Wojas plans retail network expansion

Footwear producer Wojas plans to expand its retail network and enter new markets – Hungary and Romania, the company’s CEO and main shareholder Wiesław Wojas told Parkiet in an interview. In 2014, Wojas should open at least15 new stores and refurbish old ones. The investment will cost an approximate PLN 6 billion, the CEO said. The company now has 152 own stores (including 9 in Slovakia and one in the Czech Republic) and 6 franchised ones (in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia). “We are talking to Hungarian partners about opening stores in Budapest and other large cities in that country,” Wojas said, stressing that currently he could not reveal any figures. The company is also considering launching one or two retail outlets in Bucharest.