10.02.2013

Bookstore chain Diverta has closed down 36 units since becoming insolvent in 2010 and is now left with 26 stores. more

10.01.2013

Greek fashion retailer Sprider Stores Tuesday closed its store network in Romania after its local subsidiary went bankrupt in July. more

09.19.2013

Tehnomarket stores developed by computer and electronics retailer Domo in Romania have either been turned into Domos or closed on a market where competition is charging from all sides and especially more

09.19.2013

Modern retailers will continue to expand in the next five years as fast as during the crisis at a rate of 150-200 stores a year to reach a total of almost 2,000 and fill every spot still not taken. more

09.18.2013

German retailer Lidl will open a new store in Cluj-Napoca Thursday, its fifth in the city and 163rd in Romania, the company said Wednesday. more

09.12.2013

German retailer Lidl resumes expansion with two stores outside Bucharest and wants to open seven more by yearend to bring its local network to a total of 169 units. more

09.10.2013

Swedish apparel retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) will open four new stores in Romania by the end of the year, one in Ploiesti and three in Bucharest, expanding its local network to 29 units. more

09.10.2013

Dusan Wilms, one of the most important executives in local retail, who runs the Romanian operations of Metro Cash&Carry, says the aggressive expansion of hypermarket and supermarket chains is more

09.06.2013

French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin, which owns one store in Romania, in retail park Colosseum in Chitila, near Bucharest, registered turnover of EUR21 million locally in 2012, according to data obtained more

09.05.2013

Romanian furniture maker Lemet invested 2.3 million lei (EUR0.51 million) in opening the largest store of its LEM’s network. more

08.30.2013

Romanian retailer Profi has inaugurated two new stores in August, in Cluj-Napoca and Baia Mare, and will open one more unit Saturday, in Huedin, expanding its network to 173 units. more

08.30.2013

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, has opened three Shop&Go stores and two Mega Image units Friday. more

08.26.2013

Romanian do-it-yourself retailer Dedeman, owned by Dragos and Adrian Paval, will open a store in the southern city of Pitesti Friday, following an investment worth EUR14 million, and will expand its more

08.23.2013

Romania ranks 15th among the most important markets for Spain’s Inditex group, the owner of Zara, the world’s leading fashion retailer by revenue (EUR16 billion last year). more

08.22.2013

Robert Coman, a low-profile entrepreneur in Romania’s luxury industry, will open a Dolce&Gabbana mono-brand store in the shopping gallery The Grand Avenue of five-star JW Marriott Hotel in more

08.14.2013

Furniture producer Lemet will open a store in Curtea de Arges, southern Romania, following an investment of around RON1.5 million. more

08.14.2013

Ikea’s store in Baneasa, northern Bucharest, will remain the only store of the company in Romania at least until the end of 2014, even though Ikea had announced plans for a second store upon its more

08.02.2013

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, said it plans to open nine new stores in Romania in August and the first one was inaugurated Friday in Brasov (C). more

07.31.2013

Retailer Profi, controlled by Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors, opened Wednesday a store in Toplita, the first in town and second in Harghita county. more

07.30.2013

Kaufland Romania will open its third hypermarket in Ploiesti, southern Romania, mid-August, and plans to open three or four more stores this year, with an average investment of EUR6-9 million per more

07.29.2013

Furniture maker Lemet has opened a store in Radauti, in Romania’s northeastern county of Suceava, following an investment of nearly 1.7 million lei (EUR0.38 million). more

07.25.2013

French-owned retailer Carrefour Romania has officially launched its online store, three months after the start of the pilot project, and plans to develop a version for smartphones. more

07.24.2013

Casa Rusu, the retail division of Timisoara-based furniture producer Rus Savitar, will open a new store Thursday, in Constanta, following an investment worth EUR250,000, and expects the unit will more

07.16.2013

Italian fitness equipment manufacturer Technogym on Tuesday said it opened its first store in Romania, in capital city Bucharest. more

07.15.2013

German supermarket chain Billa, part of the Rewe retail group, will open Tuesday its third supermarket in Brasov, central Romania, reaching a national network of 73 stores, the retailer said in a more