On July 12, Rush LLC, owner of the EVA chain in Ukraine, opened its first store of the new compact format “EVA поруч” in the village of Zazimya in the Brovarsky district of the Kyiv region, according to the company’s press service.
By the end of 2025, the chain plans to open 10 EVA Nearby stores. The next openings are already scheduled for July in the Kyiv region in the village of Sofiivska Borshchahivka (Bucha district) and in the village of Hatne (Fastiv district).
It is specified that the experimental format of the compact “EVA Nearby” store will have an average area of about 60 square meters, which is 3-4 times less than a standard EVA store.
“This format is designed to help us meet consumer needs where this was previously impossible due to a lack of space sufficient to open a regular EVA store. EVA Nearby will ensure our presence where it is important to shoppers,” said Viktor Sredniy, COO of the EVA chain.
The range will include around 2,000 SKUs (15-20,000 SKUs in full-format stores). However, the compact format will also feature unique offers with a focus on the affordable price segment. The focus of the assortment will be on household chemicals, household goods, basic childcare products, hygiene products, and body and hair care products. Decorative cosmetics and perfumes will not be available in the new format. However, the advantage of the “EVA поруч” format is that such a store will serve as a pickup point for online orders.
Investments in opening an “EVA поруч” store amount to UAH 500,000, while launching a standard EVA store costs UAH 3-5 million, depending on the design of the retail outlet, its area, and the initial condition of the premises. Each compact store creates an additional 3-4 jobs.
EVA Nearby currently has experimental status. The strategic development potential of the format will be determined by the results demonstrated, which the company plans to evaluate in 2026.
Rush LLC, which manages the EVA chain, was founded in 2002. As of early 2025, the chain had 1,109 stores in operation.
According to Opendatabot, the owner of Rus LLC is listed as Incetera Holdings Limited (Cyprus, 100%), with Ruslana Shostak and Valery Kiptika as the ultimate beneficiaries.
At the end of 2024, Rush’s revenue increased by 28.2% compared to the previous year, to UAH 27 billion. Net profit decreased by 36.7%, to UAH 1.4 billion.
The Aurora Group opened its first Aurora store in Bucharest on Friday, July 11. This store is the 50th in Romania, according to the company’s press service, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine.
“Our business model, which combines a wide range of products, high-quality service, and affordable prices, has proven popular with both Ukrainian and European consumers. The opening in Bucharest is a testament to our customers’ trust and a significant step toward conquering the European market. We are proud to represent Ukrainian quality abroad and open up new opportunities for Ukrainian manufacturers on the international stage,” commented Taras Panasenko, co-owner of the Aurora group of companies.
The new Aurora store (Bucuresti, Calea Cringasi nr.29 sector 6) has a total area of 200 square meters and offers a compact store format with a wide range of products, where you can buy everything you need for your daily needs. For comfortable shopping, price checkers are located in the sales area for quick price verification by customers.
The press service noted that Aurora is successfully competing in the Romanian market, with a local customer loyalty index (NPS) even higher than in Ukraine—approximately 80 versus 60.
As reported, the first Aurora store in Romania opened in October 2023 in Suceava, marking the beginning of the company’s international expansion.
In 2024, a distribution center was opened in Bacău, which optimized logistics.
The expansion of the Aurora group of companies in Romania opens up new opportunities for both local and Ukrainian manufacturers. Today, more than 27 Ukrainian companies already export their products for sale in Aurora stores in Romania.
This is not only a stimulus for the growth of Ukrainian exports, but also a bridge to the international market for small and medium-sized businesses from Ukraine. Aurora is a national company with direct foreign investment from the Horizon Capital Fund, founded in 2011 by Lev Zhydenko,
Taras Panasenko, and Lesya Klymenko, with its head office located in Poltava. As of July 2025, the chain has more than 1,700 Aurora stores in Ukraine and 50 Aurora stores in Romania.
The international home goods retailer JYSK opened a new store on Thursday in the Karavan shopping center, one of the largest shopping and entertainment centers in Dnipro, according to the retailer’s press service.
“We are delighted to be even closer to our customers in Dnipro. The Karavan shopping center is a popular destination visited by thousands of city residents every day. The new JYSK store will make high-quality home goods even more accessible,” said Yevgen Ivanytsia, Country Director of JYSK in Ukraine.
