Pimkie

Pimkie
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Headquarters,
Area served
France, Germany, Spain
Key people
Sandrine Njezic
ProductsClothing
ParentLee Cooper
Websitepimkie.com
Pimkie store in Leipzig, Germany

Pimkie is a French fast fashion label and chain store for young women. Its headquarters is in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.[1][2] They have offices in Germany and Spain. The first shop was opened in 1971 in Lille.[3]

After a long expansion period, Pimkie reached its peak presence in 2018 with 716 stores in 30 countries, but the company began to face difficulties in the late 2010s.[4] In 2022, a majority share of the company was sold to Lee Cooper.[5]

Pimkie has a large social media following, with 1.3m followers on Instagram.[6]

  1. ^ "Pimkie centralizes its logistics flow management with Reflex WMS". Reflex Logistics. 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  2. ^ "Pimkie case study". Nedap Retail. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  3. ^ "Our history - Pimkie". job.pimkie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-07-27.
  4. ^ "Pimkie en figures". Pimkie. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  5. ^ "L'enseigne Pimkie est reprise par Lee Cooper et Kindy". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  6. ^ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)