12 of Russia's biggest bathroom retailers
Published on 11/03/2015
Looking to sell your bathroom products in Russia? Knowledge of the main distributors and retailers in the country is a good place to start. Here are 12 major Russian retailers of foreign-made bathroom equipment:
Cheshskiy Dvor
As the name suggests, ‘Czech Yard’ specialises in bringing bathrooms, sanitary ware and kitchens from the Czech Republic to Russian buyers, but it also offers 10,000+ other brands from across Europe. It has a presence in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Krasnodar and Novosibirsk, giving it access to millions of Russian buyers. Its website states it is the leading supplier of European sanitary ware to Russia.
Website: www.cz-dvor.ru/
Contact number: +7 499 272 28 72
Santop
With a slogan of ‘Wholesale supply of European sanitary ware’, Santop offers a wide range of imported bathroom products, from low-cost to luxury. It distributes and sells products from Hansgrohe, Duravit, Hueppe and other major European producers.
Website: www.santop.su/
Contact number: +7 495 660 89 66
Basanova
Basanova is a Moscow-based online retailer of sanitary ware. It offers brands from a strong range of international manufacturers such as Villeroy & Boch, Gorenje and TOTO.
Website: basanova.ru
Contact number: +7 499 394 20 59
Santovar
Online retailer Santovar was established in 2009 and offers bathroom products from Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, and other exporter countries. Hansa, Ifö, Oras and Vagnerplast are among the brands it sells.
Website: santovar.net
Contact number: +7 495 755 76 33
Aqua San Remo
Claiming to offer buyers direct access to producers, Aqua San Remo is particularly active on Russian social media, offering a 5% discount to all members of its group on Vkontakte, the Russian version of Facebook. It sells sanitary ware and bathroom products from Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, Poland and Slovenia.
Website: www.aquasanremo.ru
Contact number: +7 495 995 54 17
Aquana
As well as supplying European ceramic tiles, Aquana offers over 10,000 sanitary ware and bathroom brands to the Russian consumer. Based in St. Petersburg and with five additional branches in other major Russian cities, Aquana also runs its own chain of retail stores. It is an official distributor for the Swiss brand Laufen.
Website: www.aquana.ru/
Contact number: +7 812 676 62 90
Santeh Top
Moscow-based online retailer Santeh Top offers over 120 foreign sanitary ware brands to Russian consumers.
Website: www.santehtop.ru
Contact number: +7 495 778 60 04
Union Mebel
On the Russian market for 22 years, Union Mebel is based in Tambov in European Russia and four other cities including Nizhniy Novgorod. While it specialises in Italian furniture, Union Mebel uses a network of over 200 sub-distributors to sell bathroom products across the whole of Russia.
Website: www.union-mebel.ru
Contact number: +7 475 275 51 12
Elite Moscow
Elite Moscow has a single niche – supplying Italian furniture to Russian consumers, and bathrooms are part of this offering. It is an official representative in Russia for over 300 Italian manufacturers.
Website: www.elite-moscow.ru
Contact number: +7 495 783 97 33
SDVK
SDVK is a distributor of foreign-made bathroom furniture. While primarily an online retailer, it also sells its products from two showrooms in Moscow.
Website: sdvk.ru
Contact number: +7 495 649 60 90
Maxlevel
Maxlevel offers bathroom furniture and ceramics from the USA, Portugal, China, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden. It sells from 12 elaborately decorated showrooms around Moscow.
Website: www.maxlevel.ru
Contact email: +7 495 937 22 22
Santehnika Online
A simple name, and a simple model – ‘Sanitary Ware Online’ sells sanitary ware from a range of large and small European producers.
Website: santehnika-online.ru
Contact number: +7 495 665 70 75
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