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Catalina Apostoiu

Reporter

Catalina Apostoiu

Fields
Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
1.264
Betty Ice Tests Home Delivery In Bucharest
Retail&Consumer

Betty Ice Tests Home Delivery In Bucharest

Betty Ice, one of Romania’s biggest ice-cream producers, is testing a home delivery project in Bucharest, in the context in which the company is already present in stores countrywide and has...

Catalina Apostoiu · 29.07.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Job Websites In Romania Post 25% More Jobs For Romanians In 1H
HR

Job Websites In Romania Post 25% More Jobs For Romanians In 1H

BestJobs and Hipo.ro, two of the largest online recruitment platforms in Romania, posted 25% more jobs on the year in the first six months of 2014, while for eJobs this year’s first half bro...

Catalina Apostoiu · 29.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romanian Arable Land Brings Highest Yield Among EU’s Major Agricultural Markets
Analysis

Romanian Arable Land Brings Highest Yield Among EU’s Major Agricultural Markets

Investments in Romania’s arable land plots bring a 13% annual return, the highest among EU’s ten largest agricultural markets, according to a ZF survey. Each hectare of land generated EUR500...

Catalina Apostoiu · 28.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Ryanair Expects 190,000 Passengers In First Year With Flights From Otopeni
Automotive

Ryanair Expects 190,000 Passengers In First Year With Flights From Otopeni

After having unexpectedly renounced flights from the airports of Constanta (to Pisa and Milan) and Targu Mures (to Brussels), giant low-cost carrier Ryanair is focusing on the Henri Coanda (...

Catalina Apostoiu · 28.07.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
McDonald’s Seeks Franchisee To Buy Its EUR100M Romanian Business
Companies

McDonald’s Seeks Franchisee To Buy Its EUR100M Romanian Business

McDonald’s, leader of Romania’s restaurant market, mulls transferring its around 70-fast-food unit network of Romania to a franchisee. Currently, several interested Romanian and foreign busi...

Catalina Apostoiu · 28.07.2014 · 00:00 · 4 min
Romania’s Seaside Soaks Up EUR30M Worth Of Spirits In Summer
Companies

Romania’s Seaside Soaks Up EUR30M Worth Of Spirits In Summer

Sales of spirits on the Romanian seaside revolve around EUR30 million during the summer season, with preferences and expenses differing on northern beaches from southern ones, reveals a ZF s...

Catalina Apostoiu · 25.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
GE To Export 60% More From Romania This Year After Lufkin Takeover
Energy

GE To Export 60% More From Romania This Year After Lufkin Takeover

US giant General Electric will operate exports worth $110 million from Romania this year, almost 60% higher than last year’s, with the main growth driver being the takeover of Lufkin group’s...

Catalina Apostoiu · 25.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Noriel Launches New Store Concept And Targets 40% Growth In Retail
Companies

Noriel Launches New Store Concept And Targets 40% Growth In Retail

Group Noriel, which owns a retail network, a game and puzzle plant in Prahova county and a distribution company that supplies toys to hypermarkets, supermarkets and specialized stores countr...

Catalina Apostoiu · 25.07.2014 · 00:00 · 3 min
La Fantana And Cumpana Dominate Romania’s EUR30M Watercooler Market
Companies

La Fantana And Cumpana Dominate Romania’s EUR30M Watercooler Market

La Fantana and Cumpana, the two largest players on Romania’s watercooler market, hold together over 90% of this segment, which secures water through 126,000 units in office spaces or homes,...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romanian Fashion Brands Start Gaining Visibility
Retail&Consumer

Romanian Fashion Brands Start Gaining Visibility

Romania’s fashion market is dominated by international brands such as Zara, H&M or C&A, which, with several tens of stores, generate revenue of tens of million euros each. At the opposite en...

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.07.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
The Four Marketeers That Sell Most Beer In Romania
Companies · Three engineers and an economist are in charge of over 40 beer brands

The Four Marketeers That Sell Most Beer In Romania

Aged between 34 and 46, these four Romanians are handling marketing budgets worth tens of million euros of foreign producers in Romania’s beer industry.

Catalina Apostoiu · 24.07.2014 · 00:00 · 3 min
Traian Basescu, The Investor
Capital Market · Romania’s President Has Investments On Bucharest stock exchange

Traian Basescu, The Investor

Romanian President Traian Basescu is a bourse investor, holding 2,948 Romgaz (SNG.RO) shares worth 105,803 lei (EUR24,000). Another $36,000 were placed by the President in state paper.

Catalina Apostoiu · 23.07.2014 · 16:00 · 1 min