Retail

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, the Hermitage and other leading museums of the world make their way to large shopping centers bringing its installations, reproductions of paintings and educational lectures. MarketMedia has explored the advantages of such fanciful collaborations.

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.

What unites the grocery retailer VkusVill, the pizzeria Papa Jones and the online store OZON? The shareholder of all those companies is the fund BaringVostok. MarketMedia is looking into how the arrest of the fund’s founder Michael Calvey will affect their business.

Analysis of Russian trade during the first six months of this year, has shown a trend that an average purchase size in Russia has dropped at many food retail chains, including discount stores. Experts believe that retail operators fell into their own trap and became victims of excessive promotions and discounts.

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.