MiniMAX Discount will open 4 stores in Winmarkt shopping centers Winmarkt

Thus, MiniMAX is expected to open one store in the basement of the following centers: Winmarkt Dacia in Buzau , Braila Winmarkt Danube, Winmarkt Central Vaslui, and on the ground floor of the shopping center Winmarkt Diana of Tulcea. Following this agreement, MiniMAX is extending, reaching, by signing other similar collaborations, a total of 30 locations nationwide until the end of September this year.

The 4 MiniMAX units will have the following surfaces: 840 sq m in Vaslui, 1000 sq m in Buzau, , 900 sq m in Braila and 740 sq m in Tulcea. All 4 locations will be opened until the end of September, the first opening having to take place in Vaslui on July 23.

"It is clear that the offer our partners from Winmarkt came with,came in a bad time for us: MiniMAX Discount was in a stage of development and the positioning of the new stores in these centers facilitate our goals more quickly. Thus we have guaranteed 4 of the 15 new units planned for the second half of the year, with investments of EUR 250,000 for each of the arrangements, "said Rainer Exel, Director and shareholder in MiniMAX Discount.

"The economic crisis has not altered our strategy: while the competition represented by the new shopping centers located on the outskirts of towns, is in need, we invest to strengthen our leading position in the segment of centers located in the city centers, that are the future in retail, just how it happened in Western European countries in the late '90s, after the boom of commercial galleries anchored by a hypermarket "- said Sergiu stapler, CEO, Winmarkt.

"By partnering with Carrefour, we signed this agreement with MiniMAX Discount to offer consumers a range of food products strongly oriented towards low prices. We aim to conclude the first phase of our strategy by opening other supermarkets by the end this year, both with our partners with whom we have already signed leases, and with other international operators "- concluded Sergiu Stapler.

Winmarkt, the network of 15 shopping centers located in the center of 13 cities in Romania, is owned by Italian company Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione (IGD), a company listed on the stock exchange in Milan, one of the most active players on the real estate market in Italy, with value of the portfolio of 1.4 billion Euro.