08.14.2015

The three largest banks in Romania posted decline in interest income in the first half and the ranking by assets remained unchanged even after the completion of the deal between Banca Transilvania and more

08.12.2015

Bucharest has seven luxury hotels, half as many as Prague, the most famous capital in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of tourist destinations. more

08.11.2015

The Aqua Carpatica brand created by businessman Jean Valvis in 2010 sold better than still mineral water brand Izvorul Alb in January-May, which the same entrepreneur created 15 or 20 years ago and more

08.06.2015

Betty Ice, a brand made in Suceava (northern Romania) and launched more than two decades ago, was last year’s best-selling ice cream brand, ahead of big international names like Algida and Nestle, more

07.31.2015

Dedeman Bacau (do-it-yourself retail), Tinmar-Ind (energy) and RCS&RDS (telecom) are the three largest entrepreneur-owned companies in Romania by 2014 results. more

07.31.2015

The largest 18 pawnbrokers - financial institutions supervised by Romania’s central bank along with leasing and consumer finance companies, posted 284 million lei (about EUR64 million) revenue and more

07.31.2015

The automakers that own production facilities in Romania - the Renault-Nissan Alliance (Automobile Dacia) and Ford Motor Company (the plant in Craiova), dominate the ranking of the largest automotive more

06.25.2015

US-held Cargill and ADM (the former Alfred Toepfer) traded places again in the ranking of the largest agricultural commodity traders in Romania last year, as the former retook the top spot, beating more

06.23.2015

The 20 largest construction material manufacturers in Romania posted almost 5.6 billion lei (EUR1.25 billion) revenue together last year, an increase of 4% on 2013. more

06.19.2015

The 16 shopping centers in Bucharest, among which Baneasa Shopping City, AFI Palace Cotroceni, Sun Plaza and Bucuresti Mall, generated more than 800 million lei (EUR178 million) in revenue last year, more

06.10.2015

The 20 largest companies in Romania posted RON146 billion revenue last year, an increase of 4% on 2013. more

04.20.2015

The financial crisis and the arrival of many foreign companies changed the balance of power in the local footwear retail sector, with German-held Deichmann taking the top spot after the 2013 more

04.20.2015

UK-held pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca saw at least tenfold growth in Romania 2004-2014, going from about EUR11 million to EUR110 million, ZF has found based on the data supplied by market more

04.03.2015

Ever fewer brokers are fighting for a bigger slice of an ever smaller pie, the money of investors on Bucharest Stock Exchange. While the market became richer last year in the wake of the biggest IPO more

03.19.2015

Bucharest alone contributes 35% to 45% of the revenue of the local retail industry, which makes it the most powerful market and hottest place to be for store chains. more

03.13.2015

The ten largest owners of retail spaces in Romania hold together about 1.8 million square meters of malls, retail parks and shopping galleries, which can be valued at about EUR3 billion, according to more

03.11.2015

The lack of a new Dacia model and the slowdown of the production in Mioveni along with the decline at the Ford plant in Craiova led to a drop in Romania’s car production by 5% to 391,500 cars in more

03.09.2015

Kaufland, the German-held retailer, became the 23rd largest importer in Romania last year, climbing seven places on 2013 and 11 on 2012, according to the National Statistics Institute. more

03.06.2015

Lawyers, bankers and managers in the energy sector are the best-paid employees in Romania’s economy, according to the data centralized by ZF based on the personal financial disclosure statements of more

03.04.2015

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, the leader of the soft drinks market, climbed 60 spots among the largest local exporters, from 344 in 2013 to 284 in 2014, according to the National Statistics Institute. more

03.04.2015

In 2014, UniCredit Leasing kept its leading position on the market, with a market share of above 18%, while Swiss-held Impuls Leasing managed to cement their second position. Competition for the third more

02.26.2015

Romanian DIY retailer Dedeman, controlled by brothers Adrian and Dragos Paval, is the fifth biggest player in Central and Eastern Europe in this field, with a 1.2% share of a total market valued at more

02.13.2015

The Borsec brand of Romanian-held Romaqua Group is close to beating Coca-Cola on the market of soft drinks and bottled mineral water, ZF has found from market research company Canadean data. more

01.06.2015

Raiffeisen Bank in 2014 became the most dynamic brokerage on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, toppling the leader of the previous three years, Swiss Capital. Stock transfers handled by Raiffeisen reached more

10.22.2014

The appetite of Egyptians for the wheat or of Saudis for the barley harvested in Romania makes the country’s grain exports a thorn in the side of the European grain export leaders France and more