Analysis
EY: Digital Home Services Boom Fuels Anxiety around Well-Being and Data Privacy
Growing reliance on the digital home has driven a surge in online behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic but rising service adoption is also marked by an increase in consumer fears around di...
Kearney: Retail Banks Seen Returning to Pre-Covid Performance in 3-5 Years
European retail banks will return to their pre-COVID performance within three to five years and profitability will remain under pressure for the next two years, global consultancy company Ke...
Pandemic Drives Cosmetics Market to Less Than RON4B in Romania in 2020
The cosmetics market went down 13% in Romania during the pandemic and net sales dropped to less than RON4 billion. The pandemic interrupted a good time for perfume, makeup and care product s...
C&W Echinox: Bucharest Office Market Showing Sings of Recovery
Leasing transactions on the Bucharest office market grew to 48,000 square meters in the first quarter, down 9% compared with the same period last year when the Covid-19 pandemic was in its e...
EY: Global IPO Volumes Grow 85%, Proceeds Grow 271% in 1Q
Attractive market conditions in 2021 so far have resulted in the best-performing first quarter by deal numbers and proceeds in the last 20 years, as global IPO volumes rose 85% and proceeds...
CBRE: Industrial Space Leasing Grows 43% in 1Q
Total industrial leasing activity in Romania grew 43% on the year in the first quarter, to 264,400 square meters, real estate consultancy company CBRE said in a report.
BestJobs: Remote Job Listings Double in April
Nearly 30,000 new job openings were listed on online recruiting platform BestJobs in April, mostly in IT, sales, and finance, and the number of remote working positions doubled compared with...
JLL: Investors Seek to Raise Allocation to Living Assets in Europe
The investment allocation to living assets is set to grow throughout 2021, following the robust performance of the market throughout 2020, which resulted in EUR83.4 billion being invested in...
Residential Building Permits Issued Hit 14-Year High in March
Romanian authorities issued 4,456 residential building permits this March, an increase of 39.5% on the previous month and of 38.2% on March 2020. The number of building permits issued reache...