The Allo group of companies was forced to lay off more than half of its employees during a full-scale war, and expects to restore labor relations after the restoration of business, said Dmitry Derevitsky, head of the board of directors of Allo Group of Companies. “Unfortunately, we had to part with more than half of the company’s employees, the rest are involved on a piece-rate basis, depending on the hours worked. is UAH 25 million,” Derevitsky said on Facebook. According to him, the group has also lost some stores, and is also under pressure from some landlords demanding payment in full.
“Margins have fallen critically on our own imports. Sales have fallen by an order of magnitude compared to the pre-war level. If we can’t bring rent and current revenue in line, we will leave such outlets,” he said. Derevitsky noted that the bulk of the group’s goods were transported to new distribution centers in western Ukraine. About 200 stores have been restored, and the marketplace has also resumed work. The group plans to launch courier delivery to the branches of logistics operators by the end of April, but in the meantime, you can pick up the goods ordered on the website at open retail outlets. “Next week, we are resuming the import of such critical goods as power banks, chargers, smartphones, push-button phones. Despite significant losses, the company is adapting to work in the new conditions in order to save business, jobs and support the state with taxes,” – Derevitsky emphasized.
LLC “Allo” was founded in 1998. As of the end of 2021, the network has 345 outlets in 140 cities of Ukraine. “Hello” is the official representative and distributor of Xiaomi in Ukraine. The first monobrand store Mi Store was opened at the beginning of 2017 in Kyiv. The network has 30 points in 14 cities. According to the Unified State Register, the participants of Allo LLC are PE Dniproinvest 2016 (96.09%), Dmitry Derevitsky (3.61%), Maxim Raskin (0.3%). The ultimate beneficiary is Derevitsky.
The Allo Group of Companies, which develops the eponymous retail network of appliances and consumer electronics, launches a new postal and logistics operator Allo Express in Ukraine, the corresponding entry was made in the Unified State Register of Postal Operators, the press service of the company said.
“In today’s realities and taking into account the significant overflow of retail sales to online, it was decided to restructure the processes of our own logistics and invest in the creation of our own postal operator. We plan to develop the delivery service in two directions: delivery of Internet orders to any branch of Allo Express, and also targeted courier delivery to the customer,” says CEO of Allo Group Maksym Raskin.
The company will provide services for the delivery of online orders from the website allo.ua. The offices of the postal operator Allo Express will be located in the existing Allo stores in 140 cities of Ukraine.
According to the report, in addition to classic postal services, the operator plans to provide a range of financial services in partnership with Electrum Payment System LLC (NBU license No. 43): transfer of funds without opening accounts and other financial services within the Electrum payment system and other payment systems.
According to the company, the service will be available in all branches of the postal operator in the near future.
It is also planned to develop several formats of post offices, including outside the existing Allo stores.
In 2021, all online orders placed on the website allo.ua can be received at the offices of Allo Express, or using targeted courier delivery of this operator, the press service reported.
