Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Crisis Erases 120,000 Jobs From Romania’s Textile Industry
The financial crisis and Asian markets’ upsurge wiped out over 120,000 jobs from Romania’s textile, apparel and footwear industries during 2007-2014. However, during the same period the sala...
EnergoBit Shareholder Expects 1,000 Patients In Cluj Hospital Due To Open In June
The Socea family of Cluj, a stakeholder in EnergoBit, a major supplier of equipment and services for the energy sector, is set to open a 180-bed medical recovery hospital in June in Suceagu...
Heineken Enters Cider Market; Wants To Take Strongbow To Several Hundred Pubs In Romania
Heineken, a major player in Romania’s beer industry, took the first step outside the core market and entered the cider segment by launching Strongbow, a product it wants to take to several h...
Winemakers See Sales Inch Up During 2015 Easter
Wine sales are slightly up during this period compared with the pre-Easter period of 2014, according to ZF estimates based on discussions with producers and retailers.
2Parale: Online Sales Of Plane Tickets And Cosmetics Rose The Most In 1Q
In the first three months of this year, Romanians bought more cosmetics and plane tickets online, with IT&C, fashion, home&deco products and books also among their favorite buys online, acco...
Romania’s Furniture Exports Double In Five Years, Head Toward EUR2B
Aramis Invest, Italsofa and Taparo are Romania’s biggest furniture exporters in an industry with many entrepreneurial businesses that managed to grow on the basis of orders coming from abroa...
Aeroporturi Bucuresti Projects Profit Of RON44M In 2015; Set To Hire 140 Persons
The Bucharest National Airport Company (CNAB), which manages Bucharest’s two airports, Henri Coanda (Otopeni) and Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa), ended 2014 with net profit worth above 106 million l...
BAC Investment Handles EUR25M IIB Funding For Romcab
Romanian cable maker Romcab got EUR25 million funding from the International Investment Bank, with the operation being handled by BAC Investment.
1Q In Review: Ten Most Important Events In Constructions And Transport Infrastructure
After a quite tepid 2014 for Romania’s constructions and transport infrastructure, the first quarter of 2015 breathed new life into these fields. Several highway contracts were signed and an...
Romania’s Road Passenger Transporters Battle On EUR1.1B Market Supported By International Transport
A little more than 270 million passengers chose road transporters last year to travel in and outside Romania, down 1% against 2013, and of this total around 2.5 million passengers traveled a...
Samsung: TV Set Sales In Romania Rose By Over 10% In 1Q As Well
Sales of TV sets in Romania rose by 10-18% in the first quarter of this year, a pace almost similar with that posted last year, according to estimates by Victor Armaselu, head of the consume...
Douglas Perfume Retailer: Perfumes Bring Almost Half Of Receipts In Romania
Since taking over as general manager of Douglas perfume retailer in Romania, Lavinia Ivas has coordinated the opening of ten stores, but expansion plans do not halt at the 17 units operated...