07.02.2012

German retailer Billa, part of the Rewe group, will open one store in the central town of Targu-Mures, expanding the network to 64 units, the company said in a statement Monday. more

06.28.2012

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, said Thursday it will open a new store in Bucharest Friday, June 29, bringing its Romanian network to 142 units. more

06.28.2012

The first do-it-yourself stores opened in Bucharest by seven of the eight networks operating in the city are the top performers of their respective chains. They are generally located in the southern more

06.27.2012

French group Carrefour will open its 53rd supermarket in Romania on Thursday, June 28, in downtown Pitesti, the company said Wednesday. more

06.21.2012

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, will open two more Shop&Go stores in Bucharest Friday. more

06.20.2012

German retailer Lidl opened a store in the northern Romanian city of Baia Mare Wednesday, reaching a countrywide network of 141 stores. more

06.11.2012

Italian-born Adriano Mengotti, who runs a store chain that bears his own name, has hung on to his store on Calea Victoriei, which he kept open throughout the crisis because it had better results than more

06.07.2012

Swedish retailer H&M will open its 15th Romanian store on June 14 in Iulius Mall Suceava, northeastern Romania, the retailer said in a press release Thursday. more

06.06.2012

German retailer Lidl will open a new store Wednesday in Timisoara, western Romania, bringing its local network at 140 units, the retailer said in a press release. more

05.30.2012

Romanian electronics retailer Flanco will open a new store Thursday in shopping center Palas Iasi (eastern Romania) and estimates sales of over 21 million lei (EUR4.7 million) in the unit’s first more

05.29.2012

Romanian retailer Profi, held by investment fund Enterprise Investors, said Tuesday it will open two more stores Wednesday, in Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara, extending its local network to 120 units. more

05.28.2012

British fashion retailer New Look will open its seventh Romanian store at the end of May in shopping center Palas Iasi, which will be inaugurated by Iulius Group on May 31. more

05.25.2012

Samsung Electronics Romania opened Friday its first store in Romania, and presented Samsung Galaxy Beam, a smartphone with a built-in digital light processing projector, launched at the 2012 World more

05.23.2012

German retailer Lidl will open a store Thursday in Medias, central Romania, its 138th store in the country. more

05.17.2012

German discount retailer Rewe on Thursday said it has opened its 125th store under the brand Penny Market in Huedin, in Romania’s northwestern county of Cluj. more

05.08.2012

Mega Image, a member of Belgian group Delhaize, will open Wednesday in Bucharest its 20th Shop&Go proximity store. more

05.03.2012

Romanian retailer Profi, held by investment fund Enterprise Investors, on Thursday opened its 118th store in southeastern county of Ialomita, the retailer said in a press release. more

04.25.2012

Stefanel Romania manager Carlo Stefanel believes Romania is close to leaving the crisis behind and that the face of local retail will change, with free-standing stores to win the fight with malls more

04.23.2012

Romanian construction material retailer Dedeman, the leader of the local DIY market, will open its 28th store Friday, in Ramnicu Valcea, following a EUR12 million investment. more

04.23.2012

Swedish retailer H&M will open a store in the Electroputere Parc Craiova shopping center next week, bringing its Romanian network to 13 units. more

04.19.2012

Belgian-held retailer Mega Image is still betting on expansion, the business model implemented since it first arrived on the market. It set out to open 150 stores in 2012 and 2013 (80 and 70, more

04.09.2012

Men’s fashion retailer Bigotti, controlled by businessmen Ion Olteanu and Emil Rosca, is considering reopening its store on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, where most fashion brands like Max Mara, more

04.06.2012

There was a time when Kenvelo was leader on the Romanian fashion market, recalls Philippe Besadoux, who has been running Kenvelo’s operations in Romania for almost three years. The market became more

04.05.2012

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, will launch Friday its 16th Shop&Go store on the Romanian market, with plans to launch another two such units by the end of April. more

03.28.2012

A former teacher from Ramnicu Valcea, Dumitru Craciunescu, has in the last two decades created a RON280 million (EUR63.8 million) business with a chain of 27 food stores under the DIANA brand and a more