07.29.2015

The seven franchised restaurants McDonald’s has in Romania posted average revenue of 7.7 million lei (EUR1.74 million) last year, 7% to 9% higher than that of restaurants directly operated by the US more

06.26.2015

British fashion brand New Look, introduced in Romania as a franchise, has decided to leave about four years after the opening of its first store in the country. more

03.27.2015

British retailer Debenhams has returned to the Romanian market, under the same, franchise, system, after an almost two-year break, with a store in Vitan Mall. The new franchisee wants the average cash more

03.06.2015

Polish restaurant operator AmRest Holdings on Friday announced it acquired the franchise of Starbucks coffee shops in Romania and Bulgaria, in a transaction estimated at EUR16 million. more

01.30.2015

The pharmacy network is interested in acquiring independent pharmacies and mini-chains for expansion this year, but also considers the franchise system. However, the latter project is in its early more

12.18.2014

A few years ago it was mainly the foreign groups that expanded via franchising to attract Romanian partners who knew the market and the consumers. Romanian entrepreneurs have recently started to more

12.16.2014

The Romanian market comprises around 330 franchise concepts with total revenue worth EUR1.6 billion last year, around 45% higher than in 2007, one of the last years of economic boom and the last one more

11.06.2014

Romanian entrepreneur Razvan Cuc, founder of telephony dealer Plus GSM Cluj, a former Orange partner in Romania, bought in 2008 by Spanish fund GED Capital, has taken over the RE/MAX franchise of real more

08.20.2014

The franchised McDonald’s restaurants ended last year with average revenue of 7.3 million lei (EUR1.64 million), more than 6% higher than the revenue of a restaurant operated directly by the company more

08.01.2014

Greek-held Marinopoulos, one of the most important franchise holders in Romania during the economic boom years of the last decade, has no more operations left in the country, following the loss of the more

07.28.2014

McDonald’s, leader of Romania’s restaurant market, mulls transferring its around 70-fast-food unit network of Romania to a franchisee. Currently, several interested Romanian and foreign more

05.07.2014

Shareholders of Romanian meat products retailer Angst decided to withdraw its 22 stores from Carrefour Express franchise, Angst president Sorin Minea told Mediafax. more

11.20.2013

The largest franchisee in the LaDoiPasi network developed by German group Metro Cash&Carry, which operated six stores under the LaDoiPasi - For Family brand, has moved to Carrefour. more

07.01.2013

Retailer Carrefour Romania will expand its proximity store network with 20 new franchised units after signing two partnerships with local retailers Rost Com and Traditional Ecologic. more

03.25.2013

Casa Rusu, the retail division of furniture maker Rus Savitar, on Friday opened its 13th local franchised store, in Dej, northwestern Romania. more

12.06.2012

Tire maker Goodyear Dunlop Tires Romania has opened a Premio Proinvest repair shop in Alexandria, southern Romania, and will launch two more units in Constanta (SE) and Bistrita-Nasaud (N) to bring more

09.17.2012

Romanian tires maker Goodyear Dunlop Tires opened its 26 Premio franchised unit in the eastern town of Focsani, with total investments in the local network exceeding EUR10 million. more

08.21.2012

Philcare Franchise, owned by Carl Sampers, who developed the Subway restaurant network in Hungary, wants to open 15 bam boo gift shops in Romania and other countries next year, through franchising. more

08.07.2012

Metro Cash & Carry has reached a chain of over 300 franchised stores opened under the name “La Doi Pasi,” while a further 250 stores are in the process of being set up. more

06.19.2012

Atlantic Restaurant System, the operator of the Burger King franchise in Romania, has gone insolvent and closed three restaurants. The fast-food chain now has two restaurants left, which it will close more

03.01.2012

Retailer METRO Cash & Carry Romania on Thursday announced the launch of a franchise program for small independent retailers from traditional commerce, which will receive training, consultancy and more

11.14.2011

Cold cut exports exceeded the value recorded for the whole of last year, but they cannot be considered real exports, says Valentin Soneriu, general manager of CarmOlimp, a top-15 company in the meat more

10.24.2011

Brasov-based Retail Center Association (RCA) is the new owner, starting October 1, for the Spar supermarket franchise in Romania, previously owned by Astral Impex, a company controlled by the Cuc more

10.13.2011

Furniture maker Rus Savitar will launch Friday its first three franchised stores, in Targu Jiu, Slatina and Ramnicu Valcea. more

09.28.2011

Books and movies retailer Diverta, currently under judicial reorganization, will launch its first franchised stores by the end of this year, under a development plant aiming at expanding the network more