03.08.2013

Dutch retailer C&A, one of the largest players on the European fashion market, will open 4-5 new stores this year in Romania, in capital Bucharest and elsewhere. more

03.05.2013

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 4.3% in January from the earlier month, on higher sales across the board, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

03.04.2013

Private labels, no-name products that have taken local commerce by storm in the past few years as the economic crisis hit and consumption declined, have now become top-selling brands in categories more

03.04.2013

Furniture and home accessories retailer kika, whose only store in Romania is located in Bucharest, saw sales up 3% last year, according to the estimates of its country manager Lars Lund. more

03.01.2013

Dragos Dinu, recently appointed chief executive of electronics, home appliances and computer retailer Domo, said his goal is to optimize the business this year. more

02.27.2013

The last six months brought about five top management changes in the local electrical and computer retail and manufacturing industry. more

02.13.2013

Dozens of empty stores are waiting for tenants on the boulevard connecting Piata Unirii and Piata Romana in the center of Bucharest. more

02.05.2013

Electronics, home appliances and computer retailer Domo was taken over by investment fund Domtech and has a new chief executive officer, Dragos Dinu. more

02.05.2013

The stock of modern retail space in Romania will increase 6% in the next two years, from 2.7 million square meters at the end of 2012, according to real estate consulting firm CBRE Romania. more

02.05.2013

Romanian retail sales fell 3.2% in December from the previous month, the largest decrease in the European Union, official data showed Tuesday. more

02.04.2013

Representatives of Era Shopping Park in Iasi (northeastern Romania) are negotiating with Swedish furniture retailer IKEA the opening of a store, and the deal is likely to be concluded this year, more

02.01.2013

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 3.3% in 2012 compared with the previous year, on higher sales across the board, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more

01.08.2013

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 2% in November from the earlier month, on higher sales across the board, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

01.06.2013

Supermarket chains are planning to open more than 150 stores this year, continuing the expansion trend of the last few years. more

01.03.2013

Romania's economy will rise 2%. Hidroelectrica will get out of insolvency. Another 150 km of highway will be finalized. Bancpost could merge with Banca Romaneasca. These are just a few of the main more

01.03.2013

The year 2012 was rather busy for the Romanian retail sector, with bankruptcies, exits from the local market and changes in rankings. Also, towards the end of the year, French retailer Auchan took more

12.27.2012

Romania’s merger and acquisition market, estimated at over EUR1 billion this year, has seen transactions in almost all sectors, with the most significant in retail, real estate and the fertilizer more

12.27.2012

The five hypermarket operators present in Romania opened 14 stores in 2012 and closed two, and investments in the new units exceeded EUR150 million, according to ZF estimates. more

12.26.2012

Although one quarter of the almost 1,000 modern food retail units are located in Romania’s capital city Bucharest, in the winter holiday period long lines form in most supermarkets. On average, more

12.21.2012

The major supermarket chains are getting close to 1,000 stores on the local market after having opened 227 in 2012, according to a ZF analysis. Retailers continued to invest hundreds of millions of more

12.20.2012

The existence of over ten retail chains in Romania, a country with around 20 million inhabitants, may lead to consolidation between companies, but there is also concern over the food industry showing more

12.04.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales fell 2% in October from the earlier month, on lower sales across the board, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

11.30.2012

Fewer retailers are interested in expanding on the Romanian market next year than in 2011, according to a survey by real estate consultant CBRE among 100 companies. more

11.28.2012

Romania’s Competition Council will complete a retail market inquiry at the beginning of 2013 and some of the firms targeted might be penalized, Bogdan Chiritoiu, head of the antitrust watchdog, said more

11.26.2012

French retailer Auchan might take over the Romanian hypermarket network of German retailer Real and a deal to this end might be signed Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Ziarul Financiar. more