Beer stores are closing across Russia During the year, the number of points with bottled foam in cities with a population of over a million decreased by 9%, to 9.3 thousand. Voronezh (-16%), Omsk (-15%) and Chelyabinsk (-13%) fell the most, and only Yekaterinburg and Rostov-on-Don showed growth. Among the reasons, experts cite increased costs, rising product prices, decreased demand and regional bans. Businesses under such conditions cannot compete with large retail chains, to which all buyers who purchase alcohol along with regular products go. What awaits the next market? We look at the material on our website.

Beer stores are closing across Russia During the year, the number of points with bottled foam in cities with a population of over a million decreased by 9%, to 9.3 thousand. Voronezh (-16%), Omsk (-15%) and Chelyabinsk (-13%) fell the most, and only Yekaterinburg and Rostov-on-Don showed growth. Among the reasons, experts cite increased costs, rising product prices, decreased demand and regional bans. Businesses under such conditions cannot compete with large retail chains, to which all buyers who purchase alcohol along with regular products go. What awaits the next market? We look at the material on our website.