02.11.2020

The retailers in the Baneasa Shopping City mall in northern Bucharest posted EUR285 milion sales together in 2019, 10% higher than in 2018. The figure does not include the sales of the Carrefour more

01.29.2020

The ranking of the largest players in the grocery retail in Romania has radically changed in the past decade, with three new names climbing among the top five. The three are Profi and Mega Image more

12.23.2019

Grocery retail, a EUR20 billion market a year was the stage of deals between foreign and local actors. Foreign chains continued to cement their position with new openings from scratch of several more

12.19.2019

More than 400 grocery stores have opened in 2019, making it the best year in local modern retail ever. Modern retail in Romania started with the arrival Metro Cash & Carry in 1996. more

12.16.2019

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12.12.2019

The nine most valuable modern retail networks in Romania are valued at 37.8 billion lei or almost EUR8 billion, ZF has calculated. more

12.11.2019

Three in ten pharmacies are part of one of the large networks of several hundred pharmacies in Romania, which bet on expansion through acquisitions in the last few years. The market share of the top more

12.10.2019

Belgian private investment fund Mitiska Reim, specialized in retail centers in Europe, has opened a shopping gallery in Braila, eastern Romania, developed in partnership with constructor Square 7 more

12.04.2019

Brand changes, deals, rise to the top, expansion, insolvencies – these are some of the trends of the past decade on the local market of construction materials and home décor distribution. The DIY more

11.26.2019

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11.11.2019

Discount store chains increased their market share to about 9% by the end of last year, from only 5.2% seven years earlier. The local market, along with Poland, saw the highest growth rate in more

11.07.2019

Romanians spend more than EUR600 milion on bicycles, fitness equipment, and sports gear every year, with the money going to either specialist single or multi-brand stores, hypermarket chains and more

11.04.2019

The major retail chains have improved efficiency of their operations over the past decade so the average number of employees per 100 square meters of modern retail space dropped to 2.6 last year, more

11.01.2019

Personnel turnover in the retail sector stands at 49% on average, higher than in France, says Jean Richard de Latour, CEO of the local operations of French giant Carrefour. more

11.01.2019

The number of stores on the ground floor of residential complexes is on the rise, reflecting not only the need of residents to have stores that sell staple products nearby, but also coming up with a more

10.15.2019

Discount store chain Lidl ended the first half with 4.5 billion lei (almost EUR1 billion) sales, a 23% increase on the year-ago period, according to ZF’s calculations based on publicly available more

10.03.2019

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09.27.2019

Eight companies account for more than 20% of the total retail in Romania, an industry with more than 126,000 companies and cumulated revenue of 224 billion lei (EUR47 milion). more

09.10.2019

Polish retailer CCC, the second most important actor on the local footwear market has 65 stores in Romania and sees potential for 100. more

09.02.2019

French-held retailer Carrefour, which has been operating in Romania since 2001, increased its sales by 7.6% in the first half of 2019 and if the growth continues at the same rate, the group’s total more

08.30.2019

The revenue per employee, a key indicator of the local modern retailer, ranges from 440,000 lei to 1.5 million lei (EUR93,000 to over EUR317,000), ZF has calculated from publicly available data. more

08.14.2019

The decrease of the economic growth rate in the second quarter of 2019 was due to a deterioration of the climate in the retail trade and industry, Andrei Radulescu, macroeconomic analysis director more

08.08.2019

Deliveries of retail spaces will accelerate in the second half of the year, when approximately 150,000 square meters will be delivered in several cities in the country, of which 35,000 sqm in more

08.05.2019

Modern retail stock, which includes retail parks and shopping centers, reached approximately 3.7 million square meters in the first half of 2019, of which 31% in Bucharest, as developers focus on more

08.02.2019

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 5.7% year-on-year in June, after a modest annual growth of 3.7% in May, data from the country’s statistics institute showed Friday. more