Pewex
Pewex () (short for Przedsiębiorstwo Eksportu Wewnętrznego – Internal Export Company) was a chain of hard-currency shops founded in 1972, during the Communist era in Poland that accepted payment only in United States dollars and other hard currencies, instead of the country's indigenous currency, the złoty.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Pewex (Internal Export Company)
- Company.logo
- Pewex-reklama na budynku w Lodzi.jpg
- Company.logo_caption
- A mural in Łódź depicting the company logo
- Company.image
- Pewex.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- A Pewex shop
- Company.native_name
- Przedsiębiorstwo Eksportu Wewnętrznego
- Company.native_name_lang
- pl
- Company.type
- State-owned enterprise
- Company.industry
- General stores
- Company.founded
- 1972
- Company.founder
- Government of the Polish People's Republic
- Company.defunct
- 2003
Article
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Post-Communist government
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Pewex () (short for Przedsiębiorstwo Eksportu Wewnętrznego – Internal Export Company) was a chain of hard-currency shops founded in 1972, during the Communist era in Poland that accepted payment only in United States dollars and other hard currencies, instead of the country's indigenous currency, the złoty.
==History==