Verny, a grocery retail chain of soft discounters, will have approximately 130 new outlets in 2013. In Q4 2012 the company launched 33 stores in Moscow, the Moscow Province, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Province. The first Verny store is due to open in Yekaterinburg in the summer of 2013. Further launches will take place in six regions in which the company has not previously operated. In addition, Verny is preparing to open two distribution centres in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
As Retail Update Russia reported on a previous occasion, the Verny brand is developed by the former managers of the X5 Retail Group, along with Andrey Rogachev, the founder of the Pyaterochka and Karusel grocery networks (both brands are now owned by X5). The first outlets began operations in October 2012.
Source: www.russiaretail.com