Muszkieterowie sees future in retail expansion

Muszkieterowie retail group information and communication director Zbigniew Kus told a press conference that his company in 2003 plans to open 50 new st ores and reach a turnover exceeding zl. 1.8 billion. "We will set up 35 Inte rmarche stores selling food and 15 Bricomarche shops selling construction ma terials," explained Kus. He added that the group will invest around zl. 350 million, out of which zl. 120 million would be spent on a second logistics c entre this time near Czestochowa. At present Muszkieterowie own 91 point s-of-sales which had a 2002 revenues of zl. 1.2 billion. "Last year the grou p as a whole had a turnover of euro 41.1 billion, which places its in third position among European distribution companies," said Kus. Muszkieterowie is a franchising retail network, which entered Poland in 1996. (Puls Biznesu, p . 9; www.onet.pl) M.M.