03.17.2014

Over the past decade, Romania has attracted tens of brands, led by Zara and H&M, which came here and opened hundreds of stores to gain a widening share of the 60-65 lei (about 15 euro) a Romanian more

03.14.2014

A Romanian spends EUR6.5 per month on clothes and footwear, almost two times less than a Hungarian and five times less than a Russian. Romania is as a matter of fact the country where the population more

03.13.2014

Greek-held Marinopoulos has closed down all Gap stores of Romania. The last to be shut down was the one of Baneasa Shopping City, marking the exit from the Romanian market of the US brand, the more

02.07.2014

Teodora Burz has spent the last eight years traveling to and from Romania, Italy, China and Turkey, where she has worked for foreign fashion brands. more

02.04.2014

Luxury brand Hugo Boss, present in Romania via a local franchisee, is set to shut down the two mono-brand stores in this country by late February, as the contract is drawing to an end and sales are more

02.04.2014

German-held fashion retailer Takko, present in Romania since the autumn of 2007, wants to open six stores this year, keeping up the expansion pace of 2013. more

12.31.2013

The Romanian fashion market has attracted new names in each of the past few years - H&M came in 2011 and TimeOut, while 2013 saw names such as Mim, Roberto Bravo, and Dolce & Gabbana enter the more

12.16.2013

Over 1,300 employees, 700,000 items of clothing made each month for international retailers such as Top Shop, Primark and Debenhams, two plants, one sample center and turnover of over EUR40 million - more

12.12.2013

Turkish fashion retailer Koton, which has four stores in Bucharest, has bought a 1,200 square meter building in the city’s Old Town for EUR4.5 million from an Irish businessman, sources close to the more

10.10.2013

Adriano Mengotti, who first came to Romania ten years ago, in the early days of the luxury market, says sales of his multibrand Mengotti store on Calea Victoriei street in central Bucharest started more

09.27.2013

Foreign fashion retailers H&M, Inditex (owner of Zara) and C&A have reached more than EUR350 million revenue and over 150 stores in five years, from the EUR50 million sales generated by 20 stores in more

08.27.2013

Although international giants like Inditex (Zara), H&M and C&A dominate the Romanian fashion retail, some second tier foreign brands have developed on this market, too. more

06.21.2013

The largest ten local apparel producers made clothes for luxury brands such as Dolce&Gabbana and Armani and for retailers Zara, Benetton, H&M and C&A, worth half a billion euros in 2012, slightly more

05.31.2013

The largest five foreign fashion retailers in Romania ended 2012 with EUR340 million sales, up 46.5% on the year. more

05.28.2013

German fashion retailer Takko will open a new store in Alexandria, southern Romania, Wednesday and plans to inaugurate five more units this year. more

04.05.2013

Romanian company Romanita, based in southern town of Caracal, makes 12,000 to 15,000 items of clothing daily for fashion retailers H&M, Zara and C&A. more

04.04.2013

Businessman Octavian Radu, whose fashion business included more than ten franchised brands during Romania's retail boom days, will leave the industry after dropping Debenhams and closing the last two more

03.08.2013

Dutch retailer C&A, one of the largest players on the European fashion market, will open 4-5 new stores this year in Romania, in capital Bucharest and elsewhere. more

11.13.2012

The five largest fashion retailers in Romania will end the year with EUR320 million to EUR360 million in revenue, up 60% on the year as a result of the aggressive expansion and Romanians’ enthusiasm more

11.12.2012

The local fashion retail is radically different than it was three years ago as a result of the difficult economic environment and of the many changes of market actors. more

10.09.2012

Inditex, the leader of the Romanian fashion market with EUR122 million in revenue last year, will open four more stores in the mall Carrefour is developing in Ploiesti together with South-African more

07.31.2012

BSB Fashion Romania, a subsidiary of Greek apparel retailer BSB, will open its 14th local store in early September, in its own building on Magheru Boulevard in Bucharest. more

07.31.2012

The five largest foreign fashion retailers on the local market, which control 220 stores generating over EUR220 million in revenue, set out to open more than 20 new stores in the second half, most more

06.15.2012

Inditex, the largest player on the Romanian fashion market, with sales of around EUR150 million last year, will end 2012 with a network of at least 90 stores, 18 more than at the end of 2011 and more

05.10.2012

Carmen and Sorin Seitan, with 16 years’ experience in fashion retail, are opening a new luxury store this year. The two entrepreneurs will bring one of the world’s most expensive brands, Brunello more