The opening of this store, which is the 109th in the chain in Ukraine, confirms the company’s strategic course of development and expansion even in wartime.
The store at 17 Nizhnedniprovska Street has a retail area of 1,069 square meters, as well as 192 square meters of warehouse space with 5-meter-high equipment and 32 square meters of office space. The store is designed in accordance with the Store Concept 3.0, which features a modern interior, convenient navigation, and an inspiration zone for shoppers.
JYSK currently operates in 37 cities in Ukraine. In addition, there is an online store at jysk.ua.
The company employs over 800 people in Ukraine.
JYSK is part of the family-owned Lars Larsen Group, which has over 3,500 stores in 50 countries.
JYSK’s revenue in the 2023/24 financial year was EUR5.6 billion.
The international chain JYSK opened a new store in Odesa in the Rodos shopping center (1 Genoese St.) on Thursday, the company’s press service told Interfax-Ukraine.
The new store has a retail area of 955 square meters, a warehouse of 216 square meters, and office space of 47 square meters. Like all new JYSK stores, it is built in accordance with the modern 3.0 concept with full spot lighting, convenient arrangement of goods, which will create a comfortable shopping experience, the company said in a statement.
The new store became the 101st store of the chain in Ukraine, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on the Ukrainian market in October. In the financial year 2025, it is planned to open eight more new stores and renovate 12 existing ones.
JYSK is part of the family-owned Lars Larsen Group with more than 3.5 thousand stores in 48 countries.
JYSK’s revenue in the financial year 2023/24 amounted to EUR 5.6 billion.
A store of the Ukrainian franchise Multi Cook, created by the co-founder of the Galya Baluvana chain of stores, will open in the center of the Slovak capital Bratislava on November 24, the Multi Cook press service reports.
According to the new franchisee, Yuriy Porokhnavets, Slovak law requires that premises for the production and sale of semi-finished products meet the same standards as restaurants. The other day, the Slovak sanitary and epidemiological service signed all the documents that allow opening a Multi Cook convenience store.
It is noted that along with the Multi Cook brand, another direction is developing abroad – Multibar. This is a new network of establishments that will offer ready-to-eat meals for visitors to take away and on-site. One of the first franchisees to open this format will be in Warsaw.
The Porokhnavets family plans to become the first Multibar franchisee in Bratislava.
As reported, the franchise of the Ukrainian chain of convenience stores Galya Baluvana under the Multi Cook brand has been developing since 2022. So far, it is represented by more than 250 stores in 25 countries. According to co-founder Volodymyr Matviychuk, Slovenia will be the 26th country where the franchise will be introduced, followed by Sweden and Switzerland.
Galya Baluvana was founded in 2019 in Lutsk. As of August 2024, the chain had more than 950 stores and 172 franchisees. Since 2023, the company has stopped adding new partners to the general Galya Baluwana network, and only franchisees that were included earlier can open new outlets.
According to Opendatabot, Volodymyr Matviychuk and Oleksandr Teliga are the owners of the chain’s development company, Cooking at Home LLC (Lutsk).
Novus Ukraine LLC has opened the 22nd Mi Market store in its network, the retailer’s press service reports.
The release notes that the company continues to develop the convenience store format.
The total area of the new store in Kyiv at 35 Anna Akhmatova Street is 118.7 square meters, of which the retail space is 74.2 square meters. The store’s assortment includes more than 2.8 thousand items, covering all categories necessary for everyday shopping, including fresh pastries, hot dogs and coffee. Along with the new Mi Market, Kusio pet store was opened.
Novus Ukraine LLC was established in 2008 and opened the first Novus supermarket in the country the same year. As of August 2024, the retailer’s network includes more than 80 Novus and 22 Mi Market stores in Ukraine.
The Novus supermarket chain is developed by BT Invest (Lithuania), a company established in 2008 by former Sandora shareholders Raimondas Tumenas and the late Igor Bezzub.
According to Opendatabot, as of July 2021, the owner of Novus Ukraine with a 100% stake in the authorized capital was Consul Trade House CJSC (Vilnius, Lithuania). The ultimate beneficiaries are Marina Poznyakova, Agne Ruzgienė, and Raimondas Tumenas.
According to the company’s financial results, in 2023, its revenue increased by 47% to UAH 23.6 billion, while its net loss decreased by 87% to UAH 310.7 million.
