Analysis
Press Review - August 22, 2016
Former PM Ponta Willing To Run For Parliamentary Elections In Fall Former prime minister Victor Ponta said he would run for the parliamentary elections in fall if proposed by the Social Demo...
Modern Retailers Employ Half As Many People Per Store As In 2008
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.
Press Review - August 19, 2016
Transport Minister Mulls TAROM Fleet Renewal Transport Minister, Sorin Buse, stated he wants to renew the aircraft fleet of Romanian state-owned airline Tarom as the planes are already old a...
About 200 Confectionery Shops And Street Vendors Compete With Major Companies On Ice Cream Market
About 200 confectionery shops, street vendors and small plants make ice cream, rivaling major players like Unilever (Algida, Napoca), Nestle (Joe, Nirvana), Betty Ice and Top Gel on the EUR1...
Press Review - August 18, 2016
Hidroelectrica Posts Record Gross Profit After Two Years Of Insolvency Romania’s state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, which underwent a restructuring process during insolvency, re...
Press Review - August 17, 2016
Romanians Abroad Discontent With Postal Voting Law And Excessive Bureaucracy Romanians living abroad are discontent with the postal voting law, which facilitates the right to vote only in th...
Top Ten Road Carriers Saw Almost RON3B Revenue In 2015
The ten largest road carriers in Romania, which own thousands of trucks together, posted 2.92 billion lei (EUR655 million) revenue in 2015, an increase of 14% on 2014, according to Finance M...
Press Review - August 16, 2016
Romanian Real Estate Investment Volumes Grew 80% in 1H 2016 Romanian real estate investment volumes in the first half of 2016 are estimated at EUR340 million, 80% higher than the EUR187 mill...
Second Tier Fashion Brands See Over RON1B Sales From 450 Stores In Romania
On a market dominated by Inditex (Zara), H&M and C&A, whose sales stand at 2 billion lei (EUR449 million) generated by 200 stores, there are also second tier brands, both local and internati...