KIEV, Sept. 21 - By the end of 2007, AVentures Group is planning to open around 500 Piatachok stores in Ukraine, 100-120 Unitrade stores, and 40 City.com hypermarkets, the company reported, citing AVentures Group holding's president Volodymyr Kolodiuk.

According to Kolodiuk, at present the format of the Piatachok retail chain is still to be specified, therefore the 30 stores opened in Kyiv, the country's eastern and southern regions since April 2005 somewhat differ from each other.