07.13.2012

Modern retailers saw decline in sales per store last year, by over 30%, as consumer spending decline did not stop and they continued to open stores in an attempt to keep revenue at the same level as more

07.12.2012

Retailer Kaufland, which operates a 75 discount hypermarket network in Romania, has bought part of the land where the Munplast plastics plant used to be, said Maricel Diaconu, one of the indirect more

07.11.2012

Cora, a retailer that owns eight hypermarkets on the local market, will hire 900 people for the new stores it plans to open in Bacau (eastern Romania) and Bucharest this year. more

07.11.2012

Marcello Bottoli, former chief executive of fashion house Louis Vuitton and currently operating partner with investment fund Advent International, talks about Romania in words that could stir the more

07.06.2012

Discount chain Lidl, the latest to enter the market of modern retail in Romania in 2011, when it started one of the most aggressive expansion campaigns, ended last year with 1.68 billion lei (EUR375 more

07.04.2012

Maurizio Volcich will take over as head of UniCredit Tiriac Bank's retail division, replacing Emanuele Butta, who has been appointed head of retail and executive vice-president of UniCredit Bank more

07.03.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 1.2% in May compared with a month earlier, on higher demand in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

06.29.2012

Modern retailers have invested about EUR100 million in the first six months of this year to open 88 new stores and one network closed up shop. more

06.28.2012

The retail market in the central Romanian city of Brasov could oversaturate in the next three years, as it could only absorb two more shopping centers considering the number of households and purchase more

06.21.2012

Procter&Gamble, the largest company on the local non-food consumer goods market, expects consumer spending to grow slightly but steadily in 2012 after three years of decline. more

06.20.2012

The Romanian retail market stagnated at about EUR16 billion last year, after two years of decline. This is the first positive signal coming from an industry that started declining in 2009, as the more

06.13.2012

Kaufland climbed to the top position among modern retailers in Romania in 2011, ending the year with EUR1.35 billion in sales. more

06.06.2012

Retail sales – one of the leading indicators of consumption – went up by 3.6% in the first four months compared with the year-earlier period, but they are yet to recoup losses in previous years. more

06.05.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales inched up 0.8% in April compared with a month earlier, on higher demand in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

06.04.2012

Hornbach, whose four do-it-yourself stores in Romania bring EUR75 million to EUR80 million in sales each year, will open one more unit in Timisoara this year, following a EUR30 million investment. more

06.01.2012

Catia Radulescu, Centrofarm’s new chief executive officer, said the development of the retail pharmacy chain will be intensive over the coming period, which means it will focus on expanding the more

05.31.2012

Dorin Catana, the chief executive officer of the Centrofarm retail pharmacy network, stepped down from his position and was replaced by Catia Radulescu, a member of the board of directors and one of more

05.29.2012

Five of the 40 most important shopping centers in Romania account for almost 40% of total turnover, but together only make up 21% of the country's gross lettable area, according to a study by more

05.04.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 4.5% in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the year-earlier period, on growing consumption in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more

04.25.2012

Retail spaces under construction in Romania stretch onto around 300,000 square meters, of which 170,000 sqm are to be delivered until the end of the year, real estate advisors Colliers said in a press more

04.09.2012

French group Auchan took over from Flavus Investitii the real estate project developed on the former Tractorul industrial platform in central Romanian city Brasov. more

04.04.2012

The development of modern retail in Romania in 2000-2011 has put pressure on the increase in food prices - as the segment's share grew by 1%, prices dropped by 0.88 points, says a study presented more

04.04.2012

Romanian retail sales fell 2.5% in February from the previous month, the third largest decrease in the European Union, official data showed Wednesday. more

04.04.2012

The state should support small producers so they will be able to sell their products in large retail stores, which represent 50% of the market, and be less concerned with adopting interventionist more

04.03.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales decreased 2.5% in February compared with a month earlier, due to falling demand in most sectors, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more