Komus (company)
Komus (Russian: Ко́мус) is a Russian chain store and manufacturing company. It supplies goods for office and school, office furniture and equipment, paper and paperboard, plastic package, medical consumables and provides printing services. Its headquarters are in Moscow.
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| Private | |
| Industry | Retailing and wholesale |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Key people | Sergey Bobrikov, General Director |
| Products | Office supplies, plastic package, medical consumables, printing services |
| Revenue |  |
Number of employees | 4200 (2007) |
| Website | www.komus.ru |
History
Komus was established in 1990 as a students' cooperative. The company's name represents an abbreviation from Russian коммерческие услуги (translit. kommercheskie uslugi) meaning commercial services.
Ownership
The main owner of the company is its General Director Sergey Bobrikov (96%).
Slogan
The company's slogan is Komus Only! Confidence Since Childhood!
Business activity
The company has the widest network of stores in Russia supplying products for office and school use - over 70 stores in 17 regions of Russia. In 2007, the number of corporate sales centers was 47.
Komus holds the first place in the Russian market in manufacturing and selling plastic package. The company operates 7 factories producing food package, office and paper products.
The overall market share in office products was 27% in 2007. The figures on market shares in various segments in 2007 are as follows: business paper - 30%, stationery - 15%, printing paper and cardboard - 16%, plastic package - 25%, corporate sales of office products - 64% in Moscow and 35% in the regions.
In 2006, the company was included in the Forbes Top 200 Russian companies.
The company's staff exceeds 4200 employees.
In 2006, its sales totaled $591 million.