17 nov 2014

Retail sales (via pharmacies) are now at more than 60% of the total at the moment, because of a decision made to change the business model at the end of 2011, says Dan Ivan, general manager of more

14 nov 2014

The Baia Mare plant of Italy’s biggest furniture group Natuzzi is the largest of the group and has come to operate at full capacity, according to Pasquale Junior Natuzzi, the third son of Pasquale more

13 nov 2014

Office furniture sales are likely to rise by 5% in 2015, after the first signs of a pickup this year following a decline that started five years ago. more

11 nov 2014

Romanian drug group Polisano plans to start a rebranding campaign next week, which will involve all the companies part of it and be the first project of this type of the Sibiu-based business developed more

10 nov 2014

The economic crisis brought a radical change in the consumption habits in Romania's beer industry, with sales of beer bottled in PET containers (which give consumers more beer for less money) going up more

7 nov 2014

Romania has just 18 breweries left, covering consumption of 16.2 million hectoliters, with three production units being shut down during the crisis, according to the latest Brewers of Europe report. more

6 nov 2014

Private equity fund investment manager Axxess Capital will continue acquisitions in 2015 and plans to close two or three deals. more

5 nov 2014

Private equity fund Advent international, whose only remaining Romanian business is medical service provider Regina Maria, is getting ready for an exit, industry sources say. more

4 nov 2014

International Healthcare Systems (IHS), the fifth largest player on the Romanian private healthcare market, will continue adding one center per annum, at the pace it’s maintained so far, but also more

28 oct 2014

The number of retail pharmacies has doubled in Romania in the past decade, and the issue of pharmacy numbers is being discussed again this year, as the demographic criterion regulating it is due to more

27 oct 2014

Many companies are choosing spaces were employees no longer have their own desks this year, says Sebastian Capotescu, marketing manager of GreenForest, a Timisoara-based manufacturer of office more

23 oct 2014

Exports of Romanian manufacturer of veterinary drugs and vaccines Romvac are likely to reach 10% of revenue in 2014, six years after it started abroad deliveries, says Constantin Chiurciu, the more

23 oct 2014

Online sales are likely to come to 5% of IKEA Romania revenue in 2015 financial year (that started in September and will end in August 2015), but growth potential on this segment is higher than that more

22 oct 2014

Danish furniture and home décor retailer JYSK will open three stores in Romania by yearend, after it has added seven new units to its network so far this year. more

20 oct 2014

Catena, the retail pharmacy chain of the Fildas group, has overshot the 500-pharmacy mark and is the first network to do so. more

17 oct 2014

Rose wine has come to weigh 7-8% of Romania's overall wine market, virtually shaping up in the past two-three years, when it’s proved to be the most dynamic segment of the field. more

16 oct 2014

Entrepreneur Dan Balaban, who controls Davino winemaker, says this year’s production will be an average one, specific of a normal year. However, production will be 30% lower than the 2013 record more

15 oct 2014

Romania has about 180,000 hectares of vineyard but only 28% of them are part of commercial vineyards, which leaves room for more winemakers, with a few new names trying their hand at it every year. more

14 oct 2014

Amethyst, a cancer treatment center started in Bucharest, is now operating six centers in Romania, Poland, Germany and France, following EUR50 million investments. more

13 oct 2014

Halewood Romania, a major local winemaker, expects this year’s wine output to be 10% lower than in 2013, mainly because of the unfavorable weather conditions, according to Dan Muntean, the more

9 oct 2014

Romania’s beer market will witness a single-digit contraction rate in 2014 considering the first half trend (minus 9%) and the rainy summer, but on the long-term it is set to resume growth, more

8 oct 2014

Mobexpert furniture group could see EUR4 million to EUR5 million online sales by the end of 2016, generated by its own website and by partnerships with online retailers, the group's founder and chief more

8 oct 2014

Iasi-based private healthcare group Arcadia, controlled by Romanian entrepreneurs, generated revenue worth EUR5.4 million in the first half of this year, up 23% from the year-earlier period. more

7 oct 2014

Spitalul European Polisano (Polisano European Hospital), part of Romanian group Polisano, is set to invest almost EUR20 million in the coming months to open four new radiotherapy centers. more

6 oct 2014

The total revenue of the companies in the furniture retail business stood at EUR623 million last year, half the 2008 level. The furniture sector, just like the entire durable goods industry, was more