Lidl Opens More Than 30 Stores in 2020
12.16.2020
German discount grocery retailer Lidl has opened 33 stores, either built from scratch or relocated this year, nearing 300 stores in Romania. It will continue expansion in 2021, as well.
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Poland’s Zabka Ends 2025 With 173 Stores In Romania, Plans To Open More 01.22.2026
Polish retailer Zabka, the latest big name to enter the Romanian grocery retail market, had 173 stores under the Froo brand in this country at the... more
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PENNY Invested EUR150M In Romania In 2025 01.22.2026
Discount store chain PENNY invested EUR150 million in Romania in 2025 and continues to bet on this market in 2026, given that the country is... more
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Mr. DIY Puts Sibiu On Expansion Map After Bucharest 01.21.2026
Malaysian-held home improvement retailer Mr. DIY is stepping up expansion plans in Romania, after having already started recruiting for its first... more
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Fast-Food Chain Fryday Doubles Revenue To RON140M In 2025 01.21.2026
Fast-food chain Fryday, established by Lucian Florea from Suceava, posted RON140 million (EUR28 million) revenue in 2025, the entrepreneur said,... more
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Finnish Burger Chain Hesburger Opens 15th Restaurant In Romania In EUR1M Investment 01.20.2026
Hesburger, the largest burger restaurant chain in Finland and the Baltics, has opened its 15th restaurant in Romania, within Cosmopolis Plaza, the... more
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Polish Fashion Brand Tatum Enters Romania 01.19.2026
Polish-held fashion brand Tatum entered Romania at the end of last year, when it inaugurated a store in NEPI’s Mega Mall in Bucharest. It then... more
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PENNY Overshoots RON10B Revenue Mark in 2025 After 11th Year Of Double-Digit Growth In A Row 01.14.2026
Rewe Romania, which operates the PENNY discount chain, closed 2025 with more than RON10 billion revenue, following a double-digit growth in sales. more
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Romanian Chamber Of Commerce And Industry Supports EU-Mercosur Free Trade Deal 01.13.2026
The Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR) has unanimously decided to support the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur,... more
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Carrefour Announces Plans To Step Up Expansion In Romania In 2026 01.08.2026
At a time when all eyes are on a potential sale of the Romanian operations, Carrefour’s top management says 2026 is a year when the group is... more
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Meta Estate Trust’s Retail Park Ciolpani Opens Officially 12.19.2025
Retail Park Ciolpani, the retail project developed by Meta Estate Trust on DN1 (National Road 1) has officially opened, following an EUR2 million... more
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Fashion Industry B2B Platform Unfrosen Expects To End 2025 With EUR6.5M Sales 12.18.2025
Romanian startup Unfrosen, which launched a B2B marketplace for the fashion industry in 2023, expects to end 2025 with EUR6.5 million sales. The... more
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Primark Continues Expansion In Romania, Unveils Four New Store Openings In 2026 12.18.2025
Primark plans to expand its presence in Romania, confirming four new store openings for 2026, the retailer has announced in a press statement on... more
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Deloitte Holiday Retail Survey: Holiday Spending Down Nearly 10% YoY In 2025 Amid Higher Prices 12.18.2025
Holiday spending is down by roughly 10% in 2025 versus 2024, as three-quarters of consumers (77%, up from 69% in 2024) expect higher prices on... more
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E-Commerce Platform Gomag Set To End 2025 With EUR5M Revenue 12.17.2025
SilkWeb SA, the Romanian company that operates the Gomag e-commerce platform, will end 2025 with EUR5 million revenue, an increase of about 38%... more
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Sale Of Carrefour Operations In Romania In Really Advanced Talks
12.17.2025
French-held Carrefour Group is in advanced talks with Romanian entrepreneurs Dragos and Adrian Paval, the founders of DIY retailer Dedeman, to sell... more
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Gucci Returns To Romania After Four-Year Hiatus 12.17.2025
Fashion brand Gucci, owned by the Kering Group, one of the largest actors in the luxury industry in the world, is returning to Romania in the TOFF... more
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Carrefour Romania Reaches 200 Express Stores 12.17.2025
Carrefour Romania is speeding up the development of proximity store formats, reaching 200 Express stores after the opening of 27 such units in 2025. more
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Statistical Office: 21.45 Million Passengers Passed Through Romania’s Airports In Jan-Sep 2025, 8.2% More YoY 12.10.2025
A total 21.45 million passengers traveled through Romania’s airports in January-September 2025, 8.2% more than 19.81 million in the same period... more
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Retailer Annabella Completes Integration Of 87 Profi And Mega Image Stores 12.02.2025
Romanian-held retailer Annabella has integrated the 87 stores it got from Profi and Mega Image and announces the most ambitious expansion plan so... more
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JYSK Posts RON1.39B Revenue In Romania In FY25
11.27.2025
Furniture and home product retailer JYSK posted RON1.39 billion revenue in Romania in the fiscal 2024-2025 (FY25) ended August 31, an increase of... more
Romania’s economic growth is forecast to pick up gradually to 3.1% in 2025 and 3.6% in 2026, while its public finances will continue
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Romania ended 2024 with a current account deficit of EUR29.3 billion, higher by nearly EUR7.8 billion than in 2023, central bank data
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Economic growth expectations for 2025 stand at the average value of 1.5%, reveals the latest survey conducted by CFA Romania
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Romania economy recovery is slower than expected and political turmoil is denting investors’ and consumers’ confidence, says the
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Romania’s economy enters 2025 with positive long-term prospects, but with significant challenges in the year ahead, Colliers
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Managers of Pillar II mandatory private pension funds and Pillar III voluntary private pension ones will be able to invest up to 10% of
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Romanian investors last year spent EUR577 million on acquisitions in the region, three times more than in 2023, in line with data from
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Romania’s land market remained stable in 2024, with the volume of transactions nearing EUR450 million, similar to the level recorded
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Survey: Romania Could Increase Its GDP By 10% Until 2050 By Boosting Savings
Romania could increase its gross domestic product (GDP) by 10% until 2050, generating an additional contribution of EUR575 billion by boosting savings and redirecting them towards lucrative investments, according to a survey conducted by McKinsey&Company in spring 2022.