Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Romanian Brand Nutline Reaches German Store Shelves
Nutline, a Romanian seed brand launched in 1998 and now part of German-held Intersnack’s portfolio, has reached Germany’s market.
Holcim Romania: Major Infrastructure Projects To Be Launched In 2016
Holcim Romania’s 2014 cement sales were supported by the rising number of projects in the housing, as well as non-housing sectors, says Francois Petry, who runs the building material produce...
Romanian Online Recruitment Platform Bestjobs Saw Revenue Rise By 10% In 2014
Online recruitment platform bestjobs.ro, the most profitable business of Neogen group, in 2014 registered a 10% revenue increase against 2013, Calin Fusu, the group’s founder and chief execu...
20 Most Profitable Agricultural Market Segments In Romania: Grain, Poultry And Pig Farmers Boast Biggest Profits
The trend of operating profit generated by the 20 most important segments of Romania’s agricultural market points out the buoyancy of this market in the past seven years.
Nesquik Producer Dominates Romania’s Over EUR75M Breakfast Cereal Market
Breakfast cereal consumption in Romania rose by 14% in 2008-2014 to around 14,000 tons, but it’s still low compared with the level registered in West European countries such as Germany or Fr...
Payments By Card Top RON30B In 2014
Owners of cards issued by local banks in 2014 operated payments at retailers worth 30 billion lei (EUR6.7 billion), up 16% from 2013, according with BNR. However, cash withdrawals from ATMs...
Schogetten Chocolate Sales In Romania Hit EUR22M In 2013
Schogetten chocolate brand produced in Germany in 2013 registered sales worth some EUR22 million (around $30 million) in Romanian retail, according with ZF calculations based on Canadean dat...
Romanian Official Spirits Market Ends 2014 With Two-Digit Declines
Romania’s official spirits market in 2014 contracted by 20% by volume and 5% by value on the hiked alcohol excise that pushed prices higher and drove consumption to the unfiscalized market,...
Romanians Spend RON880M On Games And Toys; Hypermarkets Control 30% Of The Market
Hypermarket chains control almost 30% of Romania’s game, console and toy market, valued at 880 million lei (almost EUR200 million) in 2014, a bigger share even than that of specialized store...
Bucharest, Cluj And Timisoara Blocks Of Flats Kept Masonry Market In The Black In 2014
Construction of blocks of flats, particularly in Bucharest, Cluj and Timisoara, was the main growth driver of the Romanian masonry market, made up of bricks and ACC block, in 2014, says Corn...
Foreigners Took Out EUR2.7B From Local Bank Deposits In 3 Years
Foreigners, largely banking groups, at the end of 2014 held around EUR5.8 billion in medium and long-term deposits opened with local banks, 32% below the record high reached in 2011. In 2014...
Blue Air: New Larnaca And Turin Bases Due To Increase Passenger Traffic
Low-cost airline Blue Air, controlled by Romanian entrepreneurs, expects to carry 1.6 million passengers this year, up around 6.7% on the year.