FMCG retailers demonstrate steady growth

Development of the hypermarket format

In June 2011 Russia’s Top-90 FMCG retailers added 4 objects with total area increase by 9.200 sq m. In HY1 2011 the number of sales objects grew by 15, the total area  – by 32.800 sq m. In June 2011 2 new Magnit hypermarkets were opened in Nizhniy Novogorod and Chelyabinsk Regions, hypermarket “Alleya” in Krasnoyarsk Region and Prisma in St. Petersburg. As of July 1st 2011 the total number of Top-90 retailers’ hypermarkets is 484 with total area 2,958,000.2 sq m.

Development of the supermarket format

In HY1 2011 the number of Top-90 FMCG retail supermarkets rose by 73, their total area grew by 55,300 sq m. As of  July 1st 2011 there are 1,647 Top-90 FMCG retail supermarkets in Russia with the total sales area more than 1,467,000.4 sq m.

Development of the discounter format

In HY1 2011 Russia’s Top-90 FMCG retailers added 813 objects. Discounters’ sales area grew in HY1 2011 by 284,000.7 sq m. As of July 1st 2011 the total number of discounters in Russia is 9,384 with total sales area exceeding 3,300,000.9 sq m.

Development of the convenience store format

In HY1 2011 the number of convenience stores of Russia’s Top-90 FMCG retailers grew by 88 objects. Their sales area grew by 16,300 sq m. As of June 1st the total number of convenience stores in Russia is about 1,776 with total area exceeding 563,200 sq m.

Source: www.retail.ru