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Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu

Fields
Companies, Capital Market, Retail&Consumer
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
9.761
Social/Politics

70% Of Romania’s Employees Earn Less Than Average Wage Per Month

Two in three employees in Romania earn less than the average wage of 1,700 lei (EUR380) per month in net amount, as Romania is unable to attract high value added investments that generate hi...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 06.05.2016 · 10:49 · 3 min
Entrepreneur Behind Bata Footwear Retailer To Focus On New Balance Brand in 2016
Retail&Consumer

Entrepreneur Behind Bata Footwear Retailer To Focus On New Balance Brand in 2016

Eugen Paturan, the entrepreneur who introduced footwear retailer Bata in Romania as a franchisee together with his wife thirteen years ago is developing another franchised footwear retail bu...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 06.05.2016 · 10:46 · 1 min
Leading Local Insurers’ Profits Up In 2015
Banks-Insurance

Leading Local Insurers’ Profits Up In 2015

The largest insurers in Romania posted higher annual profits in 2015, which means the overall loss of the market might drop this year, though a return to profit in 2016 is unlikely.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 05.05.2016 · 10:29 · 2 min
Policolor CEO: Paint Market Up 5% In 2015
Companies

Policolor CEO: Paint Market Up 5% In 2015

Policolor-Orgachim, which includes Policolor, one of the leading actors of the local paint and coatings market, ended last year with EUR56.3 million revenue, an increase of 6.7% on 2014.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 05.05.2016 · 10:15 · 1 min
Profi Seeks To Reach 500 Stores By End Of 2016
Retail&Consumer

Profi Seeks To Reach 500 Stores By End Of 2016

Profi supermarket chain held by Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors wants to end the year with 500 stores from fewer than 400 at the moment.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 05.05.2016 · 10:14 · 1 min
Romania Loses Daimler’s EUR500M Engine Plant Investment To Poland
Automotive

Romania Loses Daimler’s EUR500M Engine Plant Investment To Poland

Daimler chose Poland over Romania for a new engine plant, a EUR500 million investment set to create 1,500 jobs. The announcement comes one week after the German group said it would make a EU...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 05.05.2016 · 00:00 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Minimum Wage Raise Boosts Disposable Incomes By EUR600M

The rise in gross minimum wage from 1,050 lei (EUR234) to RON1,250 per month as of May 1 will boost the disposable incomes of more than 1.6 million employees by about EUR600 million a year,...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 04.05.2016 · 09:52 · 2 min
Sandor: Demand For Office Space In Timisoara And Cluj Rising Fast
Real Estate

Sandor: Demand For Office Space In Timisoara And Cluj Rising Fast

Real estate developers have to build when the economy is in recession so as to have their products ready for companies when the economy recovers, believes Ovidiu Sandor, the Timisoara real e...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 04.05.2016 · 09:48 · 1 min
Chinese Companies Gain Significant Positions In Romania’s Economy
Companies

Chinese Companies Gain Significant Positions In Romania’s Economy

Chinese companies have doubled share capital in Romania in the past ten years and established more than 3,000 businesses in this country.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 04.05.2016 · 09:00 · 2 min
GSK Market Share Down To Half In Ten Years
Health

GSK Market Share Down To Half In Ten Years

UK’s GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which had drug production operations in Romania via the Europharm plant in Brasov since late nineties, has lost more than half of its market share in Romania on t...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 03.05.2016 · 10:05 · 1 min
Romania Competes With Poland For EUR800M Daimler Investment
Automotive

Romania Competes With Poland For EUR800M Daimler Investment

Daimler has Jawor, Poland and Sebes, Romania to choose from for a EUR800 million investment in a new engine plant set to create 1,500 jobs. While Daimler already has a transmission plant in...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 03.05.2016 · 10:04 · 1 min
Gross Financial Assets Of Romanian Households Stood At RON500B In 2015
Banks-Insurance

Gross Financial Assets Of Romanian Households Stood At RON500B In 2015

Gross financial assets of households in Romania stood at more than 500 billion lei (over EUR100 billion) last year, about one third of which, RON140 billion kept in bank deposits, Romania’s...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 03.05.2016 · 09:46 · 1 min