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Metro head: Small store concept is working, there will be no large units for the time being

Autor: Laurentiu Cotu

07.04.2011, 23:40 19

Metro Cash&Carry, the biggest player in Romanian trade, withover 5,700 employees and 1.1bn-euro turnover, this year counts onadding Metro Punct stores to its network, after in 2010 the companyopened the first such stores in Satu Mare, Piatra Neamţ, Buzău andTârgovişte.

"The Metro Punct concept worked in Satu Mare, we will openmore such stores this year. Referring to classic Metro stores (theones with large sales areas), we're currently analysing the market,but I do not believe we will open such stores during this period,"said Duşan Wilms, Metro Cash&Carry Romania head.

Metro Punct is a concept that was launched on the market byDuşan Wilms himself and entails the opening of stores with smallersales areas (1,500-3,000 square metres) than classic ones and witharound 3,000 food and non-food products.

Wilms did not specify how many Metro Punct stores might beopened this year, saying that "in line with our developmentstrategy I cannot disclose the number of stores or futurelocations".

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