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Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu

Fields
Companies, Capital Market, Retail&Consumer
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
9.761
ZF Mobilio 2015: Investors Interested in eCommerce, Financial Services And Health Projects
Technology &Telecoms

ZF Mobilio 2015: Investors Interested in eCommerce, Financial Services And Health Projects

Online commerce, financial, health and wellness services are avenues still insufficiently explored by Romanian application developers, but they are the most attractive areas for those who ha...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 21.04.2015 · 22:53 · 2 min
Bucharest And Five Other Counties Account For Half Of Romania’s Exports
Companies

Bucharest And Five Other Counties Account For Half Of Romania’s Exports

Companies in Bucharest account for 17% of Romania’s exports, or EUR8.6 billion, while Arges, Timis, Arad, Constanta and Brasov Counties contribute another EUR18 billion so together with Buch...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 21.04.2015 · 11:45 · 1 min
IT Smart Distribution Aims For EUR25M Sales This Year
Technology &Telecoms

IT Smart Distribution Aims For EUR25M Sales This Year

IT Smart Distribution, a local company specializing in distribution of equipment and software solutions, has budgeted EUR25 million sales this year, an increase of 15% on 2014, chief executi...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 21.04.2015 · 11:37 · 1 min
Altex Hits EUR350M Sales Target One Year Earlier Than Expected
Retail&Consumer

Altex Hits EUR350M Sales Target One Year Earlier Than Expected

Altex, the leading local computer and electronics retailer, ended last year with about EUR350 million in revenue, returning to the 2008 figure in euros. If calculated in lei, the sales reach...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 21.04.2015 · 00:00 · 4 min
Romania’s Industry Power Consumption Up 18% in 2014
Energy

Romania’s Industry Power Consumption Up 18% in 2014

Romania’s industrial sector used 29 TWh of electricity last year, 18% more than in 2013 and also more than in 2008, when consumption reached 22.4 TWh. One reason for the increase is the move...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 20.04.2015 · 23:36 · 2 min
Number Of Mortgage Loans Tops 300,000 After Interest Drop
Banks-Insurance

Number Of Mortgage Loans Tops 300,000 After Interest Drop

The number of home buying loans overshot the 300,000 mark, driven by the leu lending. The stock of leu-denominated mortgage loans tripled in one year to more than 10 billion lei (EUR2.3 bill...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 20.04.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
AstraZeneca Boasts Highest Growth Of All Pharmaceutical Companies In 2004-2014
Health

AstraZeneca Boasts Highest Growth Of All Pharmaceutical Companies In 2004-2014

UK-held pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca saw at least tenfold growth in Romania 2004-2014, going from about EUR11 million to EUR110 million, ZF has found based on the data supplied by mark...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 20.04.2015 · 00:00 · 3 min
Top 10 Footwear Retailers Account For 64% Of The Market
Retail&Consumer

Top 10 Footwear Retailers Account For 64% Of The Market

The financial crisis and the arrival of many foreign companies changed the balance of power in the local footwear retail sector, with German-held Deichmann taking the top spot after the 2013...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 20.04.2015 · 00:00 · 5 min
Entrepreneur: Small Companies Need Cheaper Loans
Banks-Insurance

Entrepreneur: Small Companies Need Cheaper Loans

Banks need to be more flexible with the small entrepreneurs and make loans cheaper, because they are two or three times more expensive than in other European countries Romania is in direct c...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 17.04.2015 · 08:01 · 3 min
Vodafone Seeks EUR15M Damages From Romania's Telecom Watchdog
Technology &Telecoms

Vodafone Seeks EUR15M Damages From Romania's Telecom Watchdog

Vodafone, the second leading mobile telephony provider in Romania, on Thursday sued communications market watchdog ANCOM, seeking EUR15.1 million damages to compensate for its inability to u...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 17.04.2015 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania’s Auto Market Sees Best First Quarter In Six Years
Automotive

Romania’s Auto Market Sees Best First Quarter In Six Years

New car registrations rose by 8% in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the year-ago period to almost 14,500 units, the highest volume in six years, according to the Driving License and...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 16.04.2015 · 11:29 · 1 min
Romania’s Largest Mobile Phone Wholesaler Aims For EUR1B Revenue
Technology &Telecoms

Romania’s Largest Mobile Phone Wholesaler Aims For EUR1B Revenue

Gersim Impex, the largest mobile phone wholesaler in Romania, whose revenue rose 14-fold in a six-year period, from EUR13 million in 2008 to almost EUR185 million in 2014, thinks it might re...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 16.04.2015 · 00:00 · 3 min