29 iun 2011

Prices in restaurants on the Otopeni Airport are 50% to 100% higher than in the city, according to a ZF analysis, with airport restaurants making twice as much revenue as a city restaurant. more

23 iun 2011

Subway, the world’s largest restaurant chain by the number of outlets (nearly 35,000 worldwide), plans to open 60 restaurants on the Romanian market by 2015. This is the first official figure more

23 iun 2011

After having kept a low profile for more than two years, Filip Schwartz, major shareholder and CEO of Otter Distribution, is coming up with a new action plan, a footwear store network, which he hopes more

22 iun 2011

Romanians pay 48 eurocents for a bar of soap, while Hungarians pay 21 eurocents and Poles pay 24 cents. A tube of toothpaste costs 1.8 euros in Romania, compared to 1.19 euros in Bulgaria and 1.46 more

22 iun 2011

Hundreds of small stores - supermarkets and discount stores - have opened in the last few years. On the other hand, there are just a handful of hypermarkets and cash&carry stores that cover more than more

21 iun 2011

Bucharest residents prefer to go out and eat in fast-food restaurants, while people in the rest of Romania tend to eat in traditional restaurants, according to a market survey by Unilever Food more

17 iun 2011

On a retail market where the price battle is fierce, the private labels of major retailers, unknown until not long ago, have been gaining ground. more

16 iun 2011

Ten years after Carrefour opened its first store in Romania, marking the start of "capitalism" in retail, the French retailer has managed to stabilize its hypermarket sales at just over EUR1 billion more

15 iun 2011

Jolidon, one of the few Romanian brands that had succeeded in building a network of almost 150 stores in Romania and abroad, had to close its foreign units, ZF learnt from Jolidon’s Italian and more

9 iun 2011

The sale electronics and home appliances retailer Domo has entered the finishing straight, as bids need to be submitted by July 15, according to Lorand Szarvadi, founder and minority shareholder in more

8 iun 2011

Direct cosmetics sales company Avon Romania generated turnover worth 479.4 million lei (EUR114 million) in 2010, up EUR2 million from the previous year, and similar to the company's all-time high in more

7 iun 2011

Dragos Petrescu, owner of the City Grill restaurant chain and manager of the "Caru' cu Bere" restaurant, is tapping into a new market segment - catering for private hospitals. He has signed a contract more

6 iun 2011

2011 is a year of contrasts on the local apparel retail market, with big names relying heavily on aggressive expansion while small players are waiting for better conditions in 2012. more