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Catalina Apostoiu

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Catalina Apostoiu

Fields
Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
1.264
Bucharest’s Giant Shopping Center Mega Mall Due To Be Completed Next April
Real Estate

Bucharest’s Giant Shopping Center Mega Mall Due To Be Completed Next April

With a 210,000-sqm built area, EUR165 million investment, 15 cranes and 1,500 workers, Mega Mall, the shopping center that is taking shape in Bucharest’s Pantelimon area, is the biggest site...

Catalina Apostoiu · 07.10.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Companies In Romania Still Wary Of Borrowing
Banks-Insurance

Companies In Romania Still Wary Of Borrowing

Banks in Romania in the first eight months of this year sent 706,000 requests for information about potential clients to the Central Credit Registry (CRC), 1,450 requests less than in the sa...

Catalina Apostoiu · 07.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Polisano Invests EUR20M To Open Four Radiotherapy Centers
Health

Polisano Invests EUR20M To Open Four Radiotherapy Centers

Spitalul European Polisano (Polisano European Hospital), part of Romanian group Polisano, is set to invest almost EUR20 million in the coming months to open four new radiotherapy centers.

Catalina Apostoiu · 07.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Germany’s dm drogerie markt Nears 70-Store Network In Romania
Companies

Germany’s dm drogerie markt Nears 70-Store Network In Romania

German-held cosmetics and fast-moving consumer goods retailer dm drogerie markt is set to open its 68th store in Romania, in mid-October, in Targu-Jiu. This will be the company’s second open...

Catalina Apostoiu · 06.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Technology &Telecoms

IT Solutions Integrator RBC Expects 10% Higher Revenue As It Taps New Sectors

Romanian Business Consult (RBC), the biggest local IT solution integrator for food and retail companies, expects its revenue to grow by around 10% this year, after expanding to new sectors,...

Catalina Apostoiu · 06.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Dedeman Builds Fourth Store In Bucharest
Real Estate

Dedeman Builds Fourth Store In Bucharest

Dedeman, the largest player on Romania’s DIY market, last month bought a 4.7-ha land plot from former industrial platform Chimopar and has started building its fourth store of Bucharest. The...

Catalina Apostoiu · 03.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Banks In Romania Rush To Slash Deposit Interest Rates
Banks-Insurance

Banks In Romania Rush To Slash Deposit Interest Rates

Several banks in Romania, inclusively some of those paying interest rates above the market average, have rushed to adjust interests offered to depositors as soon as the central bank cut the...

Catalina Apostoiu · 02.10.2014 · 22:15 · 1 min
Analysis

Hotels In Romania Accommodated 950,000 Foreigners In January-July

Hotels attracted 90% of the foreigners who got accommodation in touristic units in the first seven months of this year, namely 950,000 visitors from abroad, reveals a ZF survey based on Nati...

Catalina Apostoiu · 02.10.2014 · 07:38 · 1 min
30 Brokerage Firms Bid Farewell To BVB In Seven Years
Capital Market

30 Brokerage Firms Bid Farewell To BVB In Seven Years

The Bucharest Stock Exchange has 40 brokerage firms left, out of the 70 that operated on the Romanian capital market in early 2007, before onset of the financial crisis.

Catalina Apostoiu · 02.10.2014 · 00:00 · 3 min
CBRE Romania: Yield Gap Between Romanian And Polish Real Estate Unjustified
Real Estate

CBRE Romania: Yield Gap Between Romanian And Polish Real Estate Unjustified

The Romanian real estate market is gaining appeal in the eyes of major investors as prices in Spain, Italy or Poland have increased very much and the conflict with Ukraine makes Russia an un...

Catalina Apostoiu · 02.10.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romanian Retail: The Battle Moves On Small Spaces
Retail&Consumer

Romanian Retail: The Battle Moves On Small Spaces

The 12 networks that operate in the local modern retail after the first nine months of this year reached almost 1,380 stores, 143 more than in late 2013. Companies had to invest EUR130-170 m...

Catalina Apostoiu · 02.10.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Leasing Companies In Romania Lost One Quarter Of Employees In Two Years
Companies

Leasing Companies In Romania Lost One Quarter Of Employees In Two Years

Financial leasing companies in Romania, which operate on a market worth EUR1.2 billion, had 1,200 employees in late March 2014, almost 200 employees less than in the year earlier period, acc...

Catalina Apostoiu · 01.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min