The Russian group re:Store Retail, which manages mono-brand stores selling Apple , Nokia , Sony , Samsung and Lego products, will now sell Nike sportswear and shoes. newspaper writes in its May 5 issue As the Vedomosti , re:Store Retail has become the new franchisee of the Nike brand in Russia.

According to Tikhon Smykov, CEO of re:Store Retail Group, the companies’ agreement is “at the final stage of signing.” A Nike representative in Russia confirmed that re:Store Retail has become the new franchisee of the brand, but did not provide details of the agreement.

According to Smykov, the re:Store Retail group plans to open the first Nike store in July-August. In total, 3-4 Nike retail outlets should be opened by the end of this year, and within three years their number is planned to be increased to 15. The area of each store will be about 300 square meters.

Nike already sells its products on the Russian market: here the company has about a hundred retail outlets, most of which are open as franchises. Nike independently operates only discount stores. At the same time, Nike's main competitor, Adidas, has 770 stores in Russia.

The re:Store chain accounts for 70 percent of Apple device sales. At the end of 2011, the group's revenue increased by 60 percent to $393 million. The second distributor of Apple on the Russian market is the Marvel company.

The Russian distributor of Apple will become a seller of Nike clothing