KiK
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | April 1994 |
| Founder | Stefan Heinig, Tengelmann Group |
| Headquarters | Bönen, Germany |
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Key people
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Heinz Speet, CEO |
| Products | Clothing |
| Revenue | € 1.2 billion |
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Number of employees
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20,000 approx. |
| Website | kik-textilien.com |
KiK, legally KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH, is a German textile discount store chain headquartered in Bönen.
KiK was founded in 1994 by Stefan Heinig and the holding company Tengelmann Group.KiK is an acronym for "Kunde ist König" (English: The customer is king).
KiK is the largest textile discounter chain in Germany and operates about 3,200 stores in Germany, Austria (since 1998), Slovenia and Czech Republic (since 2007), Hungary and Slovakia (since 2008), Croatia (since 2011) and Poland (since March 2012).
KiK have, in the past, sponsored a number of football teams, namely Arminia Bielefeld, Werder Bremen, and VfL Bochum. They currently sponsor referees of the Austrian Football Bundesliga and in January 2009 also sponsored the German national team at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship.
Verona Pooth has been the face of KiK's television advertising campaign.
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