12.10.2019

Belgian private investment fund Mitiska Reim, specialized in retail centers in Europe, has opened a shopping gallery in Braila, eastern Romania, developed in partnership with constructor Square 7 more

12.04.2019

Brand changes, deals, rise to the top, expansion, insolvencies – these are some of the trends of the past decade on the local market of construction materials and home décor distribution. The DIY more

11.26.2019

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11.11.2019

Discount store chains increased their market share to about 9% by the end of last year, from only 5.2% seven years earlier. The local market, along with Poland, saw the highest growth rate in more

11.07.2019

Romanians spend more than EUR600 milion on bicycles, fitness equipment, and sports gear every year, with the money going to either specialist single or multi-brand stores, hypermarket chains and more

11.04.2019

The major retail chains have improved efficiency of their operations over the past decade so the average number of employees per 100 square meters of modern retail space dropped to 2.6 last year, more

11.01.2019

Personnel turnover in the retail sector stands at 49% on average, higher than in France, says Jean Richard de Latour, CEO of the local operations of French giant Carrefour. more

11.01.2019

The number of stores on the ground floor of residential complexes is on the rise, reflecting not only the need of residents to have stores that sell staple products nearby, but also coming up with a more

10.15.2019

Discount store chain Lidl ended the first half with 4.5 billion lei (almost EUR1 billion) sales, a 23% increase on the year-ago period, according to ZF’s calculations based on publicly available more

10.03.2019

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09.27.2019

Eight companies account for more than 20% of the total retail in Romania, an industry with more than 126,000 companies and cumulated revenue of 224 billion lei (EUR47 milion). more

09.10.2019

Polish retailer CCC, the second most important actor on the local footwear market has 65 stores in Romania and sees potential for 100. more

09.02.2019

French-held retailer Carrefour, which has been operating in Romania since 2001, increased its sales by 7.6% in the first half of 2019 and if the growth continues at the same rate, the group’s total more

08.30.2019

The revenue per employee, a key indicator of the local modern retailer, ranges from 440,000 lei to 1.5 million lei (EUR93,000 to over EUR317,000), ZF has calculated from publicly available data. more

08.14.2019

The decrease of the economic growth rate in the second quarter of 2019 was due to a deterioration of the climate in the retail trade and industry, Andrei Radulescu, macroeconomic analysis director more

08.08.2019

Deliveries of retail spaces will accelerate in the second half of the year, when approximately 150,000 square meters will be delivered in several cities in the country, of which 35,000 sqm in more

08.05.2019

Modern retail stock, which includes retail parks and shopping centers, reached approximately 3.7 million square meters in the first half of 2019, of which 31% in Bucharest, as developers focus on more

08.02.2019

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 5.7% year-on-year in June, after a modest annual growth of 3.7% in May, data from the country’s statistics institute showed Friday. more

07.04.2019

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 3.7% year-on-year in May, after 6.5% annual growth in April, data from the country’s statistics institute showed Thursday. more

06.28.2019

Niche retail operations of their own is the latest bet of the fast-moving consumer goods sector companies, which want separate exposure for their brands without competition from other manufacturers more

06.25.2019

Romania ranked fifth in Europe, in 2018, regarding the deliveries of retail space within retail parks, being outranked only by France, Spain, UK and Italy, as per the European Retail Park – What’s more

06.13.2019

Romania (+7%) and Lithuania (+5.9%) are expected to have the highest growth rates in 2019 for brick-and-mortar retail in the 27 EU nations (excluding the UK) even though purchasing power remains among more

06.12.2019

German-held kik group, which operates in the discount fashion retail and arrived in Romania last fall, has already opened almost 20 stores in this country and plans to reach the 35-store milestone in more

06.04.2019

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05.30.2019

Polish-held fashion group LPP, which has been operating in Romania for more than a decade now, saw its local sales go up 43% to 273 million lei (EUR57 million) in 2018 and expects growth at an even more