Robne kuće Beograd

Robne kuće Beograd company was founded in 1965 and soon became the largest supermarket chain in former SFR Yugoslavia, and third largest chain in Europe.{{cite web |title=RK BEOGRAD Istorija |url=http://rkbeograd.rs/istorija.aspx |website=rkbeograd.rs |accessdate=3 October 2018 |language=Serbian}} In 1970, it opened a store in the capital city of Belgrade that opened 24 hours a day, the first such store in SFR Yugoslavia.{{cite news |last1=Nikolić |first1=Z |title=Beogradske priče: "Bdenje" ispred prvog dragstora |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:709178-Beogradske-price-Bdenje-ispred-prvog-dragstora |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=novosti.rs |date=31 January 2018 |language=Serbian}} During its golden times, it had 10,000 employees and more than 100,000 articles in stock.{{cite news |title=Prva Robna kuća "Beograd" |url=https://www.011info.com/upoznaj-beograd/prva-robna-kuca-beograd |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=011info.com |language=Serbian}}{{cite news |last1=Janković |first1=M. L. |last2=Caranović |first2=B |title=Stari vlasnici koče Robne kuće |url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:460203-Stari-vlasnici-koce-Robne-kuce |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=novosti.rs |date=22 October 2013 |language=Serbian}} It has been briefly a member of the International Association of Department Stores, from 1980 to 1983.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} During the 1990s, Robne kuće Beograd faced huge problems in its operations, caused by breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and international sanctions on FR Yugoslavia.

Finally, in 2002, it went into bankruptcy procedure. The department stores were successfully auctioned off on 29 October 2007, to the Serbian Peugeot vehicle importer "Verano Motors" for 360 million euros.{{cite web|url=http://www.ekapija.com/website/sr/page/134279 |author=Tanjug

|authorlink=Tanjug |title=Kompanija "Verano Motors" kupila Robne kuće "Beograd" za 360 mil EUR

|accessdate=2007-10-30 |date=2007-10-30 |publisher=E kapija |language=Serbian}} Most of that money, the Government of Serbia spent for other purposes and former shareholders left deprived; the company itself continued working with limited operations, mostly leasing its properties to global brand chains.{{cite news |last1=Stevanović |first1=M. N. |title=Gde je novac od prodaje Robnih kuća |url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/vladavina-prava/gde-je-novac-od-prodaje-robnih-kuca/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |work=danas.rs |date=22 June 2018 |language=Serbian}} One of the biggest problems with its stores in Belgrade are legal proceedings that would determine status of ownership of these properties, as many of them are allegedly nationalized during the 1940s and 1950s, and are subject to the eventual restitution. As of 2008, Robne kuće Beograd managed with 34 department stores in Serbia, of which eight were located in Belgrade.{{cite news |last1=Škrbić |first1=M. |title="Verano" otvara robne kuće |url=https://www.blic.rs/biznis/verano-otvara-robne-kuce/xrcj4ms |accessdate=1 December 2018 |work=blic.rs |date=14 August 2008 |language=Serbian}}

In 2008, Greek Marfin Investment Group took the majority of shares in Robne kuće Beograd from "Verano Motors".{{cite news |title="Verano" zbog para ustupio udeo RKB |url=http://www.glas-javnosti.rs/node/14971/print |accessdate=23 November 2019 |work=glas-javnosti.rs |language=Serbian}}

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• {{official website|http://rkbeograd.rs}}

Category:1966 establishments in Yugoslavia

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