Market – это рынок, MarketMedia - это мы. И мы уже год на рынке. В честь этого события сотрудники редакции отправились на настоящий рынок и стали героями сериала, посвященного проблемам и трендам российского ретейла и ресторанного бизнеса.

Maksim Levchenko, Executive Partner of Fort Group, which is one of Russia’s top five biggest owners of commercial real estate, told MarketMedia about the conquest of the Moscow market, the reasons for the exodus of foreigners from Russia and the creation of Brodsky Museum in St. Petersburg.

French supermarket chain Auchan, one of Russia’s leading retailers, is starting a major reorganization of its business. Sources of MarketMedia say that up to a third of all the chain’s supermarkets in the country may be closed and Auchan might even completely leave the Russian market. Representatives of Auchan deny such possibility.

Ginza Project, a restaurant holding, is entering the Georgian market. MarketMedia tried to get a sense of how Russian restaurateurs expand their businesses to other countries.

Chapman Taylor is one of the largest architectural bureaus in the world, known for designing most of the signature retail malls in Russia and the CIS. Ramchandra Khatiwada, director of the Russian business at Chapman Taylor, spoke with MarketMedia about building a retail and leisure complex, where men will not experience stress.

Marek Piechocki, the founder and president of LPP, does not have to take pictures to show that he lives an ordinary life. He already lives like an ordinary person! One of the richest people in Poland is riding a bicycle to work. Marek has never spoke with Russian media before. In the interview with MarketMedia, he told us how an empire that consists of almost two thousand stores, including Reserved, Cropp, Mohito and other brands, was created.