08.19.2024

Romanians are expected to spend RON3.4 billion on kids’ clothes and footwear this year, over four times less than on women’s clothes and shoes, in line with ZF calculations based on data provided more

08.05.2024

Online retailer eMAG is launching a new online shop-in-shop with apparel, footwear and accessories, called Fashion Shop, which sells more than one million products, the company’s representatives more

04.09.2024

Romanian-held footwear retailer Benvenuti expects business to stagnate or grow slightly in 2024 compared with last year, when the company posted sales of almost RON178.5 million (more than EUR36 more

05.08.2023

Footwear retailer Benvenuti posted RON30.8 million revenue in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of about 31% on the year-ago period, the retailer said. more

12.12.2022

Romanians spent EUR261 million in the top ten footwear store chains in Romania last year. The amount is 6.5% lower than in the benchmark year 2019, the last year before the pandemic, according to more

05.20.2022

Footwear retailer Benvenuti, held by Romanian entrepreneur Dan Pavel, posted almost RON123.4 milion (EUR25 million) sales in 2021, an increase of 26.5% on 2020, ZF has calculated from Finance Ministry more

02.21.2022

Footwear retailer Benvenuti, controlled by local entrepreneur Dan Pavel, for 2021 reported turnover worth RON123.4 million (EUR25 million), up 26% year-on-year. more

02.16.2022

The Italian brand Ducati, part of the Volkswagen group, is entering the Romanian market with a range of safety footwear designed for those working in difficult conditions, to be sold through the more

01.19.2022

Denmark’s Glerups, a producer of wool footwear, is expanding its production operations in Romania with a new hall and wants to hire 100 people in Aiud, Alba county, according to the representatives more

12.24.2021

Poland’s group CCC is bringing in Romania in 2022 the HalfPrice brand, which will operate on the fashion outlet segment, according to market sources. more

12.01.2021

Cristina Batlan, founder of Musette brand, a major player in Romania’s footwear sector, with production and retail activities, states that the company is still in dire need of personnel, both more

10.14.2021

Raffaello Shoes Factory, the largest footwear manufacturer in Romania, posted RON263.3 million (EUR54.6 million) revenue in 2020, a decline of 15% on the ROIN311.3 million (EUR65.7 million) of 2019, more

09.27.2021

French group Kering, with luxury brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent or Balenciaga in its portfolio, controls a shoemaker in Baia Mare with over 650 employees. The plant, founded two decades ago, more

08.04.2021

Romania was and still is one of the most important footwear manufacturers of Europe, but exports shrank a lot in 2019 and especially in 2020. more

07.30.2021

Polish footwear retailer CCC, which manages the brand by the same name and other brands, posted PLN122.6 million (RON132 million) sales in Romania in the first quarter of its 2021 financial year more

03.25.2021

Footwear retailer Benvenuti, held by local entrepreneur Dan Pavel, believes the fashion market will follow the same trend in 2021 as it did in the second half of last year, with lower sales than the more

11.30.2020

Romania exported 37 million pairs of footwear last year, worth a total $930 million, the World Footwear report shows, which looks at the footwear industry of each country. more

08.03.2020

Romania exported $930 million worth of footwear in 2019, the lowest value since 2006, the first year for which data are available. 2019 was the first in the past 15 years when footwear exports dropped more

02.12.2020

Footwear manufacturing industry employed only about 38,000 people at the end of 2018, the latest officially available data show, half the number a decade ago. more

12.16.2019

Polish footwear retailer CCC, the second largest player on the Romanian footwear market, has announced the opening of a store within shopping center Hello Shopping Park in Bacau, as well as of three more

11.26.2019

Suceava-based footwear manufacturer Marelbo seeks to cover Romania with 100 stores in five years, compared with 60 it has now. more

11.15.2019

Footwear retailer ECCO Shoes Romania has announced it expects to end the year with EUR8.5 million sales, 15% lower than estimated at the beginning of the year, EUR10 milion. The company officials did more

10.29.2019

Romanians spend EUR1.2 billion footwear a year, buying 67.7 million pairs. A consumer buys 3.5 pairs a year on average and spends EUR18 on each, ZF has calculated based on the data supplied by market more

08.19.2019

Romania exported almost $1.1 billion worth of footwear in 2018, about the same as in the previous year. more

06.19.2019

Footwear retailer Benvenuti posted 130.5 million lei (EUR28 milion) sales last year, up about 5% over the previous year, ZF has found from Finance Ministry data. more