A new video interview was recently released on the YouTube channel of the managing partner of the firm, Alexander Nadmitov. The hero of our issue: Artyom Podshibyakin, head of the legal department, compliance and GR services of the INDITEX group of companies in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Rostov State University, worked for Ikea, came to INDITEX 12 years ago.
INDITEX is one of the largest clothing retail chains in the world, headquartered in Spain, represented in Russia by eight brands of clothing: Zara, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Stradivarius, Zara Home, Uterque, a chain of 500 stores in Russia, 10,000 employees, revenue is 80 billion rubles in year.
A conversation within the Legal Talks section was about the pandemic and its impact on the retail sector, the coronavirus legislation in the Russian regions during quarantine, managerial experience, negotiations with landlords, remote working and its impact on employees and on the organization of work in general, a legal chatbot for store sellers, legaltech and artificial intelligence, the era of online commerce, competition with foreign online stores, production in Russia: the INDITEX group produces in Russia 1 million products per year for export, the rise and problems of the domestic textile industry, the particularities of work in the global European company, working in the Skolkovo fund as an expert and about Artem's own Telegram channel.
Video link: https://youtu.be/m1lsm1FxhUQ