OREANDA-NEWS. On 21 February 2008 was announced, that stores of DIXY Group of Companies had been rated ‘most effective’ in the Russian Retail industry according to BBPG – RosBusinessConsulting ‘Best Retail Chain 2007’ Rating.

DIXY topped Rating in the category of “Federal Markets” in the nominations of Effectiveness Leaders (rated for Sales per square meter of Selling Space) Discovery of the Year (rated for Sales per square meter of Selling Space in the newly-opened stores) Rating Award Ceremony ‘Best Retail Chain 2007’ took place on 7th of February in Moscow during ‘Food Director’ Business Forum.

The final results of the Rating were published on 18th of February.

Some of the figures used to calculate the BBPG – RBC Rating included:

I. Total Sales and Sales of stores of the dominant format for the full year of 2007 in Russian Roubles;

II. Total Selling Space and Total Selling Space of the stores of dominant format as of 31st of December, 2007 in square meters;

III. Total number of cashbox checks drawn and number of checks in stores of dominant format for the full year of 2007 in pieces;

IV. Total Selling Space and Total Sales of the new stores opened during the period of 1st of January – 31st of December 2007.

‘We are delighted that our Company received recognition in two nominations of this independent and authoritative Rating of Industry and we will keep on working hard to further increase our effectiveness’ – said General Director of DIXY Group of Companies Vitaliy Klyuchnikov.