French retailer opens first shoe shop in Moscow
France Mode Distribution is to open a new footwear outlet in Russia this April with plans to open several more. The first franchised shop, called San Marina, will be in Moscow on Bolshoi Prospekt. The outlet will occupy around 100 square meters selling men’s and women’s footwear.
Another two outlets are already scheduled to open in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Maria Maksimenko, a spokeswoman representing San Marina shops, said that more outlets would be rolled out in Russia depending on the success of the first store.