“Sun Gallery” and City Mall won prizes at the Ukrainian Retail Awards

Two regional Arricano shopping malls – “Sun Gallery” in Kryvyi Rih and City Mall in Zaporizhzhia won the Ukrainian National Award “Consumer Choice – 2019” in the nomination the best shopping mall in the city. “Today, buyers become more and more meticulous when choosing a place for shopping. They also take into account the atmosphere of a mall, the choice of brands, and the service both inside shops and in the shopping mall in general. For our part, we try to offer buyers more than just purchases. We are focused on generating new consumer trends and creating a cozy social space for shopping and leisure with the whole family. Our original formats – “Kraft Zaporizhzhia”, Family Day, confident shopping and eco-projects have become our business card in the city. We are happy that the shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia, with the traffic amounting to 0.5 million visitors per month was awarded by the National Prize of Ukraine,” Vardui Batrakova, Director of City Mall says. Maryna Baranova, director of “Sun Gallery” shopping mall says, “We have already gone beyond the classic retail and offer residents of Kryvyi Rih and our region a diverse consumer experience which includes comfortable shopping, cultural and artistic leisure, gourmet food tours, and themed urban projects, forming segmented special interest communities. Ukrainian traditions, jazz, auto- slalom are among the interests that find support among the 0.4 million monthly traffic. After all, our goal is to develop relationships with our consumers.”
The Ukrainian National Award “Consumer Choice” for 2019 has revealed a number of new trendsetter sympathies. “I am pleased to note that we have new nominees this year. At the same time, most retail brands and shopping malls have been receiving consumer choice award for several years in a row. This means that the market is dynamically developing, accepting new players and operators. The market leaders successfully implement new consumer strategies to maintain their top positions and strengthen their customer loyalty,” Artem Shlapak, Head of Malls Club, co-organizer of the Retail Awards, summarizes.
“The award is the result of the daily hard work of teams, decisions made and projects implemented, professional intuition, market trends and research. Among the winners of the National Award of Ukraine “Consumer Choice – 2019” are our business partners who develop offline trade in Arricano shopping malls. Congratulations to our partners, to all nominees and winners! We are convinced that the synergy of cooperation and consumer orientation will contribute to the growth of the entire retail industry in which we operate and develop our projects. And consumers give their feedback by voting for the brands they trust,” Hanna Chubotina, CEO of Arricano, says.
The Ukrainian National Retail Award “Consumer Choice” informs about leaders of consumers' sympathies among retail chains and shopping malls through independent consumer surveys.