06.19.2017

Retailer Carrefour transferred a Billa store to German group Rewe, which operates in Romania store chains Penny Market, following the commitment undertaken by Carrefour toward Romania’s Competition more

03.14.2017

French-held Carrefour group opened the first Billa store remodeled into a Market store at the beginning of March, and the remaining 84 supermarkets will be rebranded by the end of the year. The 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

10.31.2016

The Billa supermarkets Carrefour acquired in Romania will operate under the Carrefour brand and retain the best of both of brands (Carrefour and Billa) inside, says Jean Baptiste Dernoncourt, chief more

07.05.2016

French-held Carrefour may use the Billa brand for the Billa Romania stores for 18 months from the date of the deal. The two parties signed the deal last December, which means only 12 months left. When more

06.29.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday approved the takeover of Billa stores, the retail operations in Romania of German retail group Rewe, by French retail group Carrefour. more

05.06.2016

Billa supermarket chain acquired by French-held retailer Carrefour at the end of last year, ended 2015 with sales of more than 1.5 billion lei (EUR333 million), up 7% on 2014. more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition on Wednesday said it is looking into the economic concentration operation whereby French retail group Carrefour is taking over Billa stores- the retail operations in Romania of more

12.22.2015

German retail group Rewe will focus on Penny discount stores in Romania after it agreed to sell supermarket chain Billa Romania to Carrefour, according to Frank Hensel, Rewe International general more

12.22.2015

French-held retailer Carrefour has signed an agreement with German retail group Rewe for the acquisition of supermarket chain Billa Romania, thus Carrefour will become the leading supermarket operator more

10.08.2015

Romanian brand “Bun, din România!“, launched in 2014 by supermarket chain Billa, part of German retail group REWE, may post total sales of EUR15 to EUR20 million over the next two years, more

09.28.2015

French-held Carrefour is to sign the necessary papers to take over the Billa supermarket chain in Romania in a matter of days, in a deal put at almost EUR100 million, ZF has found. more

06.23.2015

Supermarket chain Billa, part of German retail group REWE, will open Thursday its 86th store in Romania, at Gara de Nord – Bucharest north railway station, the retailer said in a statement. more

06.19.2015

The negotiations between French-held Carrefour and the 85-supermarket network Billa have made significant progress and are close to completion, after moving at a slow pace for several months during more

02.02.2015

German group Rewe, which owns travel agency Der Touristik, entered the Romanian market with ITS Billa brand, the last brand of the group which was not locally present, according to Radu Colfescu, more

12.24.2014

Belgium's Delhaize retail group, which owns the almost 400 Mega Image supermarkets and Shop&Go convenience stores in Romania, is considering buying Billa's network, market sources say. Also in the more

12.01.2014

Germany’s Rewe is taking the first steps towards the sale of the over 80-supermarket Billa Romania chain, market sources say. Billa Romania, with its 1.35 billion lei (EUR305 million) revenue in more

11.28.2014

Supermarket chain Billa, part of German retail group REWE, will open Tuesday a new store in Bucharest, reaching a network of 85 units, the retailer said. more

11.05.2014

Supermarket chain Billa, part of German retail group REWE, will be opening a store in Pipera (northern Bucharest) soon and may inaugurate two more units by the end of 2014. more

06.11.2014

Supermarket chain Billa ended last year with revenue of 1.36 billion lei (EUR307.5 million), up 7.3% from 2012. During the same period, the company reached 80 stores, from 71 in 2012, so that sales more

04.16.2014

Billa, part of German retail group REWE, opens its first supermarket in Focsani Thursday, reaching a countrywide network of 81 stores. more

03.25.2014

Billa Romania, part of German group Rewe, will open Thursday its first store this year in Sebes, Alba county, thus reaching a 80-units network, the company said. more

01.14.2014

Czech-based InterCora group, the developer of more than 30 stores for the Kaufland chain in Romania, is working on the demolition of the former Munplast plastic products plant in Bucharest, which it more

11.07.2013

Billa Romania, part of German group Rewe, expects its turnover to increase marginally in 2013 as consumption stagnated, Sorana Georgia, the general manager of the retailer, told Mediafax Thursday. more

10.30.2013

Supermarket chain Billa, part of German retail group REWE, will open a new store in Timisoara Thursday and will expand its Romanian store network to 80 units. more