Magnit and Lenta, along with a local chain, Holiday Klassik, will be the key retailers in the region in the future. Their market penetration in the region will grow faster than those like X5 and Auchan, while product availability on their shelves may become better thanks to the investment into distribution centres.
Russia’s leading market player Magnit, which has operated a distribution centre in Omsk since 2012, recently launched a 19,000 square metre leased distribution centre in Novosibirsk. Investment in logistics facilities clearly shows retailers’ focus on the store expansion in Siberia. Magnit opened its first store in Siberia in 2010 and expand the network to 120 by the end of 2013.
St Peterburg based Lenta opened its first hypermarket in Siberia in 2006 and since then it has opened 17 large outlets. In addition to that it opened a 37,500 sq m distribution centre in Novosibirsk last year. The retailer recently opened its first hypermarket in Krasnoyarsk and it is building its sixth store in Novosibirsk while a new store is planned for Novokuznetsk.
Auchan operates two Auchan hypermarkets and two Auchan City compact hypermarkets, X5 runs 25 small stores and one hypermarket while O’Key has five hypermarkets and one supermarket. In contrast to them Dixy Group and Rewe Group have not penetrated the region yet.