On November 27, Holding "Retail Group" held a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on the implementation of new business of "franchising".

Retail Group presented a draft franchise network of convenience stores "Express". As the head of the "Franchise" "Retail Group" Alexander Lukyanov, a format "Express" was selected for the franchise model as the most promising in terms of demand in the market and crisis.

"Today, Ukraine is at the stage of market development and the format "shop at home". Saturation of the market is now only 30% of its capacity. Market trends indicate that this format is actively developing over the past four or five years and such same trend will continue for approximately five to seven years",  said Alexander Lukyanov.

"We assume that the project will be successful if we open 200-300 stores in a period of five years",  said the head of the supervisory board "Retail Group" Roman Lunin during the press conference. The franchisor already has technologies proven over the years and streamlined business processes. The history of success, customer loyalty, relationships with suppliers and contractors are already formed. After purchasing a license, the franchisee is bound to succeed, as he will avoid many mistakes and losses. With full support from the franchisor you can get a whole new round of development of their lives. "

The average monthly turnover of a single store “Express" is 1.5 million USD.  It predicts an additional turnover of at least 300 million USD per month in the implementation of the project "Franchise".