19 sep 2011

Sales of food, detergents and hygiene private labels sold by the Cora chain almost doubled last year compared to 2009, and reached 8% of the total, i.e. EUR20 million, according to ZF estimates. more

8 sep 2011

Sarantis Romania, among the ten largest on the cosmetics market, has been battling US giant Colgate-Palmolive in court for over two years, asking for EUR1.2 million in compensation, in a lawsuit that more

8 sep 2011

French retailer Carrefour, the third largest company in modern retail, with turnover of around EUR1.1 billion last year, could open three hypermarkets this year, in Deva, Botosani and Bucharest. more

31 aug 2011

Only three of the 15 companies in modern retail managed to generate profit of above EUR1 million per store last year. more

29 aug 2011

Romanians spent about EUR140 million in fast-food restaurants (McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King) on the local market last year, EUR3 million more than in 2009. more

29 aug 2011

The stores of Spanish-held retailer Zara, the best-selling apparel brand in Romania, last year generated profit worth EUR11.5 million, more than four times higher than the sales registered by the Tina more

17 aug 2011

McDonald’s Dristor, IKEA restaurant and Caru’ cu Bere are “fighting” for the title of Bucharest restaurant with the highest receipts, considering each of them generated revenues of EUR4-5 more

11 aug 2011

Whirlpool Romania, the local subsidiary of the world’s largest home appliances manufacturer, estimates the white goods market will rise by up to 10% against 2010, to around EUR330 million. more

9 aug 2011

Romanians buy one pair of shoes per year on average, on which they spend around 130 lei (about EUR30). However, the amount Romanians are willing to pay on shoes has dwindled in the last few years, in more

4 aug 2011

Romanian pharmaceutical producer Antibiotice Iasi (ATB.RO) invests EUR12 million in expanding production capacity, which will allow production of latest generation of anti-infective drugs to be more

3 aug 2011

It has been almost three years since the electronics, home appliances and IT products market started to feel the effects of the crisis and, even though small positive signals are emerging, the more

1 aug 2011

In the past two years the crisis has wiped dozens of coffee shops off the local map. Some chains went insolvent (Costa Coffee and Cup&Cino), others cut their number of shops considerably (Turabo). The more

28 iul 2011

Cora, one of the most aggressive retailers in the last few years on the Romanian market, plans to open a small mall in Bucharest, which will also host a Cora hypermarket. more

27 iul 2011

Retailer Profi, controlled by investment fund Enterprise Investors, is in acquisition talks with several store chains on the market. The company has made acquisitions in the past, having bought the more

26 iul 2011

Inditex, the largest local fashion retailer, has appointed Paul Cuza, 38, as general manager for Romania, former country manager of Douglas perfumeries. Inditex posted around EUR100 million in more

22 iul 2011

The situation of the textile industry in recent years is best reflected in the evolution of Braiconf, one of the oldest domestic brands: in 2005, shareholders complained about the high personnel more

21 iul 2011

Lidl, the German discount-type network that has embarked upon the most extensive foray in Romanian retail, has also brought a new business model. The retailer that currently operates around 110 stores more

19 iul 2011

Swedish apparel retailer H&M, which entered the Romanian market in late March, is set to open other four stores by the end of this year, reaching thus a ten-unit network. more

14 iul 2011

French retailer Carrefour, leader of Romania’s hypermarket segment, is bringing the first good news for retail after a long period of declines, namely a 1.4% increase in like-for-like sales in the more

14 iul 2011

Rom chocolate, one of the few domestic brands that have survived the changes Romania has undergone over the past 50 years, is the second best-selling chocolate bar, ahead of global products such as more

11 iul 2011

The indoor advertising sector (advertising in office buildings, blocks of apartments, airports, bars, restaurants) valued by the industry at EUR6 million to EUR10 million, was rising last year against more

6 iul 2011

Furniture maker Cotta International based in Arad, one of the top ten companies in its industry, has become the main supplier of sofas of the Austrians at kika. Kika has a 67-strong store chain in more

6 iul 2011

The Nivea brand last year had a EUR67 million budget for promotion (at rate card value), the tenth largest budget for a brand in Romania. The amounts allocated for promotion will increase this year, more

30 iun 2011

Flour, milk, poultry and pork have become over 6% cheaper in June against May, shows ZF’s food index, calculated based on Bucharest hypermarket prices. more

29 iun 2011

Austrian furniture and interior decorations retailer kika, which has a 23,000 square-meter store in western Bucharest, has plots in Cluj and in Timisoara where it is set to build stores after the more