06.21.2012

Procter&Gamble, the largest company on the local non-food consumer goods market, expects consumer spending to grow slightly but steadily in 2012 after three years of decline. more

06.20.2012

The Romanian retail market stagnated at about EUR16 billion last year, after two years of decline. This is the first positive signal coming from an industry that started declining in 2009, as the more

06.13.2012

Kaufland climbed to the top position among modern retailers in Romania in 2011, ending the year with EUR1.35 billion in sales. more

06.06.2012

Retail sales – one of the leading indicators of consumption – went up by 3.6% in the first four months compared with the year-earlier period, but they are yet to recoup losses in previous years. more

06.05.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales inched up 0.8% in April compared with a month earlier, on higher demand in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

06.04.2012

Hornbach, whose four do-it-yourself stores in Romania bring EUR75 million to EUR80 million in sales each year, will open one more unit in Timisoara this year, following a EUR30 million investment. more

06.01.2012

Catia Radulescu, Centrofarm’s new chief executive officer, said the development of the retail pharmacy chain will be intensive over the coming period, which means it will focus on expanding the more

05.31.2012

Dorin Catana, the chief executive officer of the Centrofarm retail pharmacy network, stepped down from his position and was replaced by Catia Radulescu, a member of the board of directors and one of more

05.29.2012

Five of the 40 most important shopping centers in Romania account for almost 40% of total turnover, but together only make up 21% of the country's gross lettable area, according to a study by more

05.04.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 4.5% in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the year-earlier period, on growing consumption in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more

04.25.2012

Retail spaces under construction in Romania stretch onto around 300,000 square meters, of which 170,000 sqm are to be delivered until the end of the year, real estate advisors Colliers said in a press more

04.09.2012

French group Auchan took over from Flavus Investitii the real estate project developed on the former Tractorul industrial platform in central Romanian city Brasov. more

04.04.2012

The development of modern retail in Romania in 2000-2011 has put pressure on the increase in food prices - as the segment's share grew by 1%, prices dropped by 0.88 points, says a study presented more

04.04.2012

Romanian retail sales fell 2.5% in February from the previous month, the third largest decrease in the European Union, official data showed Wednesday. more

04.04.2012

The state should support small producers so they will be able to sell their products in large retail stores, which represent 50% of the market, and be less concerned with adopting interventionist more

04.03.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales decreased 2.5% in February compared with a month earlier, due to falling demand in most sectors, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more

03.27.2012

Sorana Georgia, manager of supermarket chain Billa, says 2012 will be the best year for the company she runs both in terms of turnover and in terms of the number of openings. Billa’s estimates come more

03.21.2012

Bucharest’s shopping center floor-space per thousand people stands at 185 square meters, one of the lowest rankings in Europe, after Paris with 141 sqm and Vilnius with 130 sqm, according to a more

03.15.2012

Romania should amend the law on the sale of food products, as it has had negative effects on the market, Competition Council president Bogdan Chiritoiu said Thursday. more

03.14.2012

Mikael Ohlsson, the chief executive officer of IKEA, world’s largest furniture company, says he is in no hurry to open the next store in Romania and prefers to do things step by step, as IKEA is not more

03.08.2012

Metro Cash&Carry, the largest retailer on the Romanian market by sales, is the first to provide a pessimistic estimate about the consumer-spending trend this year. The company, whose last year sales more

03.07.2012

Modern retail companies invested about EUR50 million in the first two months of year to open 29 stores throughout Romania. They did it in part because they were encouraged by the four consecutive more

03.06.2012

Consumption showed the first signs of rebound in the last quarter of last year and pursued an even faster rise in 2012. The almost 10% increase came from food retail, which was helped by the bad more

03.05.2012

Romanian retail sales rose 3% in January from the previous month, the third largest increase in the European Union, official data showed Monday. more

03.02.2012

Romanian adjusted retail sales rose 2.9% in January compared with a month earlier, largely fueled by growing demand in all sectors, the statistics institute INS said Friday. more