“We estimate store number 50 will be in Zalau, but we have no official and certain date. The store in Ghencea will be inaugurated next year,” Dedeman officials said.
The store in Zalau had initially been scheduled for inauguration on December 19, but may be delayed. Construction permit for this store was issued in April and work on it started in June.
Next on Dedeman’s list is the store in Calarasi, which will also include a shopping