VP Market

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VP Market.
Type	Discount department store/Public
Founded	Vilnius, Lithuania (1992)
Headquarters	Vilnius, Lithuania
Key people	Gintaras Marcinkevičius, CEO Mindaugas Bagdonavičius Eglė Marcinkevičiūtė Gintaras Mikulskas Mindaugas Šimkus
Industry	Retail
Employees	20549 (2005)
Website	www.vpmarket.lt

VP MARKET is a private Lithuanian company, the operator of the largest retail trade network for the foodstuffs and manufactured goods in the Baltic States. The company was originally called "Vilniaus prekyba" (what the letters VP stand for, literally Vilnius' Trade). It is the second largest company in sales and services in Lithuania. It owns trade networks in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Bulgaria, which consists of the trade centers MAXIMA, MAXIMA X, MAXIMA XX, MAXIMA XXX, T-MARKET, BAZĖ, ALBINUTA. As the data of October 31, 2006 indicates, the company owns 198 trade centers in Lithuania, 105 trade centers in Latvia, 31 trade centers in Estonia, 9 trade centers in Romania and 13 trade centers in Bulgaria and almost 600 thousand buyers come to the company’s trade centers every day.

[edit] VP Group structure

Akropolis Supermarket in Šeškinė

UAB VP MARKET - operates MAXIMA X, MAXIMA XX, MAXIMA XXX, BAZĖ stores and SAULUTĖ shops in Lithuania.
SIA VP MARKET - operates MAXIMA and SAULĪTE stores in Latvia.
OÜ VP MARKET - operates T-MARKET and MAXIMA stores in Estonia.
VP MARKET NDX S.R.L - operates ALBINUTA stores in Romania.
VP MARKET Bulgaria EOOD - operates T-MARKET stores in Bulgaria.
UAB Eurofarmacijos Vaistinės – chain of pharmacies in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Chzeck Republic and Romania.
UAB Delano – chain of fast food restaurants and pizza parlours in Lithuania and Latvia.
AB Vilniaus Akropolis – construction and development of retail centres.
UAB VP Sauga - security services.
UADBB VP Draudimas - insurance broker.
UAB Eurocom - telecom services.
AB Rudalita - car park operator.
FMĮ UAB Naugvilda - financial brokerage.