Kolporter sp. z o.o. is a Polish company, specialising in

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. It was established in 1990 by

Krzysztof Klicki Krzysztof Klicki (born 1962) is the President of Kolporter Holding S.A. He owns all of Kolporter's shares, the largest private distributor of the press (with more than 44 percent of the media market). He started Kolporter after the free marke ...

, initially to distribute copies of ''

Gazeta Wyborcza (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), t ...

'' to stores, and has its headquarters in

Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...

. It has made the Top 500 Polish Companies rankings in '' Polityka'' and '' Rzeczpospolita'' several times. Its name comes from its initial business, the distribution ( colportage) of newspapers and magazines. The name Kolporter means "distributor" in Polish. Now there are over a dozen companies in many sectors of the Polish market that are part of the Kolporter. Since 1997, Kolporter also runs a chain of newsagent kiosks and

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s throughout the country.

Sponsorship

Kolporter was a sponsor of Korona Kielce football team.

References

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