Ukrainian Journal reported that Midland Group, a major operator in the international metals market, plans to open over a thousand outlets of its MD Stores retail chain in Ukraine by 2013.

Midland Group in a statement said that "MD Stores has an extremely aggressive development strategy, with 40 outlets slated to open in 2007 and more than 1,000 additional locations planned in various cities over the next five years."

Midland chain runs eight stores in the Donetsk region and five stores in the Kharkiv region.