02.22.2012

Romanian retailer Profi bought Sibiu-based supermarket network Alcomsib, which holds six stores and was previously owned by the Aldea family. more

02.08.2012

Fashion retailers C&A and New Look are pursuing last year’s fast expansion and have planned more than ten store openings this spring in several Romanian cities outside capital Bucharest, where they more

01.18.2012

German retailer Lidl, the latest arrival in the Romanian retail sector, will appoint Maksymilian Braniecki as chief executive of the local store chain, market sources say. more

01.12.2012

At least 20 Minimax Discount stores, held by Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu, are closed for customers, and their future is in doubt. more

01.10.2012

Mega Image, the Belgian-owned retailer that owns the supermarket chain by the same name and the Shop & Go convenience stores on the Romanian market, will open three new stores in Bucharest early this more

12.19.2011

Textile industry manufacturer Jolidon, controlled by businessman Gabriel Carlig, one of the biggest entrepreneurs in Cluj, saw its exports grow 40% this year, although the company closed down all its more

12.15.2011

Although the crisis has lingered on and consumption continued to decline, 2011 has been a good overall year in the retail sector, estimated at EUR16 billion. The new market entries, the launches of more

12.10.2011

The International Monetary Fund and the European Commission called on the Romanian Government again to eliminate restrictions for opening large retail stores, as the country failed to observe a more

12.02.2011

Giuseppe Stefanel, president and owner of the clothing retailer that bears his name, says Romanians are more fashion-minded than Italians. Italy, the country of origin of the Stefanel business, is one more

11.07.2011

British jeans maker Lee Cooper enters the Romanian market a second time after its first attempt ended in insolvency. The plans for its return include lots of figures: 30 shops, EUR4,000 revenue per more

10.31.2011

Wine producer Murfatlar, controlled by the Dobronauteanu family, has reached nearly 100 Crama Murfatlar stores one year after the opening of the first stores. more

10.13.2011

Furniture maker Rus Savitar will launch Friday its first three franchised stores, in Targu Jiu, Slatina and Ramnicu Valcea. more

10.06.2011

German retailer Lidl will officially launch Monday the first stores it has constructed from scratch in Romania, after it recently upgraded and rebranded the 107 Plus units acquired from Tengelmann in more

10.05.2011

Retailer Profi plans to open more than 25 stores nationwide next year, general manager Pawel Musial said Wednesday. more

09.20.2011

French-held sporting goods retailer Decathlon, which has six stores in Romania, will open another four units by next spring following investments estimated by ZF at over EUR10 million. more

09.19.2011

Underwear manufacturer Jolidon is aiming to return to profit and decided to close down all non-performing stores, while it is also seeking new better positioned locations with lower rents. more

09.05.2011

The top three retailers on the sports equipment market – Intersport, Decathlon, and Hervis – posted 217 million lei (EUR51 million) in sales in 2010, more than in the previous year. more

08.16.2011

German clothing retailer New Yorker, which owns 18 stores on the Romanian market, will accelerate its expansion rate over the next few months, and is set to open four stores by the end of the year, more

08.02.2011

Mihai Cioltea, the architect behind the expansion of Spanish group Inditex in Romania, who signed contracts for 50 stores in about three years, signals a speedier expansion and announces 15 new stores more

07.20.2011

The Mercadia Holland BV group, owned by Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu, will invest EUR2 million in four new Macro stores, the company said Wednesday. more

07.19.2011

Swedish apparel retailer H&M, which entered the Romanian market in late March, is set to open other four stores by the end of this year, reaching thus a ten-unit network. more

07.18.2011

Sales of stores operating in AFI Palace Cotroceni Bucharest mall, the EUR300 million project owned by Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev, rose by 25% in the first half of this year, to some EUR100 more

07.01.2011

The Dedeman network has gone from 12 to 24 stores over the past two years and a half in the wake of EUR150 million investments, the largest in domestic retail during the crisis. more

06.20.2011

Lidl Monday opened 107 Lidl rebranded stores, following the overhaul of the Plus Discount stores the German retailer has bought last year. more

06.15.2011

Jolidon, one of the few Romanian brands that had succeeded in building a network of almost 150 stores in Romania and abroad, had to close its foreign units, ZF learnt from Jolidon’s Italian and more