12.10.2024

Romania's Competition Council has announced in a press statement on Dec. 10 that it has launched an investigation into possible anti-competitive agreements on the local sporting goods market. more

04.28.2022

Sport Guru, the main retailer and distributor of specialized sporting goods domestically, posted total sales of RON38.4 million at the end of 2021, up 62% on the year, and RON2.8 million net profit, more

10.25.2021

Czech sporting goods retailer Sportisimo forecasts two-digit turnover growth in Romania in 2021. more

10.19.2021

Decathlon, the leading sporting goods retailer in Romania, budgeted growth 20% in sales for this year, which means more than RON1 billion for the first time, ZF has calculated. more

10.13.2021

Sporting goods retailer Hervis Romania in 2020 generated turnover worth RON234 million, 7% lower than in 2019. In 2020, non-essential physical stores shut down for several months, so that fashion, more

06.10.2021

Sporting goods retailer Sportisimo seeks to double its retail chain in Romania over the next five years, following the good results of the already operational stores. more

04.16.2021

More and more people are now aware they need to exercise and that a healthy body handles complicated health situations better, says Catalin Pozdarie, chief executive officer of sporting goods retailer more

12.02.2020

Sporting goods retailer Hervis has opened only two stores out of the planned 10 this year, amid the pandemic, Hervis Romania CEO Catalin Pozdarie says, but remains optimistic about 2021. more

05.22.2020

Sporting goods retailer Decathlon has partners in Romania manufacturing clothing, footwear, and bicycles in their plants. more

05.07.2020

Decathlon is the undisputed leader of the sporting goods retail in Romania, with some EUR200 million sales in 2018, according to the latest publicly available data. It has a network of 27 brick and 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

07.18.2019

Sporting goods retailer Intersport, one of the most powerful actors in this market, saw its sales up 7% in the first half, a higher growth rate than in the year-ago period. more

07.15.2019

The sporting goods market estimated to reach EUR500 milion next year is divided among specialist retailers like Hervis, Intersport and Decathlon, single-brand stores like Adidas and Nike, online more

07.11.2019

French-held Decathlon, the leading sporting goods retailer in Romania, ended 2018 with 16% growth in sales to 885 million lei (EUR190 million). more

05.23.2019

French-held sporting goods retailer Decathlon, which has more than 1,500 stores in about 50 countries relies on Romania for more than 60% of the production of 20 boot models. more

05.20.2019

Romanian consumers spent almost EUR450 million on bicycles, gym apparel and mountain equipment last year, so the sporting goods market increased by 12.5% over 2017 and more than 50% over 2014, ZF has more

05.06.2019

Sporting goods retailer Intersport, which has 31 stores in Romania, plans to open stores in smaller cities such as Targu Jiu and Targu Mures, Valentin Cristescu, head of marketing of Intersport more

03.18.2019

Sporting goods retail chain Hervis will open ten stores this year, after having inaugurated seven in 2018. The retailer will therefore end 2019 with 40 stores, almost double the 2017 number. more

12.19.2018

Sporting goods retailer Decathlon will end 2018 with 23 stores in Romania and the goal for 2019 is to open five more in the country, said Lacramioara Rosca, marketing manager of Decathlon Romania. more

12.05.2018

Sporting goods retailer Hervis, which entered Romania in 2007, will end the year with 30 stores after having opened four in December alone. Moreover, the company will continue fast-paced expansion more

12.03.2018

French-held sporting goods retailer Decathlon has grown to 23 stores in Romania by opening a new one in the Veranda Mall and plans to continue expansion with two more – in Deva and in Bistrita in more

04.30.2018

French-held sporting goods retailer Decathlon, the undisputed market leader in Romania, has grown to 22 brick and mortar stores and an online store in Romania and plans to continue expansion. more

04.05.2018

Sporting goods retailer Intersport, which currently operates 29 stores, has budgeted two new stores for this year, as well as growth of 5% in sales to almost 200 million lei (EUR43 million). more

12.12.2017

Sporting goods retailer Hervis, which has been operating in Romania for about a decade and has 23 stores, wants to open ten more next year, as many as in the last four years. In 2017 it opened five, more

07.11.2017

Sporting goods retailer Intersport plans to grow to 45 stores in five years and have its online store contribute 10% of its sales, general manager Antoniu Nituleasa says. The retailer currently more