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JSC "The Seventh Continent" announces the opening of a hypermarket in Belgorod. The new hypermarket is located in modern shopping mall "Rio" by the following address: 164 Bogdana Khmelnitskogo street.

Total area of the new hypermarket is about 10 500 th. sq. m., total selling area - 6 100 th. sq. m. and sales gallery area - 1 500 th. sq. m.

Hypermarket offers more than 43 000 SKUs including: 1 650 SKUs of local Belgorod producers. 300 employees are working in the hypermarket.

This project was achieved in the frames of the strategic Agreement between the JSC «The Seventh Continent» and "TASHIR Group". In accordance with the signed Agreement the floor space of the hypermarket will be owned by the Company.

JSC «The Seventh Continent» invested in this project USD 26.7 mn.

Celebrating the new "NASH Hypermarket" opening a special offer "Opening" begins. Also special offer such as "SHOK price" is in action.

Opening hypermarket in Belgorod

About the Company:

JSC "The Seventh Continent" was established in 1994 and today is an international retail chain and one of the leading Russian national chains. The Company operates in two major formats: supermarkets and hypermarkets. As of the end of October 2009 the Company has stores in Moscow and Moscow region (120 supermarkets and 4 hypermarkets), in Kaliningrad region (10 supermarkets), in Ryazan (1 hypermarket), Chelyabinsk (1 hypermarket) in Minsk, Belorussia (1 hypermarket), in Perm (1 supermarket and 1 hypermarket) and in Yaroslavl (1 hypermarket).
According to the audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, in 2007 total revenues of the Company were USD 1 272.9 mn., net income USD 99.2 mn.

For further information please contact us:
- www.7cont.ru
- tel.: +7(495) 933-43-63, ext. 35 31,
e-mail: pressa@7cont.ru,

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