the lease rights to most of the chain's stores.[7][8] Since 2013, when Mobilochka belongs to the ALLO group, and Cifrotech manages it as a franchise project.[9] Since 2013, the network has provided a coalition program, FISHKA.[10]

According to Forbes, as of October 2014, ALLO was the second-largest online store with a revenue of $100 million.[11]

Since 2017, Cifrotech has been the official distributor of the Xiaomi brand in Ukraine with a MiStore network. The first store was opened in Kyiv in 2017. In February 2017, the first ALLO Max store was opened (extended format store).[12][13] In October 2017, the company launched a marketplace.[14]

A new loyalty program ALLO Hroshi was started in April 2020.[15] In November 2020, ALLO launched its own postal and logistics operator ALLO Express.[16][17]

In 2020, the company started selling food and alcohol as the marketplace.[18][19] The ALLO chain of stores has more than 345 outlets in 140 cities (as of September 2021).[20][21]

In January 2021, ALLO launched a real-time video consultation service "Expert Online".[22] In August 2021, the ALLO online store took third place in the ranking of the most visited online stores in July 2021 according to Retailers.[23]

In late 2021, ALLO opened the Allo Max store in Respublika shopping mall, which became the winner of the Retail Design Awards 2021 in the category "Household appliances and electronics".[24][25]

At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the company had about 345 sales points throughout the country.[26] During the war, 50 of them were destroyed, looted or remained in the occupied territory. As of November 2022, about 280 stores of the company are operating.[27]

With the beginning of the blackouts in Ukraine, ALLO turned 45 stores into "Points of Invincibility".[28]

ALLO partners with Ukrainian telecommunication companies and develops 60 monobrand stores (Kyivstar, Vodafone, Lifecell) as franchises.[29][30]

Recognition

2013 — Retail Awards in the nomination "Network of portable electronics stores"[31]

2014 — allo.ua online store took second place in the ranking of Ukrainian online stores according to Forbes[32]

2016 — allo.ua online store took second place in the ranking of "Top 10 most visited Ukrainian online stores" according to Factum Group[33]

2016 — Best Retailers Design in the category "Home Appliances and Electronics"[34]

2021 — "HR-Brand Award" winner in the nomination "Ukraine" with the project "Rapid career in ALLO"[35]

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