KIEV, Mar. 3 ??“ Domotekhnika, one of Ukraine??™s biggest retailers of home appliances and consumer electronics, plans to open 33 more stores throughout the country this year and 30 stored in 2007, a newswire reported Friday.

Plans by Domotekhnika, which currently runs 18 stores, underscore Ukraine??™s rapidly expanding market for home appliances and consumer electronics buoyed by increased wages across the board in 2005.