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Biography.

Konstantin Alekseevich Ivliev was born on August 7, 2000 in Moscow in a family with glorious sporting traditions. His parents are famous speed skaters, Honored Masters of Sports Alexey and Elizaveta Ivlieva.

Konstantin Ivliev's first adult success at the international level was the third place in his crown relay at the continental championship in the Dutch Dordrecht.

Alexey's "silver" became the first Olympic award of the Russian national team in short track in recent history.

Viktor Ahn, original name Ahn Hyun-Soo, (born November 23, 1985, Seoul, South Korea), South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skater who won six Olympic gold medals and six world championships (2003–07 and 2014) to establish .

Following the 2014 Olympics, Russia became embroiled in a doping scandal, and the country was subsequently banned from the 2018 Games in P’yŏngch’ang, South Korea. Ahn, who had never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, challenged the decision, but his appeal was denied. He retired from speed skating in September 2018.

The chain was founded in 1994, when the first supermarket opened in Moscow.

In 2002, Perekrestok started expanding into other Russian regions.

In 2006, Perekrestok and Pyaterochka merged, creating X5 Retail Group while keeping the Perekrestok brand unchanged.

In 2014, the chain adopted a new store concept, with state-of-the-art retail equipment, better use of selling space, and improved interior and exterior design.

In February 2020 Perekrestok has begun the roll-out of new store concept. Among the highlights of the new concept are a updated interior and exterior designs, and a selection of new services offered in-store. The new Perekrestok concept is designed to meet the needs of today's customers, including frequent purchases of ready-to-eat and ready-to-go products. About 50% of the selling space will be dedicated to fresh categories (fruits, vegetables, dairy products, cheese, deli meats, as well as fresh fish and meat) or salad bars, bakeries and cafés. A special area will be focused on the health foods category.

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Maria Chiara Cascavilla (born 26 April 1995) is an Italian long-distance runner. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.

In 2019, she competed in the women's 5000 metres at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy. She finished in 6th place in the final.

The chain opened its first store in 1999 in St. Petersburg. Pyaterochka expanded its market to Moscow in 2001 and started a franchise program a year later. Pyaterochka Holding N.V. completed an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 2005. Pyaterochka and Perekrestok merged in 2006 to create X5 Retail Group; the group kept the Pyaterochka brand.

In 2009, X5 Retail Group acquired Kopeyka, a retail chain with more than 660 stores and seven distribution centers. All Kopeyka stores were rebranded to Pyaterochka.

Pyaterochka launched a store refurbishment program in 2013 to introduce a new range of products, and make the store layout more spacious. Most of the stores were refurbished with a glass-front design. The Pyaterochka concept of brand discount stores is the core format for X5 Retail Group, followed by the Perekrestok supermarket chain.

Pyaterochka launched a store refurbishment new program in 2019. Most of the stores were refurbished with a glass-front design. The new Pyaterochka will offer almost twice as many fresh products in a selling area of around 150 sq m, which is about half of the sales floor. Vegetables, fruits and some of the perishable items are laid out in the dedicated fresh zone. On top of that, the rebranded Pyaterochka sells a wide assortment of foods to go and ready-to-eat meals and has a special area where customers can have coffee or fresh orange juice and charge their gadgets. An in-house bakery made it possible to expand the offering of bread and pastry.

X5 launched an express delivery service from Pyaterochka stores at the end of 2019. As of April 2020, the service is available in Moscow, Lyubertsy, Skhodnya and Kazan.

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In May 2019, the company became a co-founder of Parim-Varim LLC, created to develop its own culinary network[11].

In 2020, against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, the network increased the share of online sales to 15%[12].

On December 24, 2020, it became known that the network will add the ability to buy soda, sweets and snacks in the online store of the network in order to increase the average order receipt [13].

On June 30, 2021, an article "Recipes for family Happiness" was published on the Vkusville website, which described families buying products from the brand's supermarket chain. Among others, the story of an LGBT+ family was told, which caused polar reactions in Runet. Some media reported the first case of support for the LGBT movement in the history of large Russian business[14]. However, after the distribution of the material among the ultraconservative telegram channels, threats, including physical violence, began to arrive at Vkusville, as well as the families of the girls from the article. As a result of the public outcry, the management of the supermarket chain removed the article from the website and social networks and apologized for the "mistake that became a manifestation of the unprofessionalism of individual employees"[15][16][17]. After that, the company was criticized by the liberal-minded part of the audience[18]. The heroines of the video had to leave Russia for Spain because of threats[19]. The marketer and several other employees quit[20].

In September 2021, The Wall Street Journal announced the intention of Vkusville and the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange to launch an IPO in the United States this year or early next year, taking into account the estimated value of the trading platform at $ 2 billion, and the store chain - from $ 3 to $ 5 billion[21].

On September 21, Vkusville announced a rebranding — the chain will change the logo, update the slogan and font, and will also use another corporate color. The slogan of the network will be the phrase "Healthy is delicious here"[22].