The story
The brand's origins go back to 1977, when the "Smyk" Department Store was established in the modernist building of former Central Department Store, which since then has begun to be known and referred to as the 'Smyk'. Later the brand expanded and eventually opened shops abroad in Ukraine and Germany (2006), Russia (2008) and Romania (2009).
In 2016 Smyk Group was acquisitioned by Bridgepoint from Empik.
From Wikipedia’s article on Smyk (store), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
