03.15.2016

Bulrom Gas, one of the leading actors of Romania’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market, plans to open its first ten stores under the OCTANO brand this year. more

03.03.2016

Romanian adjusted retail sales, excluding vehicle sales, grew 1.9% on the month in January, but declined 24.4% in unadjusted data, the country's statistics institute said Thursday. more

03.02.2016

The retail space stock reached 2.8 million square meters last year, more than one million square meters of which in Bucharest, Romania’s biggest market, reads a report of real estate consultant JLL. more

02.24.2016

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02.15.2016

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02.04.2016

Retail sales, the main indicator of consumer spending, may have grown by 8.9% in Romania in 2015 but they still need 1.6% more to be able to match the 2008 level, according to ZF’s calculations. more

02.03.2016

Romanian retail sales grew 8.9% in 2015 compared with 2014, due to a 19.1% growth in food, beverage and tobacco sales, the country's statistics institute said Wednesday. more

02.01.2016

Consolidation, exits, and acquisitions will continue in Romania over the next decade and only three out of the nine players on the do-it-yourself retail market will still be there by 2026, believes more

01.25.2016

Sweden’s IKEA only had one store in Romania for eight years, but last spring its strategy changed with investment reaching EUR300 million, according to ZF estimates. The group is pursuing three more

01.22.2016

Modern retail accounts for less than one quarter of the total number of grocery stores in Central and Eastern Europe, yet it contributes 75% of the total business, according to ZF’s calculations more

01.15.2016

Traditional retail numbered 54,000 small stores last year, whose sales reached 33.3 billion lei (EUR7.33 billion), almost 20,000 fewer than in 2008, the last year of economic boom. more

01.12.2016

Mihai Sindrilaru, the Romanian executive who developed the New Yorker fashion brand in Romania over the past eight years, has become international retail manager for five countries of second hand more

01.12.2016

German-held discount hypermarket chain Kaufland ended 2015 with EUR2 billion sales generated by a network of 107 stores, according to ZF estimates, following a very good December helped by the food more

01.11.2016

Decathlon, the leader of the local sporting goods retail market, is now covering all the key areas in Bucharest, following the opening of the store in Baneasa, in the north of the city. This is more

01.07.2016

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 2.5% in November compared with October, driven by higher sales of non-food items, the country’s statistics institute said Thursday. more

01.07.2016

December generated EUR3.5 billion to EUR3.7 billion sales for retailers in Romania and most of the money went to food, while the rest went to clothing, cosmetics, computer and electronics products, more

01.07.2016

Catena pharmacy network, the retail business of the Fildas group of entrepreneur Anca Vlad, ended 2015 with more than 550 pharmacies, compared with 500 at the beginning of the year. more

01.07.2016

Otter Distribution, one of the largest local footwear retailers, ended last year with EUR26 million sales, an increase of more than 10% on 2014. The growth drivers were the rise in consumer spending more

01.05.2016

Modern retailers opened almost 200 new stores in 2015, keeping the same expansion pace as in the last few years. They mostly opened smaller stores, that is supermarkets and convenience stores. more

12.24.2015

December generates 10% to 20% of the yearly sales of modern retailers – supermarkets and hypermarkets, depending on format. At an average of 15% and annual sales of EUR8.5 billion to EUR98 billion, more

12.21.2015

Noriel Group, a toy retailer, distributor and manufacturer, wants to reach 100 stores in Romania in five years, twice as many as it has today and three times higher revenue, EUR100 million. more

12.15.2015

The 12 foreign networks operating in Romania’s modern retail sector currently hold 2.3 million square meters (230 hectares) of hypermarkets, supermarkets, discount and cash & carry stores. more

12.14.2015

Management changes, new concepts developed and takeover talks reconfigured local modern retail in 2015, market with 1,600 stores and EUR8.5 billion sales a year. more

12.10.2015

DHL Express Romania, one of the most important logistics and courier service companies in Romania, wants to increase the number of parcel shipments from malls and gas stations, to meet rising demand more

12.03.2015

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 0.7% in October compared with September, driven by growth in fuel sales, the country’s statistics institute INS said Thursday. more