Source, Mr. Svyaznoy, Mobile retailer, programs to launch Apple store in 10 Russian cities. The first store is going to be opened on 15 Feb in Novosibirsk (a city in Russia). Now it has become the popular news for the Rassian news papers, and other media that carry kno-how of popular brands to people.
According to Telecom Daily analyst Denis Kuskov, who well knows the company's plans, the Market retailer Mr. Svyaznoy plans to open the first Apple stores in following 10 cities: Kazan, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and other cities. He also thinks to set the mono-brand store in the cities where population is over one million.
Kuskov also added, "The Apple Premium Reseller status granted to the company, the opening of mono-brand stores and an understanding on unmediated supplies will possibly allow Svyaznoy to shape Apple. While mono-brand's new products will appear in Svyaznoy without delay."
"The company is tied by an agreement with Apple and could not reveal its plans of building brand network with guest company's acceptance.", The chief executive officer Denis Lyudkovsky said.
He also said that the company would soon launch a new mono-brand project. Whereas Apple's representatives in Russia declined to comment on it.
Now with this agreement Mr. Svyaznoy has become the largest distributor of Apple's products in Russia in 2012 by selling gadgets worth 4.9 billion rubles ( is equal to $160 million or ~8572 Rs.).