Mar 30, 20225 min readEuropeSerbia: MERE developing in SerbiaDiscount Retail Chain MERE (owned by the Russian Schneider family) is one of the Russian companies operating in Serbia, for a little over...
Sep 6, 20211 min readEuropeFrance: Russian hard-discounter "Mere" to open three stores in October 2021Discount Retail Chain Mere (owned by the Russian Schneider family) deploys to Spain and prepares for France. Mere is the translation of...
Sep 4, 202111 min readEuropeRussia: Russian Aldi owners build a new discount retail network in EuropeBrothers Sergey and Andrei Schneider, owners of the Svetofor, opened more than 50 discounter MERE branded stores outside Russia during...
Aug 18, 20215 min readEuropeRussia: Russian Aldi: How Svetofor Store Owners Build a Retail Network in EuropeBrothers Sergey and Andrey Schneider, owners of the Svetofor chain, have opened more than 50 stores outside of Russia in four years. How...
May 26, 20218 min readEuropeRussia: Lidl prepares for its market entry?Last week has been very eventful. We observed a kind of redistribution of the Russian retail market, initiated by several industry...
May 6, 20212 min readEuropeUK: MERE gearing up to open four storesDiscount Retail Chain MERE (owned by Russian Svetofor) plans to open its first UK location in a former store location of Nisa in Preston....
Apr 27, 20211 min readEuropeRussia: Owners Discount Retail Chain Fix Price and Svetofor included in list richest businessmenIn the annual ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia, 13 new names have appeared, three of which belong to the owners of...
Feb 24, 20212 min readEuropeSpain: MERE expands further with 40 stores The Russian discount retail chain MERE intends to open 40 supermarkets in Spain this year. Its competitive prices make the first...
Feb 5, 20212 min readEuropeGreece: MERE starts in GreeceRussian discount retail chain MERE (owned by Svetofor) starts in Greece during the month, as informed sources report in Capital.gr. The...