Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Romania, A Profit “Oasis” For Cement Multinationals
Cement giants Holcim (Switzerland) and Lafarge (France), which have recently announced they would tie up, generated together revenue of EUR4.3 billion and net profits of over EUR930 million...
New Terapia Owner Sees Tremendous Growth Opportunities In Romania
Sun Pharmaceutical, the Indian company that took over Ranbaxy, owner of Terapia plant, Romania’s largest drug maker, sees “tremendous” growth potential in Romania in the coming period, when...
Fashion And FMCG Sectors Seen Growing Significantly On Online Segment
In Romania, the IT&C field currently holds the highest weight in e-commerce, but sectors such as fashion and the fast moving consumer goods industry (FMCG) are poised to grow significantly o...
Accenture Romania Targets EUR3-4M Investments In 2014
IT services provider Accenture Romania, the former Evoline company acquired in late 2013 by US giant Accenture, targets investments of EUR3-4 million in 2014, mainly to relocate the office i...
Mihai Radulescu, Former Partner At Schoenherr, Founds New Firm
Mihai Radulescu, a former lawyer with Schoenherr, has managed a rapid expansion of a new law firm, which was set up less than one year ago, and it already numbers 20 lawyers.
UniCredit Tiriac Bank Shifts Focus To Lei Funding On Interest Rate Plunge
Leu and euro-denominated loan costs have become comparable, but the Romanian central bank needs to carefully monitor the volatility of interbank market interest rates so that foreign currenc...
Wine Producers Expect Bumper Easter in 2014
Wine producers expect higher sales this Easter against the same period of last year, with the most upbeat estimates indicating growth by as much as 15%, supported by red wines which have bee...
Transavia Banks On Domestic Market For Growth
In a period when many Romanian entrepreneurs have looked abroad to protect their businesses, Ioan Popa, owner of group Transavia, says the domestic market is the basis for growth.
A Romanian Executive’s Revolt Against Food Imports
The Romanian government and companies need to reshuffle their domestic product promotion policy, following models already implemented by other European countries, says Catalin Olteanu, gener...
Banks Head Toward 500,000 Contactless Cards
The six domestic banks that issue contactless cards have reached a portfolio of around 440,000 such cards and an acceptance network of around 5,500 contactless POS terminals.
MSD Romania Wants To Be A Top Five Player By 2018
Pharmaceutical company MSD Romania expects revenue to rise by 10% this year, in line with 2013 evolution, and on the medium term the company wants to climb two positions in the ranking of th...
Auchan Completes Real Hypermarket Rebranding
Auchan group finalized the refitting of the 20 Real stores it officially took over at the end of last July after it got the Competition Council’s ok. The French group invested around EUR40 m...