From the beginning of the year in the “Svetofor”network in the Russian Federal Federation started mass checks. Some of the stores were closed because of different violations. The reason for the investigations were complaints about harsh methods of the retailer’s work with suppliers and violations of trade law, wrote Forbes.
It’s reported that “Traffic Lights” has frequently attracted the attention of officials because of problems with sanitation, the quality of products and even because of the imposition of minimal checks for shoppers. But they have always been fighting back. Now the store is first in a few years in minus: in the nine months of 2024 revenues fell by 2.2% year to year.
In Belarus “Svetofor” operates in the format of hard discounter and is one of the biggest store networks, According to data of the trade register at the end of 206 stores under the suspension “Svetofor” and 18 stores under TM “Sputnik”. Discounters “Svetofor” in Belarus began to rename. On some of they already can notice the signboard “Sputnik”. In
LenProductService, the company that manages the part of the stores in Belarus, began renaming the largediscounters “Svetofor” into “Sputniks” in 2023
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In BelorussiaBelorussiahasalsorecordedviolationsofthetradingnormsinthestoresofthisnetwork,whichwereclosedfortheirelimination.Butinthelastfewyearsthenetworkhasoperatedwithoutviolations.
