Epicentr K
national chain of stores in Ukraine that specializes in home improvement and gardening
Epicentr K (Ukrainian: Епіцентр К) is a home improvement hypermarket chain in Ukraine. The company is one of the first in the country to introduce hardware stores and remains the leader in this category.
Epicentr was the first in Ukraine to come up with wholesale stores in Ukraine, with their hypermarkets being heavily inspired by French retailer Castorama. As of 2023 the company had opened 75 stores nationwide. The company carries a collection of awards such as "The Brand of the Year" (2008).
History
In 1994 Oleksandr Hereha and his wife Halyna began to sell the tiles from Poland at markets. In 1996 they've founded the Cermet AGS company and opened a tile store in Kyiv. In 2001 following the experience of Castorama's Polish chain it was decided to build a big hardware hypermarket. The Epicentr name was suggested by one of the sellers and a K letter was added as a short for команда, a team in Ukrainian.
The first Epicentr K was built in 2003 in Kyiv on Viskozna Street with help of Polish experts.
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