06.25.2014

Cigarette smoking in Romania declined slightly in 2013 from a year earlier, but consumption of illicit tobacco continued to grow, costing the authorities more than EUR300 million in taxes, a KPMG more

06.06.2014

US giant Procter&Gamble saw its revenue in Romania go slightly down last year, by less than 2%, to EUR336.3 million, amid feeble consumption appetite. more

06.02.2014

Consumption gave real signs of a rebound in 2014, with visible effects both in stores and in Bucharest’s old town, as well as in real estate, says Jean Baptiste Dernoncourt, the head of more

05.21.2014

Giants Colgate-Palmolive, Procter&Gamble and GlaxoSmithKline control around 80% of Romania’s EUR45-50 million toothpaste market. US Colgate-Palmolive is market leader in all Central and Eastern more

04.22.2014

Romania's natural gas consumption fell by 8% in 2013, even lower than the level reached in 2009 - the toughest crisis year for the country's economy- and nearly 20% lower than in 2008. Payments for more

04.03.2014

Natural gas imports are set to account for a single-digit share of this month’s natural gas consumption, with 2% allocated to the household and 4% to the non-household consumer mix. more

03.25.2014

Beer consumption in Romania fell 10% on the year to 16.3 million hectoliters in 2013, according to the Romanian Brewers Association. more

03.20.2014

Consumption inched up by 0.4% in 2013, propped by December figures, as Romanians reopened pockets to buy home appliances, furniture and clothes. In January, though, retail sales advanced by almost 6%, more

03.11.2014

Romania’s power consumption could increase by 1% to 1.5% on the year in 2014, according to estimates of CEZ Romania utility. more

01.07.2014

Romania’s electricity consumption fell in 2013 for the second consecutive year, after several major industrial consumers either entered insolvency or scaled back operations. more

12.11.2013

Jean Baptiste Dernoncourt, the newly-appointed executive of Carrefour Romania, says a reduction of VAT on food is needed in order for a steady recovery of consumption to occur. more

12.11.2013

Beer sales reached 14 million hectoliters (1.4 billion liters or 2.8 million 0.5 liter cans) in the first nine months of the year, down 2.6% on the year-ago period, ZF has calculated based on the more

12.10.2013

Romania’s electricity consumption is expected to fall by around 4% in 2013, less than initially estimated, a director of state-run power grid operator Transelectrica said Tuesday. more

12.09.2013

The Romanian Government is preparing a set of measures aimed at restarting consumption for the beginning of next year. The measures will not affect budget resources, Budget Minister Liviu Voinea said more

11.29.2013

Romania’s annual consumption of premium coffee (ground coffee and beans, excluding instant coffee), in restaurants, outdoor bars and coffee shops amounts to $50 million-$65 million (EUR44 million to more

11.06.2013

Analysts say the new taxes to be levied as of 2014 will indirectly also affect the population, leaving less money in Romanians’ pockets for consumption. more

10.24.2013

Generating electricity at the point of consumption through solutions such as solar panels installed on rooftops could be a new driver of growth for renewable energy, but for now only companies stand more

10.15.2013

The Romanian economy and consumption are stagnating at present because of problems in Europe, says Antonio di Berardino, the Italian who has been running the network of Winmarkt shopping centers for more

10.14.2013

Romania ranks sixth in Europe in terms of beer consumption, with 89 l/capita, shows a ZF analysis based on data from the Brewers of Europe Association for 2011. more

10.07.2013

Romania’s chocolate market is expected to grow by 5% in volume in 2013, up to 31 million kilograms, following a continuous decline in consumption ever since 2008, according to a ZF analysis based on more

09.04.2013

Romanian state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) estimates the country’s electricity consumption will drop at an annualized rate of around 4% in 2013-2014, the company said in a more

08.30.2013

The yogurt segment, one of the most important of the dairy market, put at EUR250 million, increased by 6% in the first half of this year on the year-ago period. The overall market fell by 7%, more

08.08.2013

Francois Melchior de Polignac, executive manager of Carrefour Romania, says Romanians are increasingly cautious when they shop because of economic uncertainties, mainly to do with their income. more

07.31.2013

The ice cream market is suffering from the continued purchasing power decline in 2013 and the lower temperatures in June and the first part of July did not help, either, says ice cream maker Alpin 57 more

07.25.2013

Despite Romania needing infrastructure, roads, bridges, schools and hospitals, steel consumption has declined significantly in the past few years and continues to do so, according to industry more