KiK

KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH is a German clothing discount store chain headquartered in Bönen.

[5] The company sells a range of women's, men's and children's clothing, baby wear and underwear, as well as toys, accessories and home textiles.

KiK has, in the past, sponsored a number of football teams, namely Arminia Bielefeld, Werder Bremen, Hansa Rostock and VfL Bochum.

It was among the first members of the Partnership to publish its catalogue of measures designed to provide greater transparency to consumers for products sold in Germany.

[15][16] Of the 29 brands identified as having sourced products from the Rana Plaza factories, only 9 attended meetings held in November 2013 to agree a proposal on compensation to the victims.

[17] The retailer was one of the first German signatories of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh set up in May 2013 to inspect and remediate factories for fire, electrical and building safety and was also among a group of global union federations and brands that have prepared the continuation of the work of the Accord in Bangladesh once its five-year remit comes to an end in 2018.

[18] In 2009, a man from the German state Schleswig-Holstein pressed charges against KiK under Strafgesetzbuch section 86a, which outlaws the "use of symbols of unconstitutional organisations", for the chain using swastika-styled clothing racks in their shops.

[20] KiK has been criticised by the Clean Clothes Campaign for their bad practices in countries such as Bangladesh, where factory workers are paid low wages.

[21] In 2006, KiK has published a Code of Conduct, which imposes an obligation to suppliers to pay compensation to workers that cover at least the legal or the industrial minimum wage level, whichever is higher.

KiK in Tomaszów Mazowiecki , Poland
KiK's swastika-styled clothing racks