Carlo Pazolini, a shoe brand with Russian roots, has closed its last store in Ukraine
28 October 14:51
Carlo Pazolini, a footwear and accessories chain, has closed its last store in Ukraine.
This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to NV.
“Our stores in Ukraine have ceased operations,” the Carlo Pazolini contact center told the publication.
This decision was influenced by “many factors,” they added, without specifying which ones. At the same time, the website of the Carlo Pazolini online store is working, and goods can be ordered.
One of the last Ukrainian stores of the retailer with Russian roots was located in Kyiv at 19 Beresteysky Avenue. As of October 26, 2025, it is closed.
Carlo Pazolini opened its first store in Ukraine in 1997, and as of October 2012, the chain had 21 stores in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia, and Rivne. In May 2017, the number of Ukrainian Carlo Pazolini stores decreased to 16.
Until 2015, Carlo Pazolini was developed in Ukraine by the legal entity Carlo Pazolini Trading LLC, which declared bankruptcy in July 2016. Eight years later, the legal entity was liquidated.
In 2015, a new one was founded – Det Group LLC. In February 2025, the Commercial Court of Rivne Region declared Det Group LLC bankrupt and began liquidation proceedings.
As of October 2025, the company proposes to transfer payment for the selected goods in the online store to the sole proprietorship of Maria Vynnychuk, registered in November 2022.
The Russian brand with the Italian name Carlo Pazolini was founded in 1991 by automotive engineer Ilya Reznik. At first, he imported shoes, and four years after the company was founded, he opened the first branded store.
Over 20 years of work, the businessman has created a successful business, opening about 200 stores in eleven countries, including Russia, Italy, the United Kingdom, China, Greece, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, and the United States.
At the first stages, about 70% of the shoes were produced at its own factory near Moscow, and the remaining 30% were supplied mainly from China. However, after 2007, due to rising production costs, most of Carlo Pazolini’s shoes were produced in Chinese factories.
Carlo Pazolini is one of the few Russian retailers that managed to keep its Ukrainian asset after the bankruptcy of its Russian parent office.
