03.17.2017

Do-it-yourself retailer Praktiker Romania plans to open new stores in capital Bucharest, along with closing the stores with poor performance. more

03.17.2017

The lack of parking spots, insufficient pedestrian traffic and unrealistic rents are the reasons that made Romanian fashion manufacturer and retailer Nissa close its flagship store in Piata Romana in more

03.13.2017

Diverta, the largest integrated retailer in the field of books, stationery and toys, will open Wednesday a store in City Park shopping mall, Constanta city, thus reaching a 27-unit network. more

03.09.2017

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will grant financing of EUR25 million for the expansion of the supermarket chain Profi Rom Food S.R.L, mainly in Romania’s smaller towns. more

03.06.2017

Secom, a company specializing in the import, distribution and sale of natural health and beauty products, invested EUR40,000 in opening a new store in Cluj Napoca city, thus reaching a 12-unit network more

03.03.2017

Romanian construction materials distributor Arabesque will be entering, next week, the do-it-yourself retail segment, by opening the first store under the brand MatHaus, in the city of Iasi. more

02.22.2017

French-held Carrefour group will open the first remodeled and rebranded Billa store on March 1. The first store to transition from Billa to Carrefour Market is located in the Liberty City mall in the more

02.13.2017

Modern retailers opened only 17 stores in January, all of them small format stores such as supermarkets, convenience and discount stores. Half of the ten modern retail chains opened at least one, more

01.31.2017

Turkish fashion retailer LC Waikiki will open its first store in Pitesti city, in Jupiter City Shopping Center owned by Jupiter Group. more

01.26.2017

The ten modern retail chains in Romania plan to open at least 300 stores this year, which is the fastest expansion pace since the launch of modern retail in the country in 1996. more

01.26.2017

German discount retailer Lidl will open a new unit in Drobeta Turnu Severin city, southwestern Romania, which will cover 1,200 square meters, the company said in a statement. more

01.19.2017

Romanian luxury clothing brand Murmur will be present, as of Friday, at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, which is France’s famous department store chain, the company said on Thursday. more

01.19.2017

Consumer spending increase drove up the sales of the stores in AFI Cotroceni mall by more than 10% to EUR253 million in 2016, according to Africa Israel, the owner of the mall. more

01.19.2017

Modern retailers operating small format stores of less than 1,000 square meters have been opening stores close to or in the new residential compounds in Bucharest and in the rest of the country. more

01.18.2017

Fast-food restaurant chain Spartan, developed by Romanian Stefan Mandachi, has reached 30 units, of which 11 own stores and 19 in franchise system. more

01.17.2017

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01.11.2017

French-held cosmetics group Yves Rocher is entering local retail after having tested the market via the franchising system, following in the footsteps of Sephora, Zara and Mango. more

12.12.2016

German-held food retailer Kaufland opened a new store in Codlea, Brasov county, bringing its local network to 112 stores, the company said in a statement. more

11.01.2016

Swedish furniture and decoration retailer IKEA plans to open a second store in capital city Bucharest, on the Theodor Pallady Boulevard, by the end of 2018, in which it will invest over EUR80 million, more

10.24.2016

German-held retailer Lidl plans to add another 100 discount stores to the 200 it already has, says Frank Wagner, the German executive who runs the local operations of the company. He did not say more

10.05.2016

Tchibo Romania, one of the leading actors of the local coffee market, has closed its Promenada Mall store three years after opening it. more

09.29.2016

Cosmetics manufacturer Farmec Cluj Napoca keeps expanding its store network across Romania by opening a new unit in central city of Brasov. more

09.28.2016

Retailer Selgros Cash&Carry Romania will be opening on Friday, in Alba Iulia (central Romania), its second compact store, after inaugurating the first one in Targu Mures, at the end of May 2016. more

09.08.2016

Furniture manufacturer Elvila, of businessman Viorel Catarama, is already making development plans for 2017, as sales returned to growth last year after six years and the trend continued in the first more

09.06.2016

Modern retail numbers almost 1,800 stores in Romania, half of which located in the country’s ten largest cities, including Bucharest. The more