1 apr 2019

Protective footwear manufacturer Lenox established by entrepreneur Sorin Nicolau in Bucharest in 2005 ended 2018 with 14 million lei (EUR3 million) revenue, up 15% over the previous year. more

29 mar 2019

Two strategic investors – UK’s Bupa and Norway’s Capio, as well as several private equity firms are among those interested to buy private healthcare network Regina Maria, the second largest more

28 mar 2019

Ducfarm pharmacy chain, a Romanian-held business with 22 pharmacies in Transylvania, posted 195 million lei (EUR41 million) revenue in 2018, 20% higher than in 2017. The regional retail pharmacy chain more

27 mar 2019

Private healthcare network Regina Maria has been put up for sale by its owner, Polish buyout investor Mid Europa Partners. The deal should be completed this year, financial market sources say. more

20 mar 2019

Technology is starting to have a significant role in the auto and logistics industries as artificial intelligence is beginning to change how cars are sold and how the warehouses of the future will be more

22 feb 2019

The Fildas group, which includes the retail pharmacy chain Catena, the largest actor on the pharmaceutical retail market and pharmaceutical wholesaler Fildas Trading, posted more than EUR1.6 billion more

12 feb 2019

Retail bakery chain Panemar established by entrepreneur Nicolae Chiorean is taking its first step outside Cluj County by opening a store in Oradea. more

4 feb 2019

Sales of over the counter cold and flu drugs rose by 20% in pharmacies in January, after the authorities announced a national flu epidemic. more

22 ian 2019

MedLife (M.RO), the largest actor on the private medical service market in Romania, will take its first step abroad and is in advanced talks to buy a medical company in Hungary in an about EUR5 more

20 dec 2018

Pharmaceutical retail made headlines in 2018 with two several hundred million euro deals – the sale of two top companies to international groups. The pharmaceutical market, too, saw a deal, more

10 dec 2018

Greek-held toy retailer Jumbo has grown to more than 900 employees in Romania in the first half of 2018, according to publicly available data, as a result of its expansion the past two years. more

27 nov 2018

Pharmacy chains Catena and Sensiblu, the two largest pharmaceutical retailers in Romania, have introduced private label products in their stores, using the model already implemented by hypermarkets. more

12 nov 2018

Physician Adrian Badescu, founder of Medici’s clinics in Timisoara, has invested EUR1.5 million to expand and retool the four locations in 2018 and expects this year’s revenue to be 15% higher and more

8 nov 2018

The team is the most important capital of a company and extrapolating that to the country level, people have the power to organize to develop. more

2 nov 2018

Development through franchising is the surefire way to grow a business and entrepreneurs must have the courage to invest in a business that matches their skills. more

17 oct 2018

The local IT industry is currently employing 110,000 people, and most of them work in IT outsourcing and support centers that multinationals opened in Romania in the last few years. Over the next 14 more

26 sep 2018

Patient access to care can be improved by redistribution of the money in the system in line with actual needs, but we must also find solutions to make allocation efficient, said the speakers attending more

25 sep 2018

The Romaqua Group, the largest privately-held Romanian beverage industry business and the biggest employer in the sector, has applied for 28.8 million lei (EUR6.2 million) state aid for a total more

21 sep 2018

Romanian entrepreneurs stand out in the competition with the major international companies through the brand they create, but they must be brave and invest in the development of the brand of the more

6 sep 2018

The pharmaceutical market doubled in ten years. Medicine consumption is rising at a rate of 10% a year and pharmacies are everywhere. The government provides EUR1.5 billion subsidies. Romanians bought more

30 aug 2018

The 50 largest companies in Romania’s pharmaceutical retail posted 8 billion lei (EUR1.72 billion) revenue in 2017 and the market is concentrated at the top as a result of the consolidation more

14 aug 2018

Vitamix, a 22 natural product store chain will expand in the Dobrogea region (SE Romania) after having acquired rival stores and grow to 32 locations in 2018, says Zsolt Benedek, shareholder of Adams more

18 iul 2018

The owners of dietary supplements distributor Secom, the Costea family, plan to invest EUR3.3 million in opening new stores and expanding the product portfolio this year. more

17 iul 2018

The number of pharmacies held by the five largest pharmaceutical retailers in Romania tripled in 2006-2017 from 619 to 1,961, ZF has found from the “Cei mai mari jucatori din economie” (Key more

3 iul 2018

French-held Essilor, which has an eyeglass lens distribution subsidiary in Romania, is considering expanding production to Central and Eastern Europe and the top two countries considered are Romania more