01.13.2015

Romania’s furniture industry, mainly dominated by local entrepreneurs, advanced by around 10% in terms of production, exports and imports in 2014, while local sales posted a one-digit increase, more

01.07.2015

Dan Sucu, owner of Mobexpert group, estimates the Romanian furniture market, valued at over RON2.5 billion, expanded by 6-7% in 2014 on a “certain deicing” of the real estate market, with the best more

12.22.2014

Furniture group Rus Savitar-Casa Rusu, held by the Rusu family in Timisoara, will end the year with a growth of 20% in sales and 28 stores (corporate and franchised). more

12.15.2014

The wood and furniture sector, a business of almost 30 billion lei (almost EUR7 billion), was shaken by an illegal forest restitution scandal involving influential politicians, but the revenue of the more

11.19.2014

Romania comes tenth in Europe by furniture exports, a ranking dominated by Germany, Italy and Poland, which cumulate half of exports, reads Business Construct magazine. more

11.14.2014

The Baia Mare plant of Italy’s biggest furniture group Natuzzi is the largest of the group and has come to operate at full capacity, according to Pasquale Junior Natuzzi, the third son of Pasquale more

11.13.2014

Office furniture sales are likely to rise by 5% in 2015, after the first signs of a pickup this year following a decline that started five years ago. more

10.27.2014

Many companies are choosing spaces were employees no longer have their own desks this year, says Sebastian Capotescu, marketing manager of GreenForest, a Timisoara-based manufacturer of office more

10.23.2014

Online sales are likely to come to 5% of IKEA Romania revenue in 2015 financial year (that started in September and will end in August 2015), but growth potential on this segment is higher than that more

10.22.2014

Danish furniture and home décor retailer JYSK will open three stores in Romania by yearend, after it has added seven new units to its network so far this year. more

10.08.2014

Mobexpert furniture group could see EUR4 million to EUR5 million online sales by the end of 2016, generated by its own website and by partnerships with online retailers, the group's founder and chief more

10.06.2014

The total revenue of the companies in the furniture retail business stood at EUR623 million last year, half the 2008 level. The furniture sector, just like the entire durable goods industry, was more

10.02.2014

Romania’s largest furniture manufacturer, Baia Mare-based Aramis Invest, has expanded into furniture retail by opening a store in the Gold Plaza mall in the city. A second store is due for opening more

09.24.2014

Gherla-based Sortilemn furniture producer, a major local supplier of Swedish group IKEA, generated revenue worth EUR22.3 million in the first half of the year, up 35% from the year earlier period, more

09.17.2014

Alexandru Rizea, owner of furniture producer Lemet Campina, which operates Lem's stores, says he is now focusing on investments in a new hall, where the company is looking to expand its product range, more

09.11.2014

Small furniture producers present at the International Furniture Fair held at Romexpo exhibition center in Bucharest say 2014 has been a challenging year so far, but that there are positive signs for more

09.10.2014

Five furniture producers with overall revenue of above EUR300 million and 6,500 employees are headquartered in Romania’s Maramures county. more

09.04.2014

Rus Savitar-Casa Rusu group, a business in the furniture industry, controlled by Rusu family of Timisoara, plans to open another six stores in the 2014-2015 period, lifting its network to 33 units. more

08.28.2014

Furniture maker Taparo, which has been in business for merely nine years, is the fifth largest Romanian-held exporter and also the third most important furniture manufacturer of the country. more

08.13.2014

Romania is a rather empty market for the Steinhoff group, owner of the kika furniture retailer, which operates a furniture and home decor store in the western part of Bucharest. One store is, more

08.04.2014

Baia Mare-based furniture producer Aramis Invest augmented its revenue by 130% during the crisis, to EUR124 million, while hiring 1,000 people, reaching almost 2,860 headcount. more

07.24.2014

Furniture retailer IKEA posted more than EUR3,100 in sales per square meter last year, an increase of 7% on 2012. The company has only one store in Romania, in the Baneasa shopping area in northern more

06.19.2014

The IKEA furniture and decorations store in Bucharest posted EUR0.5 million loss in 2013, something its representatives say was due to the transition of the store from a franchised store to a directly more

06.18.2014

Timisoara-based Rus Savitar-Casa Rusu group, with operations in the furniture industry, saw revenue go up by over 30% on the year in January-March, on the rising production capacity and product range more

06.02.2014

Steinhoff group, owner of kika furniture and home décor stores, appointed Akos Forras, currently the chief executive officer of Hungary’s Quattro Mobili retailer, at the helm of the Bucharest unit. more