Company history

The following main stages make up the 22-year company history:

• 1988 – the establishment of SKI-SURF Ltd. and opening of a store of an area 60 m2 with yachting goods in Kraków at ul. Zyblikiewicza 12
• 1989 – the name of the company changed into MAKS Service Company Ltd.
• 1992 – the store relocated to a room of an area 450 m2 at ul. Zyblikiewicza in Kraków,
• 1998 – opening of a specialist sports store of an area 1228 m2 in the Zakopianka Shopping Centre in Kraków,
• 2001 – relocation of offices and the warehouse to larger facilities in Brzezie near Kraków, opening of stores in shopping centres in Bytom (462 m²), Sosnowiec (510 m²) and Kraków (955 m²),
• 2003 – opening of stores in Wrocław (1282 m²) and Bielsko-Biała (916 m²),
• 2004 – restructuring of the private limited liability company into a joint-stock (public limited) company; opening of the largest store (1546 m²) in the Arkadia Shopping Centre in Warsaw,
• 2005 – strategic co-operation with the INTERSPORT Group established; opening of stores in Poznań (636 m²) and Katowice (1033 m²),
• 2006 – relocation of offices to the building at ul. Conrada in Kraków; public offering of shares and consequently quotation on the Stock Exchange – acquisition of funds for capital expenditures; opening of stores in Łódź (900 m²), Gdańsk (452 m²), Kraków (869 m² ), Warsaw (1077 m² ),
• 2007 – store opening: two in Warsaw (802 m² and 1077 m²) , in Poznań (1130 m²) , two in Wrocław (1071 m² and 1200 m²), Gdańsk (1200 m²); plans to open two additional stores by the end of the year (contracts are now being negotiated)
• 2008 - opening of stores in Poznań (1062 m²) and Bydgoszcz (1035 m²)
• 2009 - openiing of stores in Opole (740 m²), Częstochowa (1165 m²) and Płock (665 m²)
• 2010 -  openiing of stores in Zakopane (727 m² )
• 2011 - openiing of stores in Radom (758 m² ), in Szczecin (993 m²), in Rzeszów (823 m²)

Establishment of Strategic Relationships with the INTERSPORT Group

The licensing contracts were signed in autumn 2005 (i.e. a sublicensing contract with INTERSPORT and an exclusive trade mark sublicensing contract) with INTERSPORT Deutschland eG (IDE) that acted on behalf of the owner of the trade marks, i.e. INTERSPORT International Corporation (IIC). The signature of the contracts resulted in the Company’s exclusive rights in the territory of Poland to: (1) use the INTERSPORT trade mark, (2) sell products under own INTERSPORT brands and (3) to develop a franchise network under the name INTERSPORT.

An investment contract was also signed in 2005 whereby INTERCONTACT Werbeagentur GmbH (ITC, a subsidiary owned in whole by IDE) acquired shares in INTERSPORT Polska S.A. – 25% of its issued capital with attached 25% of votes at general meetings. Since August 2006, INTERSPORT Polska S.A. has been a member in a co-operative established under German law: INTERSPORT Deutschland eG (IDE). Thus, INTERSPORT Polska S.A. has become the sole Polish business partner of the INTERSPORT Group.