The General Director of Magnit, Sergey Galitsky, will speak at Food Business Russia which takes place at the Hilton Leningradskaya in Moscow on the 3-4 February 2011.

Rusbrand is partnering with BBCG on their consumer driven conference programme starting with Food Business Russia on 3-4 February 2011 at the Hilton Leningradskaya, Moscow. Food Business Russia gives the key players in this fast moving consumer driven sector the essential knowledge they need to drive their businesses forward.

“We are delighted to partner with Rusbrand and feel it is an important step in enabling Russia’s retailers and FMCG brands to build stronger and more constructive relationships with each other. The platform our conferences provide will facilitate problem solving dialogue between retailers and FMCG brands concerning all the issues that these businesses jointly face,” said Dominic Manley of BBCG.

Rusbrand are partnering with BBCG to give their members a more important presence at BBCG’s conferences to enable them to contribute to the conference agendas in parallel with the retailers.

Rusbrand is the Association of Branded Goods Manufacturers in Russia. It is the first large-scale effort in Russia to unite both Russian and international manufacturers to further their interests and serve as the voice of the branded goods industry. To date, 54 companies have joined RusBrand to create an environment of fair and vigorous competition, fostering innovation and guaranteeing maximum value to consumers.

RusBrand in many ways represents a positive new era in the Russian business – a stable, growing, economy where businesses can function in a more principled, open environment. At present RusBrand members have 82 entities operating in Russia.

Their total investment into Russia is more than $ 3.4 billion. RusBrand members have created more than 60,000 new jobs in Russia.

The total annual sales of RusBrand members amount to more than $7 billion.

BBCG produce Retail Business Russia, Russia’s flagship retail congress, Food Business Russia, the number one event for the food industry, the DIY and Household Congress, the Retail Online Forum, Fashion Retail Russia and Fresh Food Russia.

BBCG conferences bring together the chief executives of retail chains from throughout Russia with the heads of FMCG companies and suppliers to the retail sector.