04.28.2016

Do-it-yourself retailer Praktiker of businessman Omer Susli will close the stores that perform poorly, but does not rule out opening new stores in areas with higher purchasing power. more

04.25.2016

Furniture and accessories retailer JYSK plans to expand to 15 stores in Bucharest and the surrounding areas alone by 2020, says Alexandru Bratu, JYSK country manager for Romania and Bulgaria. more

04.21.2016

Private equity firm Axxess Capital, run by Romanian executive Horia Manda, is negotiating the takeover of elefant.ro, one of the few local online retailers with more than EUR10 million revenue a year, more

04.19.2016

Polish-held fashion group LPP, which has five brands on the Romanian market, including Reserved and Mohito, plans to open 18 stores in 2016 so as to expand to almost 40 stores by yearend. LPP Fashion more

04.12.2016

German retail group Rewe is in talks to sell its eight XXL Mega Discount stores in Romania, market sources told ZF. more

04.07.2016

Retailer Selgros Cash&Carry will be building its second smaller format store in Romania after finalizing the acquisition of a plot of land in Alba Iulia, the company said in a statement Thursday. more

04.06.2016

Italian clothing brand MOTIVI, part of fashion retailer Miroglio Fashion SRL, Italy, invested nearly EUR180,000 in opening a new concept store in Timisoara (western Romania), the company said in a more

04.04.2016

Secom, a company specializing in the import, distribution and sale of natural health and beauty products, will open a new store in Timisoara city, western Romania, the company said in a statement. more

03.30.2016

American designer and manufacturer of accessories Fossil will open its first store in Romania, in shopping mall AFI Palace Cotroceni, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. more

03.29.2016

Dan and Dorina Mutu, two of the most important entrepreneurs in Valcea County (southern Romania) who own retail, manufacturing and farming operations, have entered the EUR4 billion grocery retail more

03.28.2016

Swedish apparel retailer Hennes&Mauritz (H&M) will open Thursday a new store in Timisoara city, western Romania, in shopping center Timisoara Shopping City. more

03.18.2016

Danish furniture and accessories retailer JYSK, which arrived in Romania with a store in Oradea in 2007, has grown to 30 stores in the country, after having opened ten last year. more

03.14.2016

Construction materials distributor Arabesque will open its 19th store in Romania, in Pitesti city, on March 24, following EUR10 million investments, the company said in a statement. more

03.14.2016

German retailer Lidl, part of Lidl & Schwartz group, will open its first store in Radauti town, northeastern Romania, reaching 194 units in Romania, the company said in a statement Monday. more

03.14.2016

Sports equipment retailer Hervis will open on Thursday its first store in Hunedoara, following EUR1 million investment, thus reaching a 16-unit network in Romania, the company said in a statement more

02.29.2016

Swedish apparel retailer Hennes&Mauritz (H&M) on Monday said it will be opening its first store in Satu Mare (northwestern Romania), in shopping center Satu Mare Shopping Plaza, on Thursday (March 3). more

02.29.2016

French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin will open a store in Targu Mures on March 11, its eleventh Romanian unit, after remodeling one of the 15 stores acquired from Austrian company bauMax. more

02.19.2016

German retailer Lidl, part of Lidl & Schwartz group, will open next Thursday a new store in Busteni town, central Romania, reaching 193 units in Romania. more

02.10.2016

French DIY retailer Leroy Merlin will open its second store in Cluj-Napoca and the tenth store in Romania next week, the company announced Wednesday. more

01.25.2016

German-held food retailer Kaufland will open its eleventh store in Bucharest on Wednesday, bringing its local network to 108 stores, the company said in a statement. 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

01.19.2016

More than 40 new stores opened in six of the largest malls in Bucharest in the fourth quarter of 2015, trying to compete over a more than EUR600 million yearly shopping budget, according to ZF more

01.06.2016

Discount store operator Rewe Romania, which has two brands on the local market – Penny Market and XXL Mega Discount, wants to open 20 to 25 stores annually over the next few years for a total of 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

12.23.2015

Supermarket chain Mega Image will be opening Thursday its fourth Concept Store in capital Bucharest (in northern Baneasa area), being the retailer’s largest store in Romania. more