02 décembre 2006
Carrefour to Approach from Regions
The world second retailing giant, Carrefour, is staging the Russia’s expansion. The first hypermarket of the French chain will probably open next year in Gorizont (Horizon) mall, Rostov-on-Don, and the company is said to be eyeing sites in Siberia. For Carrefour, it will be much easier to work in the regions than in the capital, the retailers speculate.
Gorizont owners are currently in talks with Carrefour about accommodating a hypermarket of the latter, said Dan Polonsky, general director at Gorizont mall. “We set to negotiations far back in May. Then, the chain’s representatives arrived for the first stage. The lease with Carrefour hasn’t been signed yet, but the French looked pleased with the mall,”
In Gorizont, Carrefour is expected to replace today’s lessee, Ramstore. Besides, the owners plan to widen the sales area from 7,000 sq meters to 15,000 sq meters, which is in line with Carrefour’s standards. Carrefour didn’t comment on its Russian plans yesterday, but a raft of regional developers forecasted it would launch the first hypermarket here already in 2007.
Nowadays, three global retailers are operating on the market of Russia - Metro Group (Metro Cash&Carry и Real), French Auchan Group and German Rewe Group (in partnership with Russia’s Marta Holding). Together with Carrefour, Russia will probably welcome the stores of its key competitor, the U.S. Wal-Mart, which is now in talks to buy out a part of retail business of Turkish Koç Holding.
13 octobre 2006
Piatiorotchka, n°1 de la distribution en Russie, achète Metronom
AFP 13.10.06 | 14h01
Piatiorotchka, le numéro un russe des supermarchés, a acheté pour 200 millions de dollars la totalité de la société russe Metronom, proprétaire de deux chaînes moscovites de supermarchés, a annoncé Piatiorotchka dans un communiqué. Le groupe russe acquiert ainsi "des espaces de vente d'environ 33.000 mètres carrés d'une valeur de plus de 115 M USD dans des quartiers attrayants de Moscou, ainsi qu'un centre de bureaux et de distribution de plus de 17.000 mètres carrés dans le centre de Moscou d'une valeur approximative de 35 M USD", précise le communiqué. Piatiorotchka acquiert également 16 supermarchés d'une surface totale de 50.000 mètres carrés, d'une valeur de 50 M USD. Metronom détient les chaînes Merkado et Merkadona. Piatiorotchka Holding N.V., enregistrée aux Pays-Bas, avait au 30 septembre 420 magasins Piatiorotchka gérés directement dans les régions de Moscou, Saint-Pétersbourg et Ekaterinbourg et 141 magasins Perekrestok en Russie centrale et en Ukraine. Ces deux chaînes ont fusionné le 18 mai. Au 30 septembre, le réseau comportait également 539 Piatiorotchka et 10 Perekrestok en franchise. Au premier semestre 2006 les ventes de Piatiorotchka étaient de 906 M USD et celles de Perekrestok de 675 M USD.
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20 juin 2006
Carrefour en Russie : mieux tard que jamais
Toujours fidèle à sa stratégie "wait and see", vendredi dernier, le groupe Carrefour a annoncé officiellement qu'il
étudie la possibilité de développement en Russie. Luc Vandeveld, en visite chez le maire de la ville de Tumène, prévoit se développer dans une vingtaine de villes russes (Moscou et Saint-Pétersbourg inclus). Le groupe compte créer une JV pour la fabrication des produits alimentaires. Le premier magasin sera localisé à Tumène.
Cela fait 3 ans que les rumeurs courent sur le mode d'implantation de Carrefour. Une information non vérifiée stipule que le groupe français aurait négocié le rachat de la chaîne « Ramstor » appartenant à la société « Ramènka ». Information aussitôt démentie par « Ramènka ».
Les analystes du marché annoncent l'hypothèse que Carrefour se développera en Russie selon le format d'« Hypermarché ». Le coût de construction d'un tel Hypermarché est estimé entre 7 et 20 Mln de $. Une concurrence hyper agressive attend Carrefour puisque MosMart prévoit déjà l'ouverture d'un hypermarché bien avant que le groupe français règlera ses derniers problèmes administratifs.
Bogdan Titomiroff
09 juin 2005
M&S to Approach Moscow from Fringes
Turkish FIBA will be promoting M&S chain in Moscow. So far, the European retailers have preferred to take root in Russia through local partners. For instance, C&A and British House are promoted by Russian Trading Group. Zara is in charge of the Stockmann business.
The location of the first M&S in Moscow is yet unclear. Two months ago, the rumors were running that it would be launched in Ramstor City-2, the Sevastopolsky Avenue. In Ramenka that managers Ramstor chain they declined either to confirm or deny the data yesterday.
The experts call M&S a really strong player but doubt that the company could count on a breakthrough in tandem with a Turkish partner. M&S is viewed as a rather expensive and aristocratic brand, while the Turks generally trade in the serial cheap brands, specified Alexey Volkov, marketing director at Nomenar.
27 mai 2005
Metro Group turnover will exceed 1 bln euros in 2005 in Russia
| Metro Group turnover will exceed 1 bln euros in 2005 in Russia MOSCOW. May 27 (Interfax) - Metro Group, one of the biggest commercial companies in the world, will see its turnover exceed 1 billion euros in 2005 in Russia, Hans-Joachim Korber, the company's president, told reporters. Metro Group turnover was 893 million euros in 2004 in Russia, up 75% from the previous year, Korber said. The growth rate will be slightly lower this year, but turnover will certainly surpass 1 billion euros, he said. Russia currently accounts for less than 2% of Metro Group's world turnover and Korber is confident that Russia will become one of the company's main markets in 2005. He said it was enough just to look at the population of Russia, which is some 140 million, in order to understand its potential. He said Russia is the most attractive country in Eastern Europe for Metro. The number of Metro Group stores will increase to 50 in Russia over the next three years, Korber said. There are currently 14 small-wholesale Metro Cash & Carry stores in Russia - six in Moscow, two in St. Petersburg and one each in Yaroslavl, Kazan, Volgograd, Samara, Rostov-na-Donu and Krasnodar. Another nine stores at a cost of about 15 million euros each will open by the end of 2005. Two Real hypermarkets will also open in Moscow. Metro Groups is planning to open eight small-wholesale Metro Cash & Carry stores and five Real hypermarkets a year in Russia. Another two Real hypermarkets are already being built in St. Petersburg and they will open in 2006. |
13 mai 2005
IKEA to invest $100 mln in new Omsk complex
May 13 (Interfax) - Sweden's IKEA is to invest $100 million ina shopping complex in Omsk, Omsk region Deputy Minister forConstruction Anatoly Til told journalists.He said that an agreement was signed on Thursday for theconstruction of the complex in Omsk, with a total area of 120,000square meters.IKEA Manager for regional Projects Anders Falkinius said that thecompany plans to start building the complex in the first quarter2006. Omsk companies will be used to carry out the constructionwork. He said that the complex would employ about 2,500 people.In the first three years the site will be rented, and then adecision will be reached to buy the land, he said.In the future up to 20% of the goods that will be sold in thecomplex will be produced by Omsk companies," he said.
