08.18.2014

The takeover of the 42 Agip gas stations that Italy’s ENI had in Romania helped Hungarian-held MOL consolidate its position in the south of the country and expansion plans will continue, says Kinga more

08.13.2014

Romania is a rather empty market for the Steinhoff group, owner of the kika furniture retailer, which operates a furniture and home decor store in the western part of Bucharest. One store is, more

07.21.2014

U.S. coffee shop chain Starbucks, present in Romania since 2007, wants to double its network in Romania by the end of 2015, and reach at least 18 units. more

07.07.2014

Retailer Auchan could launch a new hypermarket format on the Romanian market to cover small towns, a format it is currently expanding in Russia as Nasha Raduga and which has been successful in China. more

07.07.2014

Turkish-born businessman Omer Susli, who in February reached an agreement to buy do-it-yourself retail chain Praktiker in Romania, says the 27 stores generated almost 10 million lei (EUR2 million) net more

06.27.2014

French retailer Cora, which operates 12 hypermarkets in Romania, has halted expansion in the country because shareholders are unhappy with its performance, market sources say. more

06.16.2014

Environmental consulting company Ramboll Romania has expanded the office space occupied in Bucharest-based Phoenicia Business Center by 800 square meters to 1,300 sqm. more

06.12.2014

Polish private equity fund Resource Partners, which controls fitness center network World Class, plans to reach 25-30 units in the next four years, from the current 11, and targets expansion outside 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

05.28.2014

DAAS Romania, supplier of equipment and services for the HoReCa (Hotels, Restaurants, Catering) sector and food retail industry, has opened an office in Chernivtsi (Ukraine) in the first quarter of more

05.28.2014

Discount retailer Profi said it will open two new supermarkets Thursday, in capital city Bucharest and in Iasi, reaching a 226-store network in Romania. more

05.23.2014

Rewe Romania, which operates the local discount store chains Penny Market and XXL Mega Discount, said it plans to open over 35 Penny Market units and a new logistics platform in Romania in the next more

05.20.2014

Bitdefender, one of the few Romanian vendors of IT security solutions, which has expanded in full gear worldwide in the last few years, will expand even faster this year by hiring 50 people for sales more

05.19.2014

Entrepreneurial businesses of modern retail are set to remain under the sign of the crisis in 2014 as well, as consumption appetite is still feeble and international chains are adding several hundred more

05.16.2014

Germany’s Lild has put up for sale 15 land plots covering more than 8.5 hectares which are adjacent to the stores the company has already opened in several cities of Romania such as Buhusi, Orastie more

05.12.2014

Belgian-held retailer Mega Image ended last year with about EUR530 million revenue in Romania, an increase of almost 35% on 2012. more

05.06.2014

Germany’s Lidl, which owns in Romania a network of over 170 stores with annual sales of around EUR700 million, plans to expand to Bragadiru, near capital city Bucharest, on a land plot of the more

04.24.2014

S.I.E.P.C.O.F.A.R., the company that operates drugstore chain Farmaciile Dona, expanded further in the first quarter of this year, opening seven new units, two in Bucharest and the rest outside the more

04.23.2014

KLG Europe Logistics Romania is investing EUR5.6 million in the expansion of its central hub logistics platform in Bolintin-Deal, Giurgiu county, near Bucharest. more

04.07.2014

UK-held Nova Imobiliare is considering expanding the Colosseum retail park in Chitila, near Bucharest, by 15,000 square meters, after Danish furniture retailer JYSK rented a 1,200 sqm space for a more

04.07.2014

The local network of US fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s will expand by at least two new restaurants this year for a total of 69, says Daniel Boaje, who has been running the Romanian operations more

03.31.2014

Musette, the shoe and leather bag maker controlled by Batlan family, with 19 stores in Romania and another nine abroad, ended 2013 with revenue of 47 million lei (EUR10.7 million), up 22% on the year more

03.06.2014

Romania is the most interesting market in the Balkan region for Marks&Spencer, which plans to expand and is even considering bringing its food and cosmetics division to it, says Sorin Stancu, the more

03.05.2014

Oil company NIS Petrol, controlled by Russian giant Gazprom, says it wants to end 2014 with 30 filling stations in Romania, double the current number, and revenue of 20-25 million euro. more

02.13.2014

Mega Image, part of Belgian retail group Delhaize, will open this year’s first store Friday, a Shop&Go unit, in capital city Bucharest, the retailer said in a statement Thursday. more