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Catalina Apostoiu

Reporter

Catalina Apostoiu

Fields
Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
1.264
Wizz Air Looks At Eastern Romania For Expansion
Companies

Wizz Air Looks At Eastern Romania For Expansion

Wizz Air, the biggest player on Romania’s low-cost carrier market, is looking at eastern Romania for local expansion, with a strategy that rather envisages attracting new clients for air tra...

Catalina Apostoiu · 26.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romanian Dedeman Becomes 5th Largest DIY Retailer In CEE
Companies

Romanian Dedeman Becomes 5th Largest DIY Retailer In CEE

Romanian DIY retailer Dedeman, controlled by brothers Adrian and Dragos Paval, is the fifth biggest player in Central and Eastern Europe in this field, with a 1.2% share of a total market va...

Catalina Apostoiu · 26.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Jumbo Shareholders Add EUR20M To Romanian Subsidiary Share Capital
Companies

Jumbo Shareholders Add EUR20M To Romanian Subsidiary Share Capital

The shareholders of toy retailer Jumbo decided to boost the share capital of the Romanian subsidiary by 89.4 million lei (EUR20 million), according to Official Journal data. The Greek retail...

Catalina Apostoiu · 26.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Lemet Invests RON22M In Solid Wood Furniture Plant; Expects 10% Sales Growth In 2015
Companies

Lemet Invests RON22M In Solid Wood Furniture Plant; Expects 10% Sales Growth In 2015

Romanian furniture producer Lemet will complete investments of around RON22 million (EUR5 million) in a new production unit in Brebu, Prahova county, in the second half of this year, a proje...

Catalina Apostoiu · 25.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania’s Macromex Sells 10 Companies To Danish Group, Taps Northern Europe With La Strada Ice-Cream
Companies

Romania’s Macromex Sells 10 Companies To Danish Group, Taps Northern Europe With La Strada Ice-Cream

Romanian entrepreneur Dan Minulescu, who built Macromex group, sold ten of his companies to a group in Denmark and sealed a partnership with it for the distribution of La Strada ice-cream in...

Catalina Apostoiu · 25.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
EBRD Wants To See A Private Company Listing In Bucharest Soon
Capital Market · INTERVIEW

EBRD Wants To See A Private Company Listing In Bucharest Soon

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an international financial institution with EUR7 billion worth of investments in Romania and a minority stakeholder in the Bucharest Sto...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 02:26 · 3 min
Romania Produces Expensive Footwear, But Buys Cheap
Analysis

Romania Produces Expensive Footwear, But Buys Cheap

Romania ranks 14th in the global exporters ranking and operates 1.1% of total footwear exports. Romanian plants send $1.3 billion worth of footwear abroad, a value almost four times higher t...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 02:00 · 2 min
Oracle Rents One Quarter Of Bucharest’s Sky Tower
Real Estate

Oracle Rents One Quarter Of Bucharest’s Sky Tower

US group Oracle, one of the biggest players on Romania’s IT market, rented 10,400 square meters in Sky Tower of northern Bucharest, a space where offices for around 1,000 employees can be fi...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 01:37 · 1 min
Companies

Coca-Cola Seeks To Offset Weak Romanian Market Abroad

Coca-Cola HBC Romania, leader of Romania’s soft drinks market, climbed 60 spots in the ranking of the biggest local exporters, from 344 in 2013 to 284 last year, according with National Stat...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Capital Market

Main Stock Held By World’s Biggest Money Managers In Romania

Global finance giants BlackRock, Vanguard, Franklin Templeton and Morgan Stanley hold around $100 million (some RON400 million) worth of investments on the Bucharest Stock Exchange through t...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 00:00 · 2 min
World Class Romania Sells 50% More Sport In 2014 And Gets EUR12.5M Revenue
Companies

World Class Romania Sells 50% More Sport In 2014 And Gets EUR12.5M Revenue

World Class Romania, Romania’s largest fitness chain, in 2014 generated revenue worth EUR12.5 million, according to Mikael Fredholm, the company’s chief executive officer. Thus, the revenue...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romanian State Shifts Stance At Telekom; Asks Company To Halt Sale Of Real Estate Assets
Technology &Telecoms

Romanian State Shifts Stance At Telekom; Asks Company To Halt Sale Of Real Estate Assets

Romania’s Information Society Ministry asked Telekom Romania Communications (the former Romtelecom), in which it holds a 46% stake, to halt the sale of assets such as real estate ones, until...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.02.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min