Two Russian chains of the discounter segment are currently entering the Uzbekistan retail market: Svetofor and Dobrocen. This means that the “supermarketization” of Uzbekistan continues. Despite the fact that the chains did not make official announcements about entering the market, both Svetofor and Dobrocen started looking for employees in a number of cities of Uzbekistan, posting vacancies on job portals. A number of foreign, international, and local companies have recently entered the food retail market of Uzbekistan, including French Carrefour, Magnum Cash & Carry from Kazakhstan, Havas, Asia.uz and Baraka Market. Almost all of existing chains announce ambitious expansion plans and many new store openings. It means that the chain retail market in Uzbekistan is experiencing a real boom. (more…)