Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Number Of Modern Retail Stores Set To Double In 5-7 Years
Belgium-held Mega Image wants to open around 100 stores this year alone, Rewe Romania wants to double its network by 2020, and Carrefour is set to bring a new format on the Romanian market,...
Credit Agricole May Have Run Out Of Patience With Romania Losses
Credit Agricole, the Romanian subsidiary of one of the strongest French banking groups, reported net loss of 28.2 million lei (EUR6.3 million) for 2013 after having posted a negative result...
Twenty Banks And Large Firms Occupy Nearly 360,000 Sqm Of Office Space In Bucharest
Twenty banks and large companies occupy around 360,000 square meters of office space in Romania's capital city Bucharest, where nearly 35,000 employees work. The spaces filled by these group...
Five Years Of Crisis On Romania's Natural Gas Market
Romania's natural gas consumption fell by 8% in 2013, even lower than the level reached in 2009 - the toughest crisis year for the country's economy- and nearly 20% lower than in 2008. Payme...
Octavian Radu’s Fashion Brands Try Their Luck In Romania Again
British group Debenhams is in talks to return to the Romanian market under the umbrella of the franchisee of Bulgaria, one year after Romanian businessman Octavian Radu closed down the last...
1,000 Trucks Daily On Romania's Roads To Supply Retail Stores
Romania’s 100 largest road transporters, which control over 90% of the market, have a total fleet of over 20,000 trucks. Of these, 1,000 trucks, namely 5% of the fleet, are daily on Romania'...
Dragne & Asociatii Set To Develop Criminal Law And Intellectual Property Practices
Law firm Dragne & Asociatii, whose activity is now 80% focused on litigation, plans to develop criminal law, intellectual property and public acquisitions practices this year, according to I...
A 31-Year Old Romanian Runs Sonae Sierra Operations In Algeria
Alin Mesea, 31, a graduate of the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, was designated to run the Algerian operations of Portugal’s Sonae Sierra group at the end of 2013, after an almost...
Farmaceutica Remedia: Non-Payment Risk, The Main Problem At Present
Drug wholesaler Farmaceutica Remedia Deva (RMAH.RO) says the state’s decision to pay its health system arrears under IMF pressures brought to the surface the pharmacies that are struggling a...
Labor Market, Unable To Pick Up After 5 Years Of Crisis
The higher-than-expected economic growth registered last year did not translate into a labor market revival: salary hikes were insignificant, the number of employees in the economy added jus...
Modern Retail Networks Hold Over 50 Ha Of Logistic Warehouses
The 12 modern retail networks operating in Romania use owned or long-term rented logistic warehouses with a total area of above 50 hectares, the equivalent of 50 large hypermarkets. Kaufland...
Energy Market Reverts To 2009 Level With Last Year’s “Performances”
After consumption slipped by 5% last year, the energy market neared the level of 2009, the toughest year for Romania during the financial crisis, which led to a domestic demand contraction b...