Holyart in the news

It’s called Holyart, based in Reggio Emilia, and is the leading company in online sales of sacred art and religious articles. With a catalog of over 60 thousand products, customers in 160 countries, around fifty employees under 35 who will become 200, and a revenue target of 50 million euros, Holyart has just inaugurated a logistics center from which five thousand parcels can be shipped per day

Today, the company can count on 50 employees, the majority of whom are young individuals under 35. The estimate is to reach 200 employees.

Holyart, the largest e-commerce for sacred art and religious articles in Europe, inaugurated a new headquarters on October 5th. It is a warehouse of 10,000 square meters in Gavassa, in the northeast suburbs of Reggio Emilia. The building, in yellow and gray, is clearly visible along the ‘Autostrada del Sole’ (Highway of the Sun). This marks the fourth move for the company that was founded in Sassuolo in 2007 and has grown steadily over fifteen years, generating fifteen million euros in revenue in 2022.

Holyart, l’e-commerce di articoli religiosi numero uno in Europa e nel mondo, con 800mila clienti in 160 Paesi, ha realizzato un nuovissimo polo logistico accanto alla stazione ferroviaria di Calatrava a Reggio Emilia.

Holyart is an e-commerce, a leader in Europe and worldwide, specializing in Catholic sacred art and religious items. The new headquarters, located along the ‘Autostrada del Sole’ (Highway of the Sun), required an investment of 18 million euros and will enable the packaging and shipment of over 5,000 packages per day.

“The company, born 15 years ago in a garage in Sassuolo, sells religious articles worldwide. Today, it has 67 employees and a turnover of over 15 million euros. This exponential growth has led to changing headquarters every 2 years. Stefano Zanni, one of the founders, said, ‘We were not very visionary.'”

An investment of 18 million euros for a 10,000 square meter hub in Reggio Emilia by the ‘Amazon’ of Christian religious articles.

Online shopping has become a part of our daily lives, with millions of people making purchases on the web every day. Amazing but true, even the trade of sacred art and religious articles is thriving online, achieving very positive results, even on the rise. This is according to those working in the industry, such as the company Holyart, a leader in the sale of religious items, including handmade ones, through e-commerce.

Sacred art and religious articles embrace online commerce. The financial statements of Holyart, an e-commerce company, reveal that they closed 2022 with a turnover of over 15 million euros, up by more than 8% compared to the previous year, and a positive EBITDA, up by 4.2% compared to 2021.

Pulcranet Srl, the company that owns the Holyart portal, the first e-commerce platform for religious articles and sacred art with a catalog of over 60,000 products, closed 2022 with a turnover of over 15 million euros, an increase of over 8% from 2021, and with a positive EBITDA, which grew by 4.2%.

The Italian e-commerce portal for sacred art has doubled its turnover from 2019 to today. A boom similar to Amazon Prime. Now featuring own-branded products.

Since 2019, the company has nearly doubled its turnover and confirms itself as the leading specialized website for religious articles in Italy and Europe.

Holyart chose Beta 80 Group to revolutionize the logistics of its e-commerce for sacred art and religious items. The result is a renovated warehouse that is easy to manage thanks to a flexible WMS that adapts to the company’s current and future needs.

It’s hard to say whether the pandemic has revitalized the Christmas spirit and the desire to decorate one’s home with nativity scenes, figurines, incense, and other religious-themed decorations.

Born in 2007 as a challenge, it is the largest online portal in Europe specializing in the sale of nativity scenes, Christmas decorations, statues, vestments, and monastery articles. From 2019 to today, the nativity market has grown by 73%.

With steady growth and continuous investments, the Reggio-based company is now a reference point in the e-commerce of religious articles.

Corriere della Sera, in collaboration with Statista, has investigated which e-shops are the most loved, used, and reliable: the first Italian survey to identify the 500 Stars of E-Commerce in our country. Holyart is one of them.

Holyart, the largest e-commerce store dedicated to religious shopping in Europe, is getting ready to secure the Churches: from hand sanitizers to plexiglass barriers for confessionals. The story of a bet that began with a warehouse full of unsold goods.

In the midst of the Christmas tradition, here are some statues that ask to find a place in the nativity scene. We take you to the largest European company selling religious items online.

It’s not the Emilia you’d expect, the one you encounter when you cross the threshold of the futuristic headquarters of Pulcranet Srl in Mancasale: the ‘Amazon of the sacred,’ as they call it, the number one in the world in its very delicate sector.

Italy is the world leader in the production of religious objects, and artisans rely on a large online platform that ensures worldwide delivery within 48 hours.

The definition may seem a bit blasphemous, but it’s the one that best captures the idea: the Amazon of religious products. Holyart is the largest online seller of sacred art objects. On the outskirts of Reggio Emilia, there is a warehouse of 5000 square meters, which will nearly double in size by the end of the year.

Reggio Emilia, just a few minutes from the railway station designed by Santiago Calatrava, is home to an Italian company specializing in the online sale of sacred articles

For the office project of the new headquarters on Via Danubio, Holyart chose an internationally renowned architect from Modena. A member of the ‘Royal Institute of British Architects’ and the winner of numerous awards, Matteo Parmiggiani reflects on his career, recounting how his ‘specialized’ approach and ‘seductive’ vision of architecture have led him to become, with his MPA studio, a brand of quality and distinction in the field.