4 apr 2013

Mega Image, the retailer with the largest network (over 200 stores) in Romania, has halted selection of franchisees for its convenience store chain Shop&Go. more

2 apr 2013

Kaufland, the largest retailer in Romania, will be testing a new store format of about 2,000 square meter retail area, the same as used by a large supermarket. more

19 mar 2013

Retailer Cora, which operates a 10 hypermarket chain in Romania, will introduce the coradrive.ro service in this country, which allows customers to shop online and pick up the products in stores. more

13 mar 2013

Store builder Duo Design, whose customer portfolio includes fashion retailers like H&M, Kenvelo and Mango, says it will build 40 new stores for the international groups this year, which will continue more

11 mar 2013

Procter&Gamble has appointed Adina Pascu as chief executive of its largest production facility in Europe. more

8 mar 2013

Dutch retailer C&A, one of the largest players on the European fashion market, will open 4-5 new stores this year in Romania, in capital Bucharest and elsewhere. more

4 mar 2013

Private labels, no-name products that have taken local commerce by storm in the past few years as the economic crisis hit and consumption declined, have now become top-selling brands in categories more

1 mar 2013

New export contracts to several countries in Central Asia prompted Procter&Gamble’s plant in Romanian southern town Urlati to work almost at full capacity. more

1 mar 2013

Belgian Hans Dewaele, who laid the foundations of Procter & Gamble (P&G) in Romania, returns to the country for a second mandate. more

27 feb 2013

The last six months brought about five top management changes in the local electrical and computer retail and manufacturing industry. more

27 feb 2013

A Romanian entrepreneur who had worked in the banking industry for more than two decades expects revenues of about EUR1 million from the two Subway restaurants he got a franchise for with a partner. more

20 feb 2013

Retailer Rewe Romania, which operates two store formats in this country, Penny Market and XXL Mega Discount, will invest between EUR10 million to EUR15 million to open 14 stores this year. more

18 feb 2013

Kenvelo, Lee Cooper, Tom Tailor and TimeOut will see growth this year as a result of the exit of several brands in the fashion business, says Philippe Besadoux, the French executive who runs the local more

14 feb 2013

Representatives of French retailer Carrefour, which has a network of over 110 stores in Romania, say they expect a difficult year in Romania as the financial crisis lingers, but that the local market more

13 feb 2013

Dozens of empty stores are waiting for tenants on the boulevard connecting Piata Unirii and Piata Romana in the center of Bucharest. more

13 feb 2013

German company Metro Cash & Carry, the second largest player in Romanian commerce, could end this year with 1,000 La Doi Pasi franchised convenience stores, twice as many as at the end of 2012. more

11 feb 2013

Eugen Paturan, the head of footwear retailer Bata Romania says customers are now more concerned about product features than about price when they do their shopping, as opposed to before the crisis. more

11 feb 2013

Romanian businessman Eugen Paturan, who owns with his wife the franchise for footwear retailer Bata for the local market, is seeking investment opportunities in agriculture and production after all more

8 feb 2013

Home appliances manufacturer Indesit has appointed Marius Mihailescu to run its Romanian operations, market sources said. more

7 feb 2013

Home appliances manufacturer Arctic increased exports by 25% last year and its best markets were Iraq, South Africa, Turkey and Ukraine. more

5 feb 2013

Electronics, home appliances and computer retailer Domo was taken over by investment fund Domtech and has a new chief executive officer, Dragos Dinu. more

4 feb 2013

Interest rates are declining and the leu is appreciating, while consumption is down, the economy is stalling and there is no improvement in standards of living. more

4 feb 2013

Cora, which operates a hypermarket chain in Romania, will open its first local mall in Constanta (SE Romania) in April. more

1 feb 2013

The luxury perfume and cosmetics market will grow, as will the business of Niran Co. Products, importer of 18 brands in Romania, according to the company's chief executive and majority shareholder, more

30 ian 2013

Dragos Petrescu, one of the most notable entrepreneurs in the restaurant business, who owns City Grill, Trattoria Buongiorno and Hanu Berarilor, will close the City Grills restaurants in Carrefour more