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Ioana David

Senior Editor

Ioana David

Fields
Health, Retail&Consumer, Companies
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
99
Retail&Consumer

Ursus: Beer Market Abounds In Promotional Offers And Discounts

Ursus Breweries, the largest company on the Romanian beer market, recorded an 8% decline in sales volumes in April-September of 2011 against the similar period of 2010.

Ioana David · 21.10.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Rio-Bucovina: We Can Expect Water Consumption Rise Next Year
Retail&Consumer

Rio-Bucovina: We Can Expect Water Consumption Rise Next Year

Bottled water consumption will rebound next year, but it will not be anything spectacular, just a 3% to 5% increase, considering the market is already showing signs of a thaw-up in 2011, say...

Ioana David · 18.10.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romanian Clothing And Footwear Market Has Highest Growth Potential In CEE
Retail&Consumer

Romanian Clothing And Footwear Market Has Highest Growth Potential In CEE

The Romanian clothing and footwear market has the highest growth potential in Central Europe by 2013, considering average spending per capita could increase to EUR103 in 2013 compared to EUR...

Ioana David · 18.10.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Gatej, Amcham: No Signals Of U.S. Companies Wanting To Leave Romania
Companies

Gatej, Amcham: No Signals Of U.S. Companies Wanting To Leave Romania

Alexandra Gatej, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania AmCham, says the sentiment of U.S. companies towards Romania is good, that they continue to be interested in investi...

Ioana David · 12.10.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
No Reason For Brewers To Rejoice This Summer As Beer Sales Fell 1%
Retail&Consumer

No Reason For Brewers To Rejoice This Summer As Beer Sales Fell 1%

Beer sales declined 0.7% in June to August compared to the same period of 2010, reveals a ZF analysis of the data provided by the National Statistics Institute (INS).

Ioana David · 12.10.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Companies

Only 14 Deals On M&A Market In 2011

The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, which gives a measure of the financial and strategic investors’ interest in Romania, was barely alive during the first nine months of the year, whe...

Ioana David · 11.10.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Private Clinics Double Staff Amid Public Healthcare Exodus
Health

Private Clinics Double Staff Amid Public Healthcare Exodus

● Private clinics have doubled their number of doctors over the past five years ● How many doctors are leaving the public healthcare system ● Romania’s Health Ministry has no idea how many d...

Ioana David · 07.10.2011 · 18:00 · 5 min
Regina Maria Buys Promed Clinic, Taps Into In Vitro Fertilization Business
Health

Regina Maria Buys Promed Clinic, Taps Into In Vitro Fertilization Business

Private healthcare operator Regina Maria, owned by investment fund Advent International, has bought a “significant stake” in Bucharest’s Promed clinic, thus tapping into the in the segment o...

Ioana David · 05.10.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Private Hospitals On The Rise. What It Takes To Build Them
Real Estate

Private Hospitals On The Rise. What It Takes To Build Them

The fever of private hospital openings which has gripped Romanian investors in the last few years peaked in the first half of 2011, when projects worth a total of over EUR100 million were in...

Ioana David · 04.10.2011 · 10:00 · 2 min
Romania, Still Laggard In Terms Of Wine Exports
Retail&Consumer

Romania, Still Laggard In Terms Of Wine Exports

Romania ranks 32nd in the world by wine exports, which are less than 0.1 million hectoliters, according to data provided by the International Organization of Vine and Wine, behind neighborin...

Ioana David · 03.10.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
Anima, A&D Pharma's Healthcare Business, Continues Expansion
Health

Anima, A&D Pharma's Healthcare Business, Continues Expansion

Anima, a private healthcare business started last year by A&D Pharma, the largest group in the local pharmaceutical industry, posted sales of EUR1.23 million in the first eight months of 201...

Ioana David · 02.10.2011 · 00:00 · 2 min
IKEA Wins Sales Per Sqm Battle With Mobexpert And kika
Companies

IKEA Wins Sales Per Sqm Battle With Mobexpert And kika

The IKEA store in Baneasa saw monthly sales of EUR300 per square meter last year, almost four times more than the sales of the largest store of the Mobexpert group in Pipera and six times mo...

Ioana David · 27.09.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min