Dustin is one of the leading re-sellers of IT-products and additional services in the Nordics. Founded in 1984, by Bo Lundevall and his wife Ulla Lundevall in a zoo-shop in

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. Dustin started off selling colored floppy disks over

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and started selling IT and technology products over the

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in 1995. The company employed more than 1000 persons and had revenue of approx 9.3 billion

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SEK in 2016/17. Dustin was acquired by the

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company

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in 2006. In 2004 Dustin home was founded, which specializes in selling products to home users. In 2007 Dustin acquired the

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companies TCM and Computerstore A/S.Pressrelease from Dustin
6 juli 2007 In 2012 Dustin acquired IT-Hantverkarna and Best Office in Sweden and Norsk Data Senter in Norway. In 2013 Dustin acquired Businessforum in Finland. In 2015 Dustin Group was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. In 2022 Dustin acquired Centralpoint in the Netherlands.

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* {{Official website, https://www.dustingroup.com Online retailers of Sweden Retail companies established in 1984 Companies based in Stockholm County