Mothercare to open six more stores

British retailer Mothercare, which specialises in the sale of products for mothers and children, will open two new stores in Bucharest in April. The first Mothercare store in Romania was opened in October 2004 in Bucharest. “Our expansion plans involve the opening of two more stores in Bucharest in the next two or three years. We also want to open two further stores in the major cities around the country. We have already chosen one city, Timisoara, but are thinking of another, maybe Constanta,” said Violeta Lappas, the Mothercare marketing manager for Central and Eastern Europe. She added that the first Mothercare store in Bulgaria would be opened in Sofia some time this year. The two stores to be opened in April will be located in Plaza Romania and Bucuresti Mall. The estimated turnover in 2005 for the store opened in October is 0.8-1 million euros, while the total turnover, which should include the two stores scheduled for opening in the two shopping centres, will exceed 2.5 million euros, Lappas estimates. ZF