07.16.2024

Dutch discount non-food retailer Action is getting ready to enter Romania, ZF sources say. The group has already begun recruiting for management positions to build a core team first. more

08.26.2022

Romanian-held engineering and technology company Simtel (SMTL.RO) notified the Bucharest Stock Exchange of the conclusion of a framework agreement with a food retail company for the development of more

11.08.2021

Fashion Days, Romania’s biggest online fashion retailer, owned by eMAG group, in 2021 banks on RON650 million revenues on the domestic market, up around 20-25% higher than in 2020, as e-commerce more

08.02.2021

Swedish-held fashion retailer H&M posted SEK 1.046 billion (EUR102 million) sales in Romania in the first half (December 1 – May 31) of this year, an increase of 19% on the year-ago period. more

07.30.2021

Half of modern retail actors are betting several million euros on green energy, equipping their stores with photovoltaic panels and spending on biogas power stations. more

04.01.2021

This year will be more difficult than the first year of the pandemic, whose impact will be stronger in 2021, believes Daniel Gross, the chief executive officer of German-held discount store chain more

01.19.2021

Modern retail chains in Romania are preparing to open 400 new stores in 2021 and spend EUR700 million to EUR800 million on expansion, on upgrades and logistics, ZF has found from the data they more

12.23.2020

Seven of the modern grocery retail chains in Romania have opened new stores in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In all, 421 new hypermarkets, supermarkets, modern convenience and discount stores more

09.29.2020

Greek-held Jumbo, the largest toy retailer in Romania, posted EUR53.7 million sales in the first half, an increase of 3% on the year-ago period, ZF has calculated from the company’s financial more

09.18.2020

Two retailers, Profi and Lidl, are the companies that hired most people last year. Profi hired almost 2,700 people and Lidl Discount almost 2,000 in 2019, according to the statistics of financial more

05.11.2020

Simtel, a company that deliveries renewable energy projects, plans to build 47 photovoltaic parks on the rooftops of some of the largest retailers in Romania – Dedeman, Penny Market and Mega Image, more

04.15.2020

The five largest DIY retail chains in Romania have 116 stores and generate more than RON12.1 billion revenue together, according to their 2018 reports, which are the latest available data. more

02.11.2020

Foreign grocery retailers will be spending almost EUR1 billion this year to open 400 new stores, develop new logistics facilities, online commerce and go digital. more

08.21.2019

Hypermarket and supermarket chains in Romania own land and buildings valued at 15 billion lei (EUR3.1 billion) and the value of their real estate portfolios rose by 17% in 2018. more

01.23.2019

Ten Polish retail companies operate in Romania where they have a total of 400 (online and offline) stores and sales of more than 1.5 billion lei (EUR318 million) in 2018, according to ZF estimates more

11.21.2018

The three most powerful retailers in Romania – Kaufland, Carrefour Romania and Lidl, have increased their first half sales at a rate of 10% to 20%. more

08.20.2018

The total immobilized assets of modern retailers in Romania stood at almost 21.5 billion lei (EUR4.7 billion) last year, having increased by 20% over 2016, ZF has calculated from Finance Ministry more

06.11.2018

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12.07.2017

Supermarket and convenience store chain Mega Image has a EUR50 million investment budget and is set to open 50 to 60 stores. more

11.20.2017

eMAG and Altex, the two largest computer and electronics retailers in Romania estimate Black Friday sales to reach about 600 million lei (EUR129 million) together, far ahead of other online and more

11.16.2017

Online retailers expect record sales for this year’s Black Friday, even 50% higher than in 2016, as a result of the rising consumer spending, not only for high-tech gadgets and TV sets, but also more

07.11.2017

The stores, the land and the warehouses of the modern grocery retailers are worth almost 17 billion lei (EUR3.7 billion), as shown by the valuations retailers published in their last year’s reports. more

04.11.2017

Supermarket, discount and convenience store chains have rushed to open stores before Easter, the second busiest period of the year after winter holidays. Nine new store openings were announced for the more

04.06.2017

Online car parts and accessories retailer epiesa.ro plans to double its network by the end of the year from the current five units, following investments of EUR250,000. more

02.01.2017

Modern retailers in Romania own or rent about 80 hectares of logistics warehouses, from which more than 1,000 trucks leave to supply the store chains. more