Empik

Empik
Public
Founded 1991 (1991)
Headquarters Warsaw, Poland
Number of locations
 134 in Poland, 23 in Ukraine (as of 2009)
Area served
 Poland, Ukraine
Key people
 Olaf Szymanowski, CEO
Parent NFI Empik Media & Fashion
Website empik.com

Empik (stylised as empík), is a Polish commercial chain selling books, international press and media products (including film, music, and software). The chain also owns a photo company, Empik Foto, as well as a foreign language school, Empik School.

History

EMPiK chain began during Poland's communist period as KMPiK (Polish: Klub Międzynarodowej Prasy i Książki, the International Press and Book Club) owned by the Prasa-Książka-Ruch monopoly which financed the PZPR Party from its revenue. In 1991 it was acquired by businessmen Jacek Dębski, Janusz Romanowski (a former reserve police officer) and Yaron Bruckner, and given its current name. While initially it was partially owned by the Polish state, in 1994 it was sold completely by the State Treasury to Bruckner's Eastbridge N.V.. In May 2009 EMPiK had 134 stores in Poland and 23 stores in Ukraine.[1]

Inside the music section of an Empik store
Books Sphere Empik at Galeria Sfera in Bielsko-Biala

Notes

  1. ↑ From Polish Wikipedia
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