On the 18th of April the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has awarded the winners of the national business-ratings. The experts named the best enterprises of more than 500 branches of Ukrainian economy.

The NBR ratings is considered to be the most objective measure of success, as it is completely based on the official data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. A motto of NBR is “In factum veritas” (“The truth lies in the facts” (Latin)).

Scores of nominees have received the certificate and the sign “The Leader of the branch” that day. The “Foxtrot” Group of Companies was recognized as a leader in the nomination “The retail trade of household electric appliances, radio and television equipment”. The main criteria for measuring the quality of business were the following: “Volume of products sold”, “Profit”, “Productivity of labour”, “Salary”. Moreover, Valeriy Makovetskiy – a co-founder of the “Foxtrot” Group of Companies – received a status award “The Professional in his field”.

- Such an objective assessment is very important for us; it proves our strong leading position in this segment of market, - said Valeriy Makovetskiy. – This victory is not only pleasant, but also very useful for business. The ratings allow us to evaluate a state of the business, compare the development of “Foxtrot” with those of our competitors, and estimate the results of the running period and the future prospects. I would like to congratulate all the colleagues on a public acknowledgement of our notable and effective work.

Nowadays the “Foxtrot” Group develops the number of trading networks – “Foxtrot”, “FoxMart”, “Technoshara”, Kinostudia”, “Secunda” and “Montres” – that are represented by 303 outlets (254 -  household appliances and electronics, 49 – watches). In November 2007 “FoxMart” has reached the market of Moldova.

- We occupy 20% of the final consumer market in Ukraine, and a significant increase (about 7%) is expected in 2008, - said Sergey Karas’ – the sales director of the well-known Group’s project “Foxtrot. Household equipment” while receiving the trophy “The Leader of the branch”. -  Among all the points that distinguish us from our competitors I consider the innovative business philosophy to be the essential. That includes a new marketing strategy directed to an improvement of the maintenance quality, an establishment of long-term relations with our clients (while saving the traditional price advantages), and a development of new services.

The social activities strongly confirm the corporate philosophy of profound respect for human-being. At present, “Foxtrot” is the first officially acknowledged Ukrainian business-structure that has “Philanthropist of the year – 2007” title and is the subscriber of the UNO Global Agreement on the implementation of the social standards.