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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Trendyol Grows To 8,000 Romanian Sellers Enrolled 02.12.2026
Turkish-held marketplace Trendyol, which entered Romania at the beginning of 2024, continues to strengthen position on this market, posting... more
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JYSK Opens Store In Voluntari 02.09.2026
Scandinavian furniture and home products retailer JYSK will open a store in Lemon Park in Voluntari on Thursday and therefore grow its network in... more
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Auchan Continues Development In 2026 02.05.2026
French-held retailer Auchan, which has been operating in Romania for two decades, overshot the 500-store mark in Romania in 2025 after having... more
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Inditex Group Closes Zara And Stradivarius Stores In Shopping City Timisoara 02.04.2026
Spanish group Inditex, a leading player in global fashion, is closing the Zara and Stradivarius stores within the Shopping City Timisoara,... more
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Jewelry Retailer TEILOR Aims For Moderate Growth Of 2% To 3% In 2026 02.03.2026
Jewelry retailer TEILOR plans to open two or three stores in Romania in 2026 and consolidate its presence on the Bulgarian market, with an... more
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Lidl Doubled Expansion Rate In 2025, Plans To Go Even Faster 02.02.2026
German-held discount store chain Lidl opened 26 new stores in Romania in 2025, almost double as many as in 2024 and says it plans to step up... more
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Mercure Opens New Hotel In Central Bucharest 01.30.2026
Mercure Hotels & Resorts, part of the Accor portfolio, has opened Mercure Bucharest Cantemir, a new hotel located in central Bucharest, close to... more
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Primark Set To Grow To 8 Stores In Romania In 2026 01.28.2026
Primark, an Irish fashion retailer that entered Romania in 2022, is looking for a manager for its store in Sibiu, one of the cities where it will... more
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Cell Phone Accessory Retail Chain Contakt Ends 2025 With 8% Growth in Revenue To RON138M 01.28.2026
Romanian store chain Contakt, the leading retailer of cell phone accessories in Romania, saw an 8% growth in revenue to RON138 million in 2025,... more
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JYSK Opens Store In M Park Titan In Bucharest 01.26.2026
Scandinavian retailer of furniture and home products JYSK will open a store in M Park Titan in Bucharest on Thursday, January 29, bringing the... more
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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
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.