06.12.2017

Romanian entrepreneurs Nicolae Badea, Lucian Vlad and Radu Dimofte, the holders of the KFC franchise for Romania and the Republic of Moldova have secured the rights to expand the fast-food restaurant more

05.18.2017

Cypriot group Voici La Mode will buy three of the six stores British retailer Marks & Spencer owns in Romania and will be the new owner of the M&S franchise on the Romanian market. more

05.12.2017

Tiriac Energy, the power division of Tiriac Group, on Friday said it inaugurated the first four franchised gas stations of its filling station network, following an investment of EUR200,000, and is more

08.24.2016

Poland’s AmRest, which entered Romania by taking over the Starbucks franchise last year, says this country is its most profitable market, generating an EBITDA of more than 25% in the second quarter more

05.27.2016

Poland’s AmRest group, which entered Romania by taking over the Starbucks franchise last year, says this is its best market by profit margin. AmRest operates on 13 markets, most of which in Europe, more

12.17.2015

Most sought after sectors for franchises are food&beverage, coffee shops and services, especially fitness or those that promote a healthy lifestyle. more

09.29.2015

The Kenvelo group, which holds several fashion brands, decided to drop the Brioche Doree (coffee shops) and Mim (fashion) franchises as of October 1, to focus on its core business for the time being. more

08.14.2015

US-held fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s, which entered the Romanian market directly in 1995, has sold the local operations to Malta’s Premier Capital. Premier Capital holds the franchise of more

08.05.2015

Development by franchising, which is less costly than opening their own offices, has allowed insurance brokers to cover the entire country and eventually handle almost two thirds of the gross written more

07.29.2015

The seven franchised restaurants McDonald’s has in Romania posted average revenue of 7.7 million lei (EUR1.74 million) last year, 7% to 9% higher than that of restaurants directly operated by the US more

06.26.2015

British fashion brand New Look, introduced in Romania as a franchise, has decided to leave about four years after the opening of its first store in the country. more

03.27.2015

British retailer Debenhams has returned to the Romanian market, under the same, franchise, system, after an almost two-year break, with a store in Vitan Mall. The new franchisee wants the average cash more

03.06.2015

Polish restaurant operator AmRest Holdings on Friday announced it acquired the franchise of Starbucks coffee shops in Romania and Bulgaria, in a transaction estimated at EUR16 million. 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

12.18.2014

A few years ago it was mainly the foreign groups that expanded via franchising to attract Romanian partners who knew the market and the consumers. Romanian entrepreneurs have recently started to more

12.16.2014

The Romanian market comprises around 330 franchise concepts with total revenue worth EUR1.6 billion last year, around 45% higher than in 2007, one of the last years of economic boom and the last one more

11.06.2014

Romanian entrepreneur Razvan Cuc, founder of telephony dealer Plus GSM Cluj, a former Orange partner in Romania, bought in 2008 by Spanish fund GED Capital, has taken over the RE/MAX franchise of real more

08.20.2014

The franchised McDonald’s restaurants ended last year with average revenue of 7.3 million lei (EUR1.64 million), more than 6% higher than the revenue of a restaurant operated directly by the company more

08.01.2014

Greek-held Marinopoulos, one of the most important franchise holders in Romania during the economic boom years of the last decade, has no more operations left in the country, following the loss of the more

07.28.2014

McDonald’s, leader of Romania’s restaurant market, mulls transferring its around 70-fast-food unit network of Romania to a franchisee. Currently, several interested Romanian and foreign more

05.07.2014

Shareholders of Romanian meat products retailer Angst decided to withdraw its 22 stores from Carrefour Express franchise, Angst president Sorin Minea told Mediafax. more

11.20.2013

The largest franchisee in the LaDoiPasi network developed by German group Metro Cash&Carry, which operated six stores under the LaDoiPasi - For Family brand, has moved to Carrefour. more

07.01.2013

Retailer Carrefour Romania will expand its proximity store network with 20 new franchised units after signing two partnerships with local retailers Rost Com and Traditional Ecologic. more

03.25.2013

Casa Rusu, the retail division of furniture maker Rus Savitar, on Friday opened its 13th local franchised store, in Dej, northwestern Romania. more

12.06.2012

Tire maker Goodyear Dunlop Tires Romania has opened a Premio Proinvest repair shop in Alexandria, southern Romania, and will launch two more units in Constanta (SE) and Bistrita-Nasaud (N) to bring more