Russian Apple dealers have closed stores due to shortages.
Official Apple retailers in Russia re: Store and iPort have closed some stores to redistribute scarce goods to the highest-profit outlets. This was written by the Russian Kommersant.
According to information published by re: Stor, “temporarily closed” eight points in Moscow and some in the regions – St. Petersburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Chelyabinsk and other cities. The iPort website reports that it has “temporarily closed four stores in St. Petersburg for technical reasons.” the same period last year and reached 3.5 million devices. According to analysts, the growth could provoke problems with logistics and the solution of some smartphone brands to suspend operations in the Russian market. At the same time, sales of push-button phones from major retailers either remained at the level of previous years or fell. But some sellers expect an increase in demand for such devices with the beginning of the summer season.
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