12.18.2013

Supermarkets, hypermarkets and cash&carry stores will extend shopping hours and some will be open around the clock on December 19-23 and December 29-30, shorter hours on December 24, 26, 31 and more

12.13.2013

Swedish fashion retailer H&M reopens Saturday its biggest store in Romania in the AFI Palace Cotroceni shopping center in Bucharest, after expanding it by 800 square meters. more

12.10.2013

A Dutch investor has bought the building of the former Bucuresti department store, one of the most important retail destinations in Bucharest before 1989, from the heirs of the founders for more than more

12.09.2013

Romanian do-it-yourself retailer Dedeman, owned by Dragos and Adrian Paval, will open a store in southern city of Ploiesti on Friday, following an investment of EUR15 million. more

12.05.2013

Swedish fashion retailer H&M opened its 30th Romanian store in Galati Thursday, and the new 1,500-sqm unit is located in Galati Shopping City. more

11.20.2013

Romanian furniture maker Lemet invested nearly 1.7 million lei (EUR0.3 million) in a new store, in southeastern city of Buzau. more

11.20.2013

The largest franchisee in the LaDoiPasi network developed by German group Metro Cash&Carry, which operated six stores under the LaDoiPasi - For Family brand, has moved to Carrefour. more

11.19.2013

Modern retail, a EUR7 billion to EUR8 billion market, has managed to gain more than half of the local retail in less than two decades, so international chains now account for 53% of it compared with more

11.13.2013

Belgian-held supermarket chain Mega Image, which has 210 stores in Bucharest covering 60,000 square meters of space, has become the biggest tenant on the ground floor of apartment buildings, a more

11.08.2013

Orange, the leading mobile telephony provider in Romania, will launch an app store in the first quarter of 2014, which will enable customers to buy software for smartphones and tablets and pay for it more

11.07.2013

Swedish fashion retailer H&M opens Thursday its first store in Romania outside of a shopping center, on Lipscani street, in downtown Bucharest, reaching 28 stores countrywide. more

11.04.2013

Danish shoe manufacturer and retailer ECCO has opened a new store in Romania, in central city of Brasov, following an investment of EUR100,000. more

10.31.2013

Lipscani Street in the Old Center of Bucharest, a once thriving shopping street of the city, which is now struggling to regain its identity, will become a major shopping destination again in two or more

10.24.2013

Sales of store brand butter exceeded sales of butter produced under famous brands like Albalact, Friesland and Lactalis between August 2012 and July 2013, according to market research company Nielsen. more

10.21.2013

Greek toy retailer Jumbo, whose sales exceed EUR500 million annually, entered the Romanian market last week by opening a 13,000-square meter store in western city of Timisoara. more

10.16.2013

Retailer Auchan Romania has opened Wednesday the first Real hypermarket rebranded to Auchan, of the 20 Real hypermarkets it bought from German group Metro. more

10.16.2013

Carrefour Romania will open a new supermarket in Braila Thursday, its third in this town and 72nd in Romania, the retailer said Wednesday. more

10.11.2013

Retailer Profi, controlled by Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors, on Friday opened its third store in Baia Mare (northwestern Romania), bringing its local network to 180 units. more

10.11.2013

International retail chains like Mega Image and Profi are converting some of their stores into 24/7 stores thus dashing the last hope for growth of local traditional retailers. more

10.10.2013

Adriano Mengotti, who first came to Romania ten years ago, in the early days of the luxury market, says sales of his multibrand Mengotti store on Calea Victoriei street in central Bucharest started more

10.09.2013

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, Wednesday opened its second concept store in capital city Bucharest, which covers over 1,700 square meters. more

10.09.2013

Spanish fashion retailer Massimo Dutti, part of Inditex Group, will open a new store in Romania, in shopping center Bucuresti Mall. more

10.08.2013

Do-it-yourself retailer Dedeman will open two new stores in Targu-Mures and Ploiesti for a total of 36 stores by the end of 2013, six more than at the beginning of the year. more

10.07.2013

French retailer Carrefour said Monday it will open its 70th supermarket in Romania Tuesday in Moinesti, Bacau county. more

10.06.2013

Filip Schwartz, majority shareholder and chief executive of the Otter Distribution group, is developing a new shoe store network in Romania, under the Salamander brand. more