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Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu

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Companies, Capital Market, Retail&Consumer
Writing for ZF since
2011
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Retail Leu Deposits Reached Lowest Level After 2008 In November
Banks-Insurance

Retail Leu Deposits Reached Lowest Level After 2008 In November

Individual customers made 6.4 billion lei (EUR1.41 billion) deposits with local banks in November, the lowest level of leu-denominated monthly savings since December 2008, Romania’s central...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 11.01.2016 · 10:39 · 1 min
Analysis

Romania Plans To Export Black Sea Gas While 2/3 Of Households Not Connected To Gas Network

While the authorities are already working on export routes for the Black Sea natural gas, two in three homes in Romania use propane tanks or wood for heating and cooking.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 11.01.2016 · 00:00 · 1 min
Decathlon Now Covers All Key Areas In Bucharest
Retail&Consumer

Decathlon Now Covers All Key Areas In Bucharest

Decathlon, the leader of the local sporting goods retail market, is now covering all the key areas in Bucharest, following the opening of the store in Baneasa, in the north of the city. This...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 11.01.2016 · 00:00 · 1 min
Five Leading Courier Service Companies Ended 2015 With More Than 10,000 Employees
Companies

Five Leading Courier Service Companies Ended 2015 With More Than 10,000 Employees

Five leading courier service companies in Romania, including FAN Curier and Urgent Cargus, had more than 10,000 employees and independent contractors together at the end of last year, after...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 08.01.2016 · 09:28 · 2 min
One Third Of Insurance Brokers To Cease Operations This Year
Banks-Insurance

One Third Of Insurance Brokers To Cease Operations This Year

Almost one third of the 450 insurance brokers operating in Romania will have to close up shop this year due the stricter capital requirements of the Financial Supervisory Authority, accordin...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 08.01.2016 · 09:26 · 2 min
Romania Starts 2016 With Lowest Leu Loan Cost Ever
Banks-Insurance

Romania Starts 2016 With Lowest Leu Loan Cost Ever

The year 2016 came with a first for the post-communist interbank market in Romania: the three-month ROBOR, used as a reference for the cost of leu loans fell to the all-time low of 0.98% per...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 07.01.2016 · 00:00 · 2 min
Otter Distribution Sees Double-Digit Growth In 2015
Retail&Consumer

Otter Distribution Sees Double-Digit Growth In 2015

Otter Distribution, one of the largest local footwear retailers, ended last year with EUR26 million sales, an increase of more than 10% on 2014. The growth drivers were the rise in consumer...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 07.01.2016 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romanian Consumers Spent EUR3.5B In Stores In December
Retail&Consumer

Romanian Consumers Spent EUR3.5B In Stores In December

December generated EUR3.5 billion to EUR3.7 billion sales for retailers in Romania and most of the money went to food, while the rest went to clothing, cosmetics, computer and electronics pr...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 07.01.2016 · 00:00 · 1 min
Catena Overshoots 550 Retail Pharmacy Mark
Health

Catena Overshoots 550 Retail Pharmacy Mark

Catena pharmacy network, the retail business of the Fildas group of entrepreneur Anca Vlad, ended 2015 with more than 550 pharmacies, compared with 500 at the beginning of the year.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 07.01.2016 · 00:00 · 1 min
Cris-Tim Group Aims For EUR120M Revenue In 2016
Companies

Cris-Tim Group Aims For EUR120M Revenue In 2016

Cris-Tim, one of the largest meat industry groups in Romania, is headed towards EUR120m revenue in 2016, after having posted EUR105 million sales last year.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 06.01.2016 · 11:06 · 1 min
SIF Moldova Develops Residential Complex In Bucharest
Capital Market

SIF Moldova Develops Residential Complex In Bucharest

Regional investment fund SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), which manages 1.5 billion lei (EUR337 million) assets, plans to start developing a residential complex on one of the plots of the former texti...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 06.01.2016 · 11:05 · 1 min
Romanians’ Migration Cost Romania’s Economy EUR1B In 2014
Social/Politics

Romanians’ Migration Cost Romania’s Economy EUR1B In 2014

Almost 185,000 Romanians left Romania in 2014 (according to the latest data available) and UK became the second most important destination for emigration after Italy.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 06.01.2016 · 00:00 · 3 min