Ukrainians will provide Kazakhstan with shoes really fast

25.12.2006
Company MTI, the owner of a shop network on footwear trading "Intertop", has entered to the Kazakhstan market. The company has opened the shop of a network in territory of shopping center « MEGA Center of Almata », and plans to open two more shops in 2007. As noted Oleg Teplyh, the marketing-director of MTI, for today on "expansion" to Kazakhstan retailer is spent by $450 thousands. « The market of Kazakhstan is perspective. The common rise in the country (average growth of gross national product is 9,5 % for a year) means rise in all areas of the industry, trading, sphere of services », — he told....

According to words of Teplyh, business dealing in Kazakhstan manages not more expensively, than in Ukraine. «Rent rates approximately are the same to our country’s ones — $60-65/sq. m», — he speaks. However the prices for production of MTI in Kazakhstan are higher on 25 %, than in the Ukrainian shops of the network. The company explain this discrepancy complexities with logistic, delivery and getting customs clearance for the goods.

As Teplyh has noted, opening of the one more shop of network "Intertop" in Astana (Mega Center) is in plans to the spring season of 2007, in Shymkenta — in summer of 2007, the second shop in Almata — in spring of 2008. «But the changes are possible if some new offers about area», — the representative of a network says.

Analytics mark that in actions of MTI the logical aspiration "to stake out" a place in the market is looked through. «The Russian market is much larger. But the Kazakhstan market of retail is practically empty, so while it the kind of a free niche», — speaks the head of analytical department of company " Pro-consulting " Alexander Sokolov. As he said, Kazakhstan roughly enough develops, including, due to export of gas. «For this time the consumer ability can be lower than in Ukraine, but it is possible to assume, that it will grow quickly», — has emphasized Falcons.

Source: delo.ua