KYIV. April 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Arber Fashion Group (AFG), the largest Ukrainian clothing holding, intends in 2017 to open 15-20 new stores of the F’91 network in Ukraine, holding director Vadym Zolotarevsky has said.
“For today F’91 is our key project from the point of view of future development, which represents a large-format retail in the “middle minus” segment, where men’s, women’s and children’s clothes are presented. We have opened eight stores in Kyiv, Poltava and Odesa, and this year we plan to open about 15-20 more stores in the format of 500 square meters,” he said at panel discussion at Retail&Development Business Expo in Kyiv on April 7.
He said now F’91 stores represent the goods of Ukrainian producers, as well as the private label of the company itself, whose share is to be increased, providing a reliable business model for the project.
According to Zolotarevsky, one of the key directions of the company’s development is now the improvement of Arber stores, in particular, through the expansion of the goods line-ups that are represented in them.
Arber Fashion Group is the largest vertically integrated Ukrainian holding producing clothing and accessories. It is represented by a trading network of 111 stores in all regions of Ukraine under the Arber, F’91 and Kokon brands.
