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Rimi Baltic is a major retail operator in the Baltic states based in Riga, Latvia. It is a subsidiary of Swedish group ICA. Rimi Baltic operates 235 (as of year 2013) retail stores in Estonia (83 stores), Latvia (113 stores) and Lithuania (39 stores) and has distribution centres in each country. The stores have different profiles, depending on range of products and size: * Rimi Hypermarket - hypermarkets * Rimi - supermarkets * Säästumarket(in Estonia) and Mini-Rimi (in Estonia and Latvia) , Supernetto (in Latvia and Lithuania) - no frills supermarkets The interior design of the smaller Rimi hypermarkets (known as compact hypermarkets) can also be seen in ICA's smaller hypermarkets in Sweden such as ICA Maxi Västra Hamnen in Malmö and ICA Maxi Enköping. == History and ownership == Rimi Baltic was created in 2004 when Finnish Kesko and Swedish ICA agreed to merge their operations in the Baltic states in a 50/50 joint venture. Rimi Baltic officially began operations on 1 January 2005. Kesko previously had 6 Citymarket hypermarkets and 45 Säästumarket discount foodstores in Estonia and 5 Citymarkets in Latvia and 17 Supernetto discount outlets in Latvia. ICA previously owned 33 Rimi stores (supermarkets and compact hypermarkets) across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Following the merger all of the Citymarket stores were progressively converted to Rimi hypermarkets during 2005. Towards the end of 2006 Kesko decided to pull out of the joint venture and sold all of its shares in Rimi Baltic to ICA. Rimi Baltic became a wholly owned subsidiary of ICA AB from 1 January 2007. Property deals relating to Kesko's ownership of the former Citymarket sites were completed a few days later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rimi Baltic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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