French hypermarket chain Carrefour said Thursday that it planned to recruit about 450 employees for its first Russian store.
Real estate sources said Wednesday that Carrefour would occupy 14,300 square meters of space on two floors of a newly built Moscow mall that is set to open in May.
Carrefour, the world's second-biggest retailer after Wal-Mart, said in a statement that the hypermarket would open doors for customers this summer.
"Our company plans to develop actively on the Russian market," Irene Savitskaya, head of Carrefour human resources in Russia, said in the statement.
According to banking sources, the French chain is also considering buying Moscow grocery chain Sedmoi Kontinent, which has dozens of stores throughout the city.
