History
History
1945
- ● Hairdresser Frans Lyko arrives in Dalarna, Sweden, after spending six years as a prisoner in a concentration camp
1952
- Frans Lyko opens a hair salon for men in Vansbro
1971
- Frans' son Stefan opens the salon Hår & Skägg (Hair & Bears) in the neighboring town Dala-Järna
2003
- Stefan Lyko launches the website Lyko.se, where the salon's products are displayed. We begin to receive e-mail inquiries about having products shipped to their homes and start sending orders on demand
2005
- se develops and gets a real e-commerce platform with payment solutions
2008
- Hår & Skägg AB changes name to Lyko Hair AB
- Stefan's son Rickard Lyko takes over as CEO
- se is appointed Pricerunner's e-commerce store of the year for the first time
2010
- Lyko moves to Vansbro, where Frans started his hairdressing business almost 60 years earlier, to get a larger warehouse and office
2011
- Lyko launches its own product for the first time
- Opens warehouse store in Vansbro
2012
- Makes e-commerce more efficient by investing in packaging machines, robots and rollers to optimize packaging and expand package flow capacity
2013
- Invests in a new digital platform and modern webshop that adapts to each customer
- Buys “Hårvårdsbaren” and “Klippoteket” in Norrkoping
- Lyko is appointed ”Gazelle Company” by the Swedish financial newspaper Dagens Industri
2014
- Lyko merges with “Bellbox” hair care chain. In the merger, Lyko gets 30 wholly owned physical stores with salons in Sweden and Norway
- Buys “Diva”, consisting of three hair salons in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Alingsås
- Opens flagship store in Täby Centrum and launches a store concept
2015
- Reaches 33 wholly owned physical stores with lounges through continued expansion
- Buys the hair salon “YOU” in Stockholm
2016
- Launches the professional skin care product segment
- Launches Lyko Concept
- The number of stores increases to 36 stores
2017
- Buys “Affection Kosmetik” in Karlstad
- Launches Lyko Social, a digital platform that connects hairdressers with consumers who are interested in hair care and beauty
- Joanna Hummel is appointed new CEO
- Lyko is listed Nasdaq First North Premier
- Lyko launches Lyko Booking, a booking system for internal and external use
2018
- Lyko starts up in Finland
- Wins E-Commerce of the Year 2018 at the Swedish Retail Awards
- Lyko opens stores in Falun, Sundsvall and a specialized concept store with skincare; Lyko Concept Skin in Stockholm
- Starts partnership with 'ELLE Galan' in Sweden and becomes main sponsor of Let's Dance on TV4 Sweden
- Starts collaboration with Instabox and installs package box in several Lyko stores
- Launches Skin Test online, where customers get personalized recommendations from Lyko's dermatologists
- Kenneth Bengtsson is appointed new Chairman of the Board
2019
- Launches the new store concept K19 and expansion of Lyko Flagship Store in Westfield Mall of Scandinavia
- Opens the largest Lyko store in the world, in the hometown Vansbro
- Lyko has a turnover of over SEK 1 billion
- Lyko starts up in Denmark
- Lyko is appointed best workplace in commerce 2019 by the Swedish Commercial Employees' Union