Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Just One Third Of Sandero Cars Sold In Europe Manufactured In Mioveni
The production of Sandero, Dacia’s best-selling model in Europe, at the carmaker's Romanian factory fell 61% in the first seven months against the same period of 2013, to less than 30,000 un...
Petrom Still Wants To Sell Part Of Filling Stations
Romanian leading oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) says that certain filling stations that do not meet the company’s standards in terms of sales volumes are likely to be sold, and, according t...
Allview: Romanian Smartphone Market, Set To Reach “At Least” 2.5 Million Units In 2014
Brasov-based Visual Fan, which sells various electronics under the Allview brand, sold 350,000 tablets and smartphones in the first half, from 150,000 units in the same period of last year,...
Casa Rusu To Open Six Furniture Stores By End-2015
Rus Savitar-Casa Rusu group, a business in the furniture industry, controlled by Rusu family of Timisoara, plans to open another six stores in the 2014-2015 period, lifting its network to 33...
Bucharest’s Bucur Obor Enters Mall Era
Bucur Obor, a precursor of today’s malls which opened more than 40 years ago in Bucharest, will undergo refurbishing works this year. The basement will host a discounter, while fashion store...
Banks In Romania Slow Down Network Restructuring In Hope Of Lending Revival
Banks in Romania continued to reshuffle their territorial networks in the past year, but fewer units were closed down, a sign that bankers do not want to risk having too few units when lendi...
The Romanian Who Put Local Market On Intersnack’s Map Leaves Company After 16 Years
Cristian Rey, a veteran of the consumer goods industry, left Intersnack Romania’s management after 16 years. For the moment, he is taking a break and then is set to return to the FMCG indust...
The Fallout Of Delayed Privatizations: Half Of Romanian Industry Vanished
One third of the 100 largest players in Romania’s processing industry in 1994 no longer exist or have zero revenue, and 15 of them have revenue of below $10 million, reveals a ZF survey base...
Romania’s Energy Exports Hit 8-Year High
The first six months of 2014 brought a record in terms of Romania’s energy exports, with domestic producers sending over 3 terawatt hours of electricity abroad, the highest level since 2007,...
Three Romanian Entrepreneurs Bet On Niche Stores
Alba-based Supremia Group, a food ingredient producer controlled by entrepreneur Levente Bara, Suceava-based Betty Ice, the second largest producer of ice-cream owned by Vasile Armenean, and...
Bucharest Attracts One In Three Tourists Visiting Romania; But Still Lags Behind Budapest And Prague
Bucharest is annually visited by 2.44 million tourists, who come to Romania’s capital city either on business or on holiday.
Romanian Properties, Still Not On Strategic Real Estate Investors’ Map
Land plots, retail spaces, offices or logistic centers with a market value put at some EUR750 million changed their owners in the first 8 months of this year as 30 deals were clinched. Howev...