04.12.2013

Kaufland, the largest retailer in Romania, plans to open stores in the local malls after having preferred standalone stores or stores in retail parks, sources close to the company say. more

04.12.2013

A handful of designers in Paulesti, southern Romania, are sketching dresses and tops for H&M which reach the shelves of stores all over the world. more

04.02.2013

Kaufland, the largest retailer in Romania, will be testing a new store format of about 2,000 square meter retail area, the same as used by a large supermarket. more

03.14.2013

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, will open two Shop&Go stores in capital city Bucharest Friday and Saturday, expanding its national network to 205 units. more

03.13.2013

Profi will become Romania's second largest retail network from April, after the country’s antitrust watchdog on Wednesday approved Profi's takeover of the six-store chain of Cluj-based company more

03.13.2013

Romania's antitrust watchdog on Wednesday said it has approved the transaction whereby retailer Profi took over the six-store network of Cluj-based company Alimrom Trading. more

02.22.2013

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, will open two new stores Friday, in capital city Bucharest, bringing its Romanian network to 200 units, the retailer said. more

02.18.2013

Kenvelo, Lee Cooper, Tom Tailor and TimeOut will see growth this year as a result of the exit of several brands in the fashion business, says Philippe Besadoux, the French executive who runs the local more

02.13.2013

The sales of retail network LEM'S, operated by Romanian furniture maker Lemet Campina, grew by 20% in 2012, to almost 210 million lei (EUR47.72 million). more

12.26.2012

Although one quarter of the almost 1,000 modern food retail units are located in Romania’s capital city Bucharest, in the winter holiday period long lines form in most supermarkets. On average, more

12.21.2012

The major supermarket chains are getting close to 1,000 stores on the local market after having opened 227 in 2012, according to a ZF analysis. Retailers continued to invest hundreds of millions of more

12.20.2012

REWE Romania on Thursday said it opened five more units under the Penny Market brand in Romania, bringing its local network to a total 142 units. more

12.13.2012

Fashion retailer Takko, which arrived in Romania in 2007, will open ten stores next year, for a total of over 70 throughout the entire country. The German-held company is thus continuing to expand at more

12.11.2012

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, said Tuesday it will open two Shop&Go stores Wednesday, in capital city Bucharest, bringing its Romanian network to 178 units. more

12.04.2012

German retailer Billa, part of the Rewe group, will open two more stores Thursday, in Mangalia and Slatina, expanding its Romanian network to 70 units, the company said in a statement Tuesday. more

11.29.2012

Retailer Mega Image could end the year with about EUR500 million in sales and a network of 194 stores, almost double the number at the end of 2011, after the most aggressive expansion campaign in the more

11.27.2012

German retailer Billa, part of the Rewe group, will open two stores Thursday in capital city Bucharest and in southeastern city of Constanta, expanding its Romanian network to 68 units, the company more

11.22.2012

Greek toy retailer Jumbo wants to enter the Romania market in 2014 and open eight stores by 2016. more

11.19.2012

Romania’s cosmetics market is seen up 2.2% this year compared to 2011 when it reached 3.5 billion lei (EUR823 million), according to data from market research company PMR. more

11.15.2012

Electronics, home appliances and computer retailer Domo currently has 100 stores, ten fewer than it did about six months ago. The company had announced streamlining plans more than a year ago, when more

11.14.2012

Do-it-yourself retail network Hornbach, which expanded its Romanian network to five stores this year, saw 10% higher sales in the first ten months of 2012. more

11.13.2012

The five largest fashion retailers in Romania will end the year with EUR320 million to EUR360 million in revenue, up 60% on the year as a result of the aggressive expansion and Romanians’ enthusiasm more

11.07.2012

Romanian retailer Profi, held by private equity firm Enterprise Investors, has opened a new store Wednesday in Braila and will open a new unit Thursday in Focsani, bringing its local network to 140 more

11.01.2012

Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, on Thursday said it plans to open 12 new stores in November and bring its Romanian network to 174 units. more

10.31.2012

German retailer Lidl will open two more stores Thursday in Bucharest and Timisoara, bringing its Romanian network to 151 units. more