07.25.2013

Despite Romania needing infrastructure, roads, bridges, schools and hospitals, steel consumption has declined significantly in the past few years and continues to do so, according to industry more

07.23.2013

Market research company GfK, which monitors 3,000 households in Romania, says consumer confidence is at a low. “The Government needs to attract investments,” says Andi Dumitrescu, general manager more

07.11.2013

Romanian annual electricity consumption will likely stabilize around 45 to 50 terawatt-hours over the next few years, Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian said Thursday. more

07.09.2013

Romania’s chocolate market evaluated at EUR300 million grew in January through April and the trend might continue into the second half of 2013, according to Gabriela Munteanu, marketing manager at more

06.07.2013

Romanians now consume 2.8 billion liters of soft drinks and of bottled mineral water per year, over 20% more than in 2005. Consumption per capita has reached around 130 liters. Last year the market more

05.14.2013

Each Romanian bought 4.8 kilos of detergent last year, for which they paid an average of 42 lei, with the price rising almost five percent between 2010 and 2012. more

05.10.2013

Oltenia Energy Complex (CE Oltenia), Romania’s largest coal-fueled energy producer, covering over 30% of the local consumption, is now working at only 2% of its installed capacity, a situation not more

04.25.2013

Last year ended with declines for electricity production, exports and consumption, which was largely affected by the drop in industrial demand, according to the latest report of Romania’s energy more

04.16.2013

Beer sales in Romania rose 7% to 18.2 million hectoliters and consumption per capita stood at 90 liters in 2012, the country’s brewers association said Tuesday. more

04.08.2013

Every Romanian drank 35 cups of instant coffee on average last year, 5% more than in 2011. Total coffee consumption stands at more than 300 cups per capita a year, Ziarul Financiar has calculated more

02.04.2013

Interest rates are declining and the leu is appreciating, while consumption is down, the economy is stalling and there is no improvement in standards of living. more

01.30.2013

Romania used 4% less natural gas last year than in 2011, even though the year started and ended with very cold weather, which caused consumption spikes for a few weeks. more

01.11.2013

Romania’s power consumption dropped in 2012 compared with 2011, despite 2012 being a year of extreme weather conditions that should have translated into more power used. more

10.23.2012

Roccos Cosmatos, the new marketing vice-president of URBB (United Romanian Breweries Bereprod), said 2012 came with a revival of consumption, mainly on the beer market, helped by sporting more

10.19.2012

Sales of mineral water could see a single-digit increase this year, ollowing several years of decline, according to Adrian Feru, research and development manager of the National Company of Mineral more

10.05.2012

Romanian energy output decreased 2.6% on the year to 15.2 million tons of oil equivalent in the first eight months, on falling production in the hydropower and nuclear sectors, official data showed more

09.07.2012

Electricity, cars, constructions, the telecom sector are the leading markets that saw declines in the first six months of this year against the similar period of 2011, signaling that good times will more

08.31.2012

Electricity consumption, which generally signals the evolution of the whole economy, saw a slight decline between January and July, and the only period when the indicator was significantly higher than more

07.20.2012

Avon Romania, the largest retailer of direct sales cosmetics, has budgeted a turnover increase for this year, after last year the company’s business fell by over eight percent, almost three times more

06.21.2012

Procter&Gamble, the largest company on the local non-food consumer goods market, expects consumer spending to grow slightly but steadily in 2012 after three years of decline. more

06.20.2012

The Romanian retail market stagnated at about EUR16 billion last year, after two years of decline. This is the first positive signal coming from an industry that started declining in 2009, as the more

06.07.2012

Strauss Romania, producer of the Doncafe coffee, forecasts revenue of 232 million lei (about EUR52 million) for this year, up more than 9% compared with 2011, when sales were flat. more

06.06.2012

Retail sales – one of the leading indicators of consumption – went up by 3.6% in the first four months compared with the year-earlier period, but they are yet to recoup losses in previous years. more

06.05.2012

Romanian natural gas consumption fell 2% to 17.8 million megawatt hours in the first quarter, from 18.5 million MWh in the year-earlier period, the country’s energy regulator ANRE said in a report more

05.17.2012

After taking over at the helm of Danone Romania in April, Dieter Schultz set several clear objectives for his mandate: the first of them is to keep the company on an upward trend in 2012, even if the more