EM&F keeps growing

Retailer Empik Media & Fashion (EM&F) has announced it will open eight new fashion shops this year in Russia. In line with its expansion strategy, its subsidiary Maratex will open two Esprit shops in the cities of Perm and Krasnoyarsk (total area of 937 sqm), two Peacocks shops in Vladimir and Kaliningrad (total area of 950 sqm), two Palmers shops in Rostove and St Petersburg (total of 139 sqm), one Bodique shop in Ryazan (100 sqm) and one Orsay shop in Vladimir (100 sqm). Three new shops will also be opened in Poland.