Smartphone sales in retail stores are controlled twice in the second quarter, writes Kommersant.
MTS’s revenue from this direction decreased by 47% to 7.9 billion rubles, in Tele2 – by 12%. Vimpelcom confirmed the decrease in sales.
MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev said that the company has a wide distribution of goods, so some goods have risen in price.
Tele2 confirmed that prices rose due to a shortage of supply.
Prices rose due to a shortage of supply, fluctuations in rates and general uncertainty, the company explained.
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Tele2 also noted that the decline is due to a decrease in the weight of buyers in the second quarter.
Despite the decline in sales, operators are not yet going to massively close stores. In MTS, the number of stores increased by 1.5% year-on-year, to 5.4 thousand. In Tele2, the number of observation points is 2%. The operator expects in the coming years to “fix retail density” – 2.7 thousand stores. [Коммерсантъ]
Source: Iphones RU
