01.08.2014

Romanian adjusted retail sales edged down 0.2% in November 2013 from the earlier month, due to lower sales of fuels and food products, the statistics institute INS said Wednesday. more

01.07.2014

The executives in modern retail expect a slight economic rebound this year because of a good farming season and a new increase in exports. more

12.27.2013

Auchan will have the second largest hypermarket network in Romania in 2014 when it completes the remodel of the 20 Real hypermarkets it bought from Metro, according to market research firm GfK. more

12.23.2013

Nestle Romania Chief Executive Officer Herve de Froment said Romania is the place to be when it comes to the revolution of modern retail and e-commerce, because what took Western European countries more

12.20.2013

International modern retail chains expanded their networks at a fast pace in 2013, for the third year in a row, opening 255 stores and hiring 4,000 staff. more

12.19.2013

Romania's retail market, which returned to growth in 2012, will witness a growth rate of over 5% in upcoming years and is expected to reach 130 billion lei (EUR29 billion) by 2015. more

12.18.2013

Supermarkets, hypermarkets and cash&carry stores will extend shopping hours and some will be open around the clock on December 19-23 and December 29-30, shorter hours on December 24, 26, 31 and more

12.17.2013

The year 2013 has been full of events for the local retail sector, from changes of executives to hundreds of store openings inaugurated by most companies in the sector. more

12.12.2013

Turkish fashion retailer Koton, which has four stores in Bucharest, has bought a 1,200 square meter building in the city’s Old Town for EUR4.5 million from an Irish businessman, sources close to the more

12.11.2013

Besides the bitter taste, which many companies in the construction business felt this year, 2013 will go down in history as the year of a number of major projects delivered on the local market, which more

12.10.2013

A Dutch investor has bought the building of the former Bucuresti department store, one of the most important retail destinations in Bucharest before 1989, from the heirs of the founders for more than more

12.10.2013

Romanian electronics and IT retailer Altex has pursued the same trajectory as the Romanian economy in the company’s twenty-year existence. The largest electronics & IT retailer was affected during more

12.09.2013

One of the most powerful Romanian managers in the retail business, Alexandru Vlad, executive director of Selgros since 2001, says the crisis is not over yet for the companies “working with and for more

12.06.2013

Nine out of 12 modern retail chains present in Romania feature in this year’s ranking of the 100 most valuable companies in Romania, with an aggregated value of EUR2.9 billion. more

12.05.2013

Swedish fashion retailer H&M opened its 30th Romanian store in Galati Thursday, and the new 1,500-sqm unit is located in Galati Shopping City. more

12.04.2013

French-Belgian retailer Cora, which operates a 12-hypermarket network in Romania, officially launched Tuesday its coradrive service on the local market. The service allows customers to order products more

12.03.2013

Romanian adjusted retail sales edged up 0.4% in October from the earlier month, fueled by higher sales of food and drinks, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

11.27.2013

Less than a decade ago, Bucharest’s Old Town was a place of derelict buildings, homeless people and stray dogs freely roaming the streets. Now some 200 bars, restaurants and coffee shops populate more

11.25.2013

Romanians shook off their shopping gloom for the Black Friday three-day weekend and bought products of around EUR70 millions of euros from traditional and online IT &C retail, up from last year. more

11.22.2013

eMag, the largest IT&C retailer in Romania, which last year generated sales of EUR165 million, will be the command center of South African Naspers group’s expansion to other European markets on the more

11.19.2013

Romanians buy as many electronics, home appliances and IT products as they buy fragrances, with the former making up 2.6% of the consumer basket, Madalin Rugeanu, property&development manager at more

11.19.2013

Romanians have started buying cheaper products this year and the value of the local fast moving consumer goods market (FMCG) has increased 1%, according to GfK. more

11.19.2013

Modern retail, a EUR7 billion to EUR8 billion market, has managed to gain more than half of the local retail in less than two decades, so international chains now account for 53% of it compared with more

11.18.2013

Street front retail space rents continued to rise in Romania and currently exceed EUR7 per square meter/month in Bucharest, according to real estate platform SpatiiComerciale.ro. more

11.14.2013

The Romanian retail market is becoming more and more attractive to investors and about 40% of retailers interested in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are looking at Romania, according to Colliers. more