Lidl Opens More Than 30 Stores in 2020
12.16.2020
German discount grocery retailer Lidl has opened 33 stores, either built from scratch or relocated this year, nearing 300 stores in Romania. It will continue expansion in 2021, as well.
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Auchan Opens Its 9th Large-Scale Supermarket, In Southern Bucharest 02.27.2025
French-held retailer Auchan Romania continues its expansion strategy in the proximity segment by opening its 9th large-scale supermarket, in... more
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Lidl Opens Two New Stores In Cisnadie (Sibiu) and Harsova (Constanta) 02.21.2025
German-held retailer Lidl opened two new stores in Cisnadie, Sibiu and Harsova, Constanta, on Thursday, February 20, the retailer announced. A week... more
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MerchantPro: Romania’s Ecommerce Continued To Grow In 2024 02.19.2025
Romania’s e-commerce market continued to grow in 2024, shows an analysis by MerchantPro, the local SaaS solutions platform, based on the data... more
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JYSK Opens Stores In Towns Of Caracal And Targu Frumos, Nears 150-Unit Mark In Romania 02.11.2025
Scandinavian home furnishings retailer JYSK continues to expand in Romania and is opening two new stores in the town of Caracal, Olt County, and... more
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Lefties Opens 3,000-Sqm Store in Iulius Mall Suceava, Reaches Four Units in Romania 02.11.2025
Lefties, a brand owned by Inditex group, Zara owner, announced the opening in the first half of this year of a new store, with a 3,000-sqm area in... more
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Trendyol’s First Year In Romania: 1.3 Million Users, 13 Million Products Sold 02.11.2025
Turkish online retailer Trendyol, majority held by China’s Alibaba giant, has attracted over 1.3 million active shoppers and sold more than 13... more
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Online Furniture Retailer Somproduct Files For Insolvency 02.11.2025
Somproduct, one of the largest online retailers of furniture and home décor in Romania, filed for insolvency at the end of last year. At the same... more
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Bringo: Over 1.6 Million Orders In 2024, Average Shopping Cart Value At RON300 02.07.2025
Bringo, the online fast grocery delivery service, part of French group Carrefour, intermediated sales worth nearly RON500 million (EUR100 million)... more
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Penny Romania Set To Invest EUR120M To EUR150 In 2025 02.06.2025
Discount store chain Penny will invest EUR120 million to EUR150 million in Romania in 2025, about the same as in the previous years, says Chief... more
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Retailer Profi Opened Only Two Stores In Its First Full Month Under Ahold Delhaize Umbrella 02.04.2025
Retailer Profi inaugurated two stores in January 2025, a supermarket in Oradea, with a total area of 528 square meters and a Loco store (a format... more
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Update: Seller In eMAG/HeyBlu – Orange Money IFN SA Deal Is Orange Romania 01.31.2025
eMAG and its financial services subsidiary HeyBlu have acquired Orange Money IFN SA from telecommunications group Orange Romania and the main... more
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Three Supermalls Under Construction In Cluj And Iasi In 2025 01.30.2025
Three supermalls with about 130,000 square meters of gross lettable area each are under construction in Romania, as the developers in this country... more
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Kaufland Opens Its 2nd Store In Bragadiru; Reaches 188 Hypermarkets In Romania 01.30.2025
German retailer Kaufland has inaugured on Thursday (Jan. 30) its second store in the town of Bragadiru (Ilfov County), thus reaching a network of... more
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Avon Adds Franchised Brick And Mortar Stores In Romania 01.29.2025
Direct selling company Avon, one of the largest actors on the cosmetics market in Romania, expanded into retail last year, opening franchised stores. more
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Auchan Set To Open Two New Stores In The Coming Period 01.29.2025
French food retailer Auchan is carrying out a recruitment campaign for more than 120 employees as it seeks to open two new stores in the coming... more
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Leroy Merlin To Open Its 2nd Store In Iasi In First Half Of 2025 01.29.2025
French do-it-yourself (DIY) retailer Leroy Merlin will inaugurate its second store in the city of Iasi, in the first half of 2025, within the new... more
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EUR500M RIVUS Project To Bring Chic Chic Urban Fashion Store Chain To Cluj-Napoca 01.28.2025
RIVUS, the mixed-use project developed by IULIUS and Atterbury Europe within an investment estimated at EUR500 million, will bring Chic Chic Urban... more
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Decathlon Plans To Resume Expansion In Romania In 2025 01.27.2025
Sporting goods retailer Decathlon, which arrived in Romania in 2009, will resume expansion in the country and open new stores in 2025 and 2026,... more
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Real Estate Developer Zacaria Starts On Its Retail Park In Cisnadie 01.23.2025
Real estate developer Zacaria, part of international Alf Mizzi & Sons group established in Malta, is starting work on its first retail park, in... more
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Reserved Replaces Zara In Bucuresti Mall 01.23.2025
Fashion retailer Reserved, held by Poland’s LPP, is opening a store in Bucuresti Mall, in the space vacated by Zara, one of the best-known... more
The Ministry of Energy and the companies Reţele Electrice Muntenia, Reţele Electrice Banat and Reţele Electrice Dobrogea (part of
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More than 3,600 companies went insolvent in the first half of 2024, which translates into a 5.8% increase compared to the first six
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Romania's energy ministry has signed 27 financing contracts worth a total RON138.2 million which target investments in the local
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Bucharest’s short-term rental market had a booming post-pandemic evolution considering that in 2023 alone, the industry generated
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The volume of real estate deals in Romania posted an 131% advance in the first half of this year, to EUR418 million, marking the
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The assets of open-end equity funds in Romania, which have three times fewer investors than bond and fixed income funds, increased by
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Romania smartphone market is expected to be flat at around 3.5-3.6 million units this year as in recent years there’s been a downward
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Fiscal deficits will remain elevated in Romania in the medium term: 4.7% of GDP (cash basis) in 2024, compared to the 2.9% target set
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Survey: Romania Could Increase Its GDP By 10% Until 2050 By Boosting Savings
Romania could increase its gross domestic product (GDP) by 10% until 2050, generating an additional contribution of EUR575 billion by boosting savings and redirecting them towards lucrative investments, according to a survey conducted by McKinsey&Company in spring 2022.