Russian retail chain Lenta has announced that it has opened its 38th supermarket in Moscow.
The new store is a ‘large format’ supermarket located in the City shopping centre in Korolev City, Moscow.
The store features 1,447 square metres (924 square metres of selling space) and will operate from 8:00 am till 11:00 pm, seven days a week.
The store will be stocked by a ‘broad product assortment of 6,900 SKUs’, which have been specifically selected for residents of Moscow. Products include Lenta’s range of private labels, federal products and local produce.
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This is Lenta’s seventh store opening in 2017. It means that retailer now has 195 hypermarkets across and 55 supermarkets 78 cities. It just recently opened a store in Moscow this April.
Lenta's store multiplication process has greatly benefited their profits It recently revealed its total sales increase of 17.2% in Q1 2017 to RUR 77.9 billion (€1.29 billion), and a like-for-like increase of 1.7% compared to the same period last year.
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