10.08.2026

Businessman Dan Ostahie, known for having developed electronics and computer retailer Altex, the leader of its respective market, and for having bought the DIY retailer Brico Depot a few years ago, is more

10.06.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 5% in unadjusted data and by 5.1% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days in more

10.01.2026

Romania’s retail market is entering a new stage of maturity, with investment increasingly shifting away from new developments towards the modernization and repositioning of existing schemes, more

09.04.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 5.7% in unadjusted data and by 5.8% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days in more

09.01.2026

Danish retailer NORMAL is entering the Romanian market this fall and will open its first two stores in Bucharest and Timisoara. The first store will open in the Mega Mall in Bucharest on September 30, more

08.28.2026

Romanian business managers expect significant increases in prices in the construction and retail sectors for August-October 2026 period, reveals the latest survey conducted by the country’s more

08.19.2026

Romanians spent more than €42 billion in major retail chains in 2025, a total 5.6% higher than in 2024 and 77% above the 2019 level, according to the Romania Retail Snapshot 2026 published by the more

08.06.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 5.6% in unadjusted data and by 5.7% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days in more

07.06.2026

Romania retail sales dropped by 5.5% in the first five months of 2025, while May brought a 4.5% decline from the year-earlier period, in line with data published by the country’s statistics office more

06.04.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 5.8% in unadjusted data and by 5.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in more

05.28.2026

Romanian executives in the construction and manufacturing sectors expect moderate economic activity increase between May and July 2026, reveals a survey conducted by the country’s statistics board more

05.26.2026

Law firm PeliPartners advised AFI Romania on its acquisition of six open-air retail parks from South-African company MAS Property Holding. more

05.22.2026

AFI Properties of Israel is acquiring MAS’ retail parks in Ploiesti, Zalau, Roman, Baia Mare, Sfantu Gheorghe, and Barlad. MAS is shifting its strategy, seeking to partially exit the real estate more

05.13.2026

Romania retail market went through a contrasting first quarter in 2026, according to the Romanian Retail Marketbeat Q1 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. more

05.06.2026

Canadian technical athletic apparel brand lululemon continues its international expansion and announces the opening of the first lululemon store in Romania, set for June 2026 at Baneasa Shopping City more

04.08.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 6.8% in unadjusted data and by 6.2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in more

04.06.2026

Lagardere Travel Retail, part of French group Lagardere, with operations in travel retail and the hospitality industry, has extended the lease contract for the 2,300-sqm headquarters in office more

03.31.2026

Bucharest is increasingly emerging as a key luxury retail destination in Central and Eastern Europe, supported by rising purchasing power, growing tourism dynamics – with over one million foreign more

03.11.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 9.1% in unadjusted data and by 6.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in more

02.18.2026

Romania ranks second in CEE by the total stock of modern retail spaces, but when adjusting for population, it remains the lowest-density retail market in CEE, with 252 sq. m / 1,000 inhabitants. more

02.12.2026

Shopping spaces in Romania are occupied almost entirely, the year 2025 was the first year with no new delivery on the Bucharest office market and Romania still needs at least one million square meters more

02.05.2026

Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 1.6% in unadjusted data and by 2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in December more

02.05.2026

Romania’s modern retail market exceeded the 5 million square meters milestone in 2025, following the delivery of approximately 190,000 square meters of new retail space, around 20% above the average more

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 strategic for the German-based group. more

01.09.2026

Romania recorded the worst decline in retail trade volume of all the EU countries in November 2025, 4.6% compared with the year-earlier period, Eurostat data show. The only other countries to have more