01.19.2017

Consumer spending increase drove up the sales of the stores in AFI Cotroceni mall by more than 10% to EUR253 million in 2016, according to Africa Israel, the owner of the mall. more

01.19.2017

Modern retailers operating small format stores of less than 1,000 square meters have been opening stores close to or in the new residential compounds in Bucharest and in the rest of the country. more

01.18.2017

Fast-food restaurant chain Spartan, developed by Romanian Stefan Mandachi, has reached 30 units, of which 11 own stores and 19 in franchise system. more

01.17.2017

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01.11.2017

French-held cosmetics group Yves Rocher is entering local retail after having tested the market via the franchising system, following in the footsteps of Sephora, Zara and Mango. more

12.12.2016

German-held food retailer Kaufland opened a new store in Codlea, Brasov county, bringing its local network to 112 stores, the company said in a statement. more

11.01.2016

Swedish furniture and decoration retailer IKEA plans to open a second store in capital city Bucharest, on the Theodor Pallady Boulevard, by the end of 2018, in which it will invest over EUR80 million, more

10.24.2016

German-held retailer Lidl plans to add another 100 discount stores to the 200 it already has, says Frank Wagner, the German executive who runs the local operations of the company. He did not say more

10.05.2016

Tchibo Romania, one of the leading actors of the local coffee market, has closed its Promenada Mall store three years after opening it. more

09.29.2016

Cosmetics manufacturer Farmec Cluj Napoca keeps expanding its store network across Romania by opening a new unit in central city of Brasov. more

09.28.2016

Retailer Selgros Cash&Carry Romania will be opening on Friday, in Alba Iulia (central Romania), its second compact store, after inaugurating the first one in Targu Mures, at the end of May 2016. more

09.08.2016

Furniture manufacturer Elvila, of businessman Viorel Catarama, is already making development plans for 2017, as sales returned to growth last year after six years and the trend continued in the first more

09.06.2016

Modern retail numbers almost 1,800 stores in Romania, half of which located in the country’s ten largest cities, including Bucharest. The more

09.02.2016

Footwear retailer Il Passo, one of the largest footwear and leather accessories retailers in Romania, has opened a new store, in shopping center ParkLake Plaza in capital Bucharest, reaching eight more

09.01.2016

Retailer Cora is launching the virtual store cora.ro in south-eastern city of Constanta as well, the second city after capital Bucharest, which enables people to buy products online. more

08.31.2016

Peeraj group, the most powerful franchise holder in the fashion retail in Romania, will be opening this fall its first store in Romania, under the French band Tati, in Bucharest-based shopping mall more

08.25.2016

Romanian Diverta, the largest integrated retailer in the field of books, stationery and toys, opened a new store, within shopping mall Promenada. more

08.23.2016

German retailer Peek & Cloppenburg has leased an area of 4000 square meters in Timisoara Shopping City project owned by NEPI in western Romania. more

08.22.2016

KVL by Kenvelo, Lee Cooper and Timeout fashion brands ended last year with a 93 store network and EUR39 million sales together, up 23% on the previous year. The operator of the three brands, more

08.19.2016

The about 1,700 modern retail stores – hypermarkets, supermarkets and discount stores, in Romania had almost 72,000 employees at the end of last year, according to publicly available data. more

07.27.2016

Swedish apparel retailer Hennes&Mauritz (H&M) will open in the autumn a new store in Iasi city, eastern Romania, in Iulius Mall Iasi shopping center. more

07.25.2016

Do-it-yourself retailer Dedeman, the largest company on the Romanian building materials market and one of the largest in the region, will be opening a store in Satu Mare (north-western Romania) on more

07.11.2016

Mobexpert Group, one of the largest entrepreneurial furniture businesses in Romania, will invest in opening new stores throughout the country soon and chose to go to Constanta first. more

07.08.2016

Do-it-yourself retailer Praktiker Romania has re-opened the store Praktiker Vitan in capital Bucharest, after investing EUR400,000 in its remodeling. more

07.07.2016

Romania’s second largest computer and electronics retailer by revenue, Flanco, has opened 15 stores since the beginning of the year and will continue to expand. more