SberMegaMarket is interested in cooperation with entrepreneurs of Tatarstan
Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midkhat Shagiakhmetov held a meeting with a delegation of top managers of the SberMegaMarket marketplace, headed by Commercial Director Konstantin Maslov, in order to identify promising areas of cooperation and possible identification of the Republic of Tatarstan as a region for the implementation of a pilot project in the field of retail trade.
Opening the meeting, Midhat Shagiakhmetov noted that the development of e-commerce is currently one of the priorities for the republic. The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan provides information and financial support to small and medium-sized businesses to promote local products through e-commerce channels.
The Minister stressed that currently Tatarstan is actively developing partnership relations with Sber ecosystem. The agreement on cooperation between Sberbank, PAO and the Guarantee Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan was signed in August 2012. Since the signing of the agreement, as of May 19, 2021, the Guarantee Fund has provided 247 guarantees for a total amount of 1.88 billion rubles, which allowed it to attract 6.0 billion rubles of credit funds.
In addition, within the framework of the meetings, it is planned to further cooperate with the SberSolutions project, which provides services in the field of tax and accounting, preparation and submission of reports, personnel administration and legal support.
Konstantin Maslov, presenting the possibilities of the marketplace, said that the main competitive advantage is that this service is one of the products of the Sber ecosystem, which for users and partners is associated with reliability and trust. He also spoke about the nuances of delivery of products by the supplier to the warehouse, studying the demand of customers, making and processing orders, delivery times, bringing the goods to the consumer and a special service developed for retail trade.
"We have solutions that are designed specifically for retail chains, they allow us to take into account their features, due to the fact that retail chains as a whole are not interested in working with marketplaces, as they see them as a potential threat. According to retail, online services take away and rebuild the business that is familiar to them. Our solution is unique in that we are not competitors for retail, but rather bring customers to the retail network. We connect the buyer and seller directly, allowing them to find new points of contact. There is no such offer among the marketplaces, " shared Konstantin Maslov.
It was not by chance that Tatarstan was chosen to implement the pilot project of the marketplace in the direction of retail. The number of online buyers from the republic increased by 29.2% in 2020. In addition, Tatarstan is recognized as one of the most priority territories of the country for the implementation of investment projects of large Internet and food retailers, the construction of logistics hubs.
At the end of the meeting, Midhat Shagiakhmetov noted that all conditions for business development, implementation and realization of innovative pilot projects have been created in the republic.