HCMCity (VNA) – VinCommerce, a subsidiary of real estate and retail giant Vingroup, announced on April 2 thatit will receive the transfer of 87 Shop&Go stores at the price of 1 USD.

The chain of Shop&Go convenient stores is a brand from Singapore, owned by Shop&GoJSC. Its first store ran in Vietnam in 2006, selling mainly consumer goods,fast food and beverages, among others.

The commercial transaction, the most unprecedented in the history of Vietnam’sretail industry, was initially proposed by the owner of Shop&Go.

Accordingly, the Shop&Go JSC actively proposed to cede 70 operating conveniencestores in Ho Chi Minh City and 17 others in Hanoi to VinCommerce at the price of1 USD.

Representatives from Shop&Go JSC said the firm invested heavily in its conveniencestores but that the business results were not as expected due to fiercecompetition in the Vietnamese retail market.

After the merge, Shop&Go stores will be upgraded in all aspects from infrastructurefacilities, goods, staff, as well as management mechanisms in line with thestandards of the VinMart and VinMart supermarket system.

As scheduled, the acquisition will be completed in April. VinCommerce will continueto affirm its leading position in the retail market with 108 VinMartsupermarkets and 1,900 VinMart convenience stores nationwide. –VNA