Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
UniCredit Boss: It’s Clear Romania Has Left The Worst Behind
Romania is faring better than he would have thought, one can feel a positive balance that is hard to find in many other parts of Europe, it’s clear the worst has been left behind and this is...
Cinema City Opens Second Multiplex In Ploiesti And Eyes Targu Jiu
Cinema City, the largest cinema operator in Central and Eastern Europe, has reached a network of 16 multiplex centers in Romania after it opened the second cinema of the company in Ploiesti,...
Microsoft: Windows Phone Ranks Second In Romania
The Windows Phone operating system has registered strong growth in Romania, where it has become the second software platform on the market, ahead of Apple iOS and BlackBerry OS, stated the r...
Retail Lending Gradually Shifts To Lei
On the shortage of foreign currency resources, restrictions imposed by the BNR and the cheaper lei loans, sales of new retail loans have almost entirely switched to the lei component.
Papalekas Drives Deutsche Bank Out Of UpGround Business
Businessman Ioannis Papalekas, one of the most discreet investors on the Romanian real estate market, in early 2014 repurchased office buildings BOB and BOC of northern Bucharest from RREEF,...
Turkey’s Bozlu Opens Cancer Treatment Center In Northern Bucharest
Turkey’s Bozlu group last week officially launched, in northern Bucharest, a cancer treatment center called Neolife, a EUR15 million investment, out of which EUR10 million went into medical...
Whirlpool: The Internet Is The Future For Home Appliances
The electrical home appliances market registered growth of below 10% in the first months of this year, driven by sales of low-penetration items such as built-in products and dishwashers.
ArcelorMittal Galati: Romanian Steel Market, Still The Most Challenging In Europe
ArcelorMittal Galati, Romania’s largest steelmaker, controlled by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, halved its losses last year against 2012, when it reported a minus of 231 million lei (EU...
Bucharest’s New Districts: Price, The Leading Argument To Attract Buyers
Housing construction left the crisis behind last year in and around Bucharest, in the context where the number of completed housing units rose by 16.5% in the Bucharest-Ilfov region, to 5,27...
Tightening Battle Between Grain Traders And Processors In The Heart Of Baragan
Agribusiness company Biochem, controlled by Chimisliu family, acquired a 44,000-ton grain storage capacity in Dragalina, Calarasi county, from Piraeus Bank. The capacity had come to be owned...
90% Of Bihore Shoes Go Abroad
Bihore, a top five footwear producer in Romania, which owns two plants with around 750 employees, manufactures over 1.1 million pairs of leather shoes for women, men and children in Bihor co...
Hochland, FrieslandCampina And Lactalis Share Half Of Cheese Product Retail Sales
German-held Hochland, Dutch FrieslandCampina and French group Lactalis generated together in 2013 almost half of sales of cheese products in retail, where consumption revolves around EUR280...