Smyk (brand)

Smyk[lower-alpha 1] is a brand of Polish retail chain selling products for infants and children up to the age of 14, including clothing, footwear, toys, school stationery and other accessories. There are more than 220 Smyk stores in Poland and almost 40 together in Ukraine and Romania.[1]

For department store building in Warsaw, see Central Department Store (Warsaw).
Smyk
Smyk store in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Product typeclothing, footwear, toys, school stationery
CountryPoland
Introduced1977
Marketsc. 220 (Poland), 40 (Ukraine, Romania)
TaglineCały dla małych! (‘Whole for the little ones!’)
Websitesmyk.com

Name

Smyk is a colloquial and humorous label for a child, especially for a boy.[2]

History

Brand's origins go back to 1977, when the "Smyk" Department Store was established in modernist building of former Central Department Store, which since then has begun to be known and referred to as the 'Smyk'.[3][4] Later the brand expanded and eventually opened shops abroad in Ukraine and Germany (2006), Russia (2008) and Romania (2009).[5] In 2016 Smyk Group was acquisitioned by Bridgepoint.[6]

Notes
  1. Also rendered as SMYK and "Smyk".

References
  1. "About the company". smykgroup.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. "smyk - definicja, synonimy, przykłady użycia". sjp.pwn.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. "Centralny Dom Towarowy | #architektura | Culture.pl". culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  4. "DH Smyk (Centralny Dom Towarowy)". tubylotustalo.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  5. "Historia". smykgroup.com (in Polish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. "Bridgepoint kupuje Smyka za ponad miliard złotych". wyborcza.biz (in Polish). Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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