04.06.2015

Supermarket chain Profi held by Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors will hire about 1,100 people this year, following expansion by as much as 100 stores in 2015 alone. Under the more

04.02.2015

German retailer Lidl, present in Romania since 2011 when it took over Plus store network, is set to hire around 250 people this year, thus going beyond the 4,000-employee mark. The company will more

03.26.2015

German-held retailer Kaufland, present in Romania for one decade, is set to open a new store in Bucharest, in Ferentari, on the land plot of the former Fapiro plant. more

03.26.2015

Austrian group S Immo, owner of the Sun Plaza shopping center in southern Bucharest, plans to expand the mall in the space previously occupied by a Mobexpert store that was shut down in the summer of more

03.25.2015

Fast food restaurant chains KFC and Pizza Hut will open a unit each Thursday in the Coresi Shopping Resort in Brasov, following an investment of EUR770,000. more

03.20.2015

The Romanian stakeholders of Bucharest’s Ponderas hospital, specialized in weight loss surgery, invested EUR4 million (RON18 million) in relocation to a new space, with a double capacity. more

03.17.2015

French cosmetics producer Yves Rocher, which has been operating a retail network and mail order sales system in Romania for more than a decade, wants to reach 50 stores in Romania by 2020, from 34 at more

03.11.2015

Amethyst, a cancer treatment center network started in Bucharest and then expanded in other states, plans to reach a 20-center European network by 2020 from six at present. The centers are owned by more

03.04.2015

The shareholders of dm drogerie markt this January brought EUR4.2 million in Romania, a sum big enough to cover investments in the opening of 9-10 stores, according to ZF’s latest data. more

02.27.2015

From an extremely rigid market, where consumers were captive to suppliers’ satisfaction, energy is now starting to undergo deep changes, compared by people in the field to those of the telecom more

02.26.2015

Wizz Air, the biggest player on Romania’s low-cost carrier market, is looking at eastern Romania for local expansion, with a strategy that rather envisages attracting new clients for air transport more

02.26.2015

The shareholders of toy retailer Jumbo decided to boost the share capital of the Romanian subsidiary by 89.4 million lei (EUR20 million), according to Official Journal data. The Greek retailer’s more

02.26.2015

NIS Petrol, the Romanian subsidiary of Serbian oil group NIS controlled by Russia’s Gazprom, ended 2014 with 18 filling stations in Romania, after a year when investments reached EUR8 million, and more

02.23.2015

There is room for another 10-15 McDonald’s units in Romania, both in and outside Bucharest, said Daniel Boaje, the Romanian who has run the local operations of the US giant since 2011. However, no more

02.19.2015

Bucharest’s Ponderas Hospital is due to have a more challenging period until September after relocation to a new space, double the previous one, but at yearend it is likely to register a 20% more

02.18.2015

Nutline, a Romanian seed brand launched in 1998 and now part of German-held Intersnack’s portfolio, has reached Germany’s market. more

02.13.2015

Medsana, the first foreign investment on Romania’s healthcare market, reduced the weight of subscriptions in revenue to 33% in 2014 from 40% in the previous year as it deliberately renounced five more

02.06.2015

Italian-held farm machinery producer Maschio-Gaspardo Romania, which owns a plant in Chisineu-Cris locality of Arad county, has budgeted investments worth EUR2.5 million this year to expand the more

02.06.2015

The field of office furniture has very good prospects this year and in 2016 owing to companies mainly developing outside Bucharest, says Christopher Weller, managing partner of office furniture more

02.04.2015

Aridon company of the Republic of Moldova, which owns the franchises of fashion brands Levi’s and Celio* in Romania, plans to expand on the local market and wants to reach 16 stores in three years more

01.30.2015

Romanian restaurant chain SaladBox of Cluj, set up by several Romanian entrepreneurs two years and a half ago, plans to open five units in Germany, after having recently opened its first restaurant in more

01.30.2015

The pharmacy network is interested in acquiring independent pharmacies and mini-chains for expansion this year, but also considers the franchise system. However, the latter project is in its early more

01.29.2015

Players in Romania’s modern retail announced ambitious expansion plans for this year, with over 250 new stores scheduled for opening, mainly on small format. Investments could reach EUR200 million. more

01.27.2015

After investments of EUR380 million in wind projects, Verbund will no longer expand in Romania, says Ovidiu Pop, general manager of Verbund Romania, the local subsidiary of Austria’s biggest energy more

01.22.2015

DIY retailer Dedeman, owned by brothers Adrian and Dragos Paval, has earmarked investments of more than EUR60 million for 2015 in network expansion, with the retailer set to open at least four new more