My low end estimate of the number of jobs lost at Wildberries locations just at the warehouses is 40 120. These can easily go to 45 000 and more as I base the Shushari site on how many were reportedly at the weekend shift when it caught fire in 2024.
At that time the site was smaller than currently and wasn't approved to be operating by the local government. Not that Wildberries thinks it should do things like follow regional zoning laws. Total rebuilding costs of warehouses are estimated at over 60 billion rubles. Lost equipment at the sites should cost probably as much or higher. Losses to sellers, we're probably well over half a trillion rubles, maybe even chasing 1 trillion. This is only for the fully destroyed warehouses we don't have estimates for the ones that were only damaged. We also have to talk about debt. Wildberries supposedly owes other entities a total of 1,3 trillion rubles. 500 Billion rubles of these are owed directly tot he state investment bank VTB which is the worst bank in terms of liquidity out of Russia's top 10 banks. Also VTB is in the process of acquiring a 5% stake in Wildberries' fintech companies and assets for a future long term partnership. That's why it prepared to issue new stock to have the capital to invest into Wildberries. Contagion and chain reactions all over Russia. For the size of the warehouses because there are competing estimates if there's nothing else I am going with Kommersant, Vedomsti and RBC and regional sources like Fontanka that have a good track record. Join @tochnyi.info on Sunday where will discuss this in more depth. Sources: Costs to rebuild: kommersant.ru Electrostal: 12 500 workers 360.ru 150-235 billion rubles damage to sellers: forbes.ru
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Shushari: 8 billion investment and expansion to 108 000 sq meters: fontanka.ru Workers in a single shift 1200: evening-kazan.ru Workers in a single shift 1600: rbc.ru
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Nevinnomyssk: 8 billion rubles investment 5000 workers revizornews.ru Krasnodar: 100 000 meters 15 000 initial jobs kuban24.tv Expansion by 50 000 square meters and 2500 more jobs total cost 11,2 billion rubles: invest.temryuk.ru
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Uktina Zavodi 18 000 meters rented: 47news.ru Total jobs at the Uktina Zavodi in 2007: restock.korusconsulting.ru Simferopol: 6000 square meters: expertsouth.ru
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