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Pepco (retailer) - Wikipedia

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Pepco
Pepco logo
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Headquarters	Poznań, Poland
Number of locations	3500 (2024)^[1]
Key people	Stephan Borchert (CEO)
Products	consumer goods, clothing, DIY, electrical
Revenue	€1.98bn (March 2024) ^[2]
Owner	Pepco Group
Number of employees	25,000 (2024) ^[1]
Website	pepco.eu

Pepco store in a retail park in Bielawa, Poland

Pepco is a Polish variety store chain with stores across Europe. It is part of the London headquartered and Polish listed 'Pepco Group' alongside sister brands Poundland and Dealz.^[3] Pepco stores account for most of the group's stores with 3500 branches across Europe (out of a total of 4600),^[1] and has replaced Dealz (in format and brand) completely in most European countries, except for Poland and Ireland.^[1]^[4]

History

In 1999 the British retailer Brown & Jackson expanded into Poland, where they opened Poundstretcher stores in the country.^[5] Following poor performance, B&J Poland was sold to South African firm Tradegro in 2002 and was taken over by Pepkor in 2004. Following the takeover, the business and stores were rebranded to Pepco.^[6]

From 2013 onwards, Pepco began to expand into other European markets:^[7]^[8]

2013 – opened stores in the Czech Republic and Slovakia^[9]
2015 – opened stores in Romania^[10] and Hungary^[11]
2017 – opened stores in Croatia, Slovenia and Lithuania^[12]
2018 – opened stores in Latvia^[13] and Estonia^[14]
2019 – opened stores in Bulgaria^[15]
2020 – opened stores in Italy and Serbia^[16]
2021 – opened stores in Spain and Austria^[17]
2022 – opened stores in Germany, Greece^[18] and Ireland^[19]^[20]
2023 – opened stores in Portugal,^[21] Bosnia and Herzegovina,^[22] and Azerbaijan^[23]

In 2023, the majority (79%) shareholder of Pepco, Steinhoff International was delisted and restructured in a plan to avoid bankruptcy following years of lawsuits and heavy losses after holes in the company's accounts were exposed in December 2017.^[24] Any bankruptsy was however not expected to harm Pepco given its strong balance sheet and independent sources of finance.^[25] Following the restructure 2023 Steinhoff's shareholding was transferred to the new entity Ibex Topco B.V.^[26]

In Poundland and Dealz

Since 2023 Poundland and Dealz stores have been phasing out their own brand and previous "Pep&Co" branded products and clothing, replacing them with Pepco branded ranges. This transition was seen as a potential cause for a dip in like-for-like sales at the group in 2024 ^[27]^[28]

In the United Kingdom, Pepco products are marketed as being "only at Poundland".^[29]

External links

Pepco Poland Sp. z o.o. as an employer - GoWork.pl Job Service

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Our Brands". Pepco Group. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Pepco Group reports 11% revenue growth in H1 FY24". Retail Insight Network. April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Poundland owner Pepco snubs London with plan for £4bn Polish listing". Sky News. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Pepco Group simplifies structure will turn Dealz brand into Pepco". CIJ Europe. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "History". Pepco Group. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ "Chcą podbić nasz region - Archiwum Rzeczpospolitej". archiwum.rp.pl. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "O nas". pepco.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ James Davey (19 February 2021). "Discounter Pepco has all of Europe in its sights". reuters.com. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ "Mamy już 1000 sklepów w Europie". pepco.pl (in Polish). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ Gabriel Negreanu (13 January 2022). "O poveste de succes din Estul Europei? Lanţul polonez Pepco, cu peste 370 de magazine în România, a înregistrat o nouă creştere şi vrea să se extindă în Vest". mediafax.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 28 July 2023. Lanţul polonez este prezent în România din 2015
^ "Pepco rozwija sieć i wchodzi do Rumunii". dlahandlu.pl (in Polish). 10 March 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "PEPCO zawitało na chorwackim rynku". pepco.pl (in Polish). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ Lelde Petrāne (13 March 2018). "Polijas ķēde Pepco drīzumā atklās pirmo veikalu Latvijā". db.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ Wojciech Wojnowski (21 April 2020). "PEPCO Poland Sp. z o.o." retailnet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ "PEPCO w Bułgarii". pepco.pl (in Polish). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ Katarzyna Łabuz (24 June 2021). "Pepco Group na fali wznoszącej. Kontynuacja strategii ekspansji". retailnet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "PEPCO już w Austrii!". pepco.pl (in Polish). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ Omada Sindaksis (5 October 2022). "Pepco | Πού θα ανοίξει στην Ελλάδα 7+3 καταστήματα η πολωνική αλυσίδα". hania.news (in Greek). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ "New retail brand for Sligo as Pepco opens store". December 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Leading discount brand Pepco opens new store in Ireland". ShelfLife.ie. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
^ "Pepco w Portugalii". Pepco Polska (in Polish). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Pepco otworzyło pierwsze sklepy w Bośni i Hercegowinie". Pepco Polska (in Polish). 14 September 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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^ "S. Africa regulator fines former Steinhoff CEO for accounting fraud". 20 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ Maciej Badowski (28 July 2023). "Właściciel Pepco ogłasza bankructwo. W tle długi i poważne oszustwa. Co ze sklepami w Polsce? Poznaj stanowisko firmy". wspolczesna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
^ "Governance - Pepco Group". Pepco Group. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ Wright, Georgia (2 February 2023). "Pep&Co to axe jobs at UK head office - Retail Gazette". www.retailgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
^ "Poundland sales dip as it overhauls general merchandise". Retail Gazette. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ "Pepco Clothing - Poundland". Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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