What criteria to entrepreneurs use when selecting a business partner? What sources of information should they use to minimize risks and ensure successful cooperation? This section gives you some hints on the data you can use when looking for a company to work with, re-assessing your existing partners and considering new ways of development of your business.
How to find someone to represent your company in Russia
Doing business in remains a challenging yet rewarding experience for foreign exporters and investors. An increasing number of foreign businesses are achieving excellent results from doing business in Russia and consider their priority market. Once you decide to pursue the Russian market, it is important to understand the peculiarities of the market in order to develop an effective market entry strategy. BISNIS jointly with Commercial Service will assist U.S. companies in determining whether a particular product has a strong market potential in Russia and ’s regions. The effectiveness of any promotion significantly increases when it is coupled with either an office in Russia, a Russian distributor, or a Russian speaking contact point in the A Russian-based contact point is most effective because a majority of Russian companies do not have foreign trade experience, foreign language capability, or funds for overseas phone calls. The report provides a useful guide for new-to-market companies interested in finding Russian partners.
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Top 100 list of the emerging companies of the Russian consumer market
A list of the top 100 emerging consumer goods-related companies was released following a study conducted by Interactive Research Group (IRG), an independent market research firm, in collaboration with Deloitte & Touche, Bank Societe Generale, Altium Capital and the PBN Co.
"To be on this list, the selected companies had to meet some requirements, including high turnover figures, a clear and focused vision on their respective sectors, aggressive development plans for the future, positive corporate image and above-average levels of disclosure and transparency, Western or near-Western quality control standards and extensive brand recognition", says Greg Thain, IRG chairman.
List of Top 100 emerging companies of the Russian consumer market
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