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Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu

Fields
Companies, Capital Market, Retail&Consumer
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
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Dana Cortina To Run Volkswagen’s Largest Dealer In Spain
Automotive

Dana Cortina To Run Volkswagen’s Largest Dealer In Spain

Dana Cortina, the current general manager of Porsche Holding’s retail unit in Romania, Porsche Inter Auto, will become general manager of Volkswagen Group Retail Spain (VGRS) as of February...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 09.12.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Ford Executives See B-Max As Best-Seller Despite Production Halts
Automotive

Ford Executives See B-Max As Best-Seller Despite Production Halts

Ford Motor Company officials say the plant in Craiova (southern Romania) is important for the group, because it makes two EcoBoost engines and the B-Max car model, even though the plant stop...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 09.12.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Vlad, Selgros: It’s Time We Seek Foreign Investors, Bring Them Here
Retail&Consumer

Vlad, Selgros: It’s Time We Seek Foreign Investors, Bring Them Here

One of the most powerful Romanian managers in the retail business, Alexandru Vlad, executive director of Selgros since 2001, says the crisis is not over yet for the companies “working with a...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 09.12.2013 · 00:00 · 5 min
How Major Gas Station Operators Divided Turf In Romania
Energy

How Major Gas Station Operators Divided Turf In Romania

Romania’s largest oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) operates the biggest local gas station network, and rivals Rompetrol, MOL and Lukoil either decided to fight it directly or strength...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 09.12.2013 · 00:00 · 3 min
Footwear Retailer Benvenuti Resumes Expansion In Full Gear
Retail&Consumer

Footwear Retailer Benvenuti Resumes Expansion In Full Gear

Romanian-owned footwear retailer Benvenuti has opened six stores this year, more than it did in the four years before, and now has a network of 44.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 06.12.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
Competition Of Low-Cost Airlines On The Rise In Bucharest
Automotive

Competition Of Low-Cost Airlines On The Rise In Bucharest

EasyJet and Ryanair, the largest low-cost airlines in Europe, have taken the first step towards gaining market share in Romania by announcing Bucharest-London flights.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 05.12.2013 · 22:00 · 3 min
Bayer Is Optimistic About Romania’s Economic Growth
Health

Bayer Is Optimistic About Romania’s Economic Growth

German conglomerate Bayer is optimistic about Romania, as the country is expected to see annual economic growth of 3% to 4% by 2018, said Andreas Schremmer, managing director of Bayer Romani...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 05.12.2013 · 22:00 · 2 min
Used Car Imports Skyrocket In July
Automotive

Used Car Imports Skyrocket In July

Romania’s used car imports reached the highest level in three years in July 2013, when 26,800 units were imported, up 72% on the year, according to the data provided by the Driving License a...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 21.08.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
Kaufland Tests Smaller Store Format
Retail&Consumer

Kaufland Tests Smaller Store Format

Kaufland, the largest retailer in Romania, will be testing a new store format of about 2,000 square meter retail area, the same as used by a large supermarket.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 02.04.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
Healthcare Provider Acibadem Opens Office In Romania
Health

Healthcare Provider Acibadem Opens Office In Romania

Turkey’s Acibadem group, which operates 16 general hospitals and 11 outpatient clinics, will open a representative office in Romania this spring, being the first Turkish group to make such a...

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 14.03.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Beer Industry Returns To Growth
Retail&Consumer

Beer Industry Returns To Growth

The beer industry showed the first strong signs of rebound last year when it posted growth of almost 5%, according to ZF’s calculations based on National Statistics Institute data.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 21.02.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
Stuck In Poverty: Romania’s Urbanization Up Less Than 1% In 20 Years
Social/Politics

Stuck In Poverty: Romania’s Urbanization Up Less Than 1% In 20 Years

Romania’s urbanization increased by merely 0.6% in 1990-2011, from 54.3% on July 1, 1990 to 54.9% on July 1, 2011.

Loredana Frățilă-Cristescu · 19.02.2013 · 00:00 · 6 min