Polish Big Star hope to sow a deal and go independent

"This will enable us to efficiently realize our own policy," stated Bogdan Kaczmarek, the president of Big Star Limited. The brand is owned by a troubled Swiss Big Star Holding, which is currently undergoing a restructuring program and sees the selling of the brand as a way out of its problems. "We hope that we will have a decision from the head office the in the next few weeks," said Big Star Limited spokesman Jakub Kwiatkowski. According to Rzeczpospolita, there is a good chance that the Polish company will finally buy the rights to the brand. This solution is supported by the large part of Big Star distributors from other countries. Big Star Limited has over 290 own and franchise outlets in Poland and according to SMG/KRC, 29% of jeans sold in Poland were those of Big Star. In 2003 it posted a profit of over zł.10 million on revenues of zł.170 million. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) E.B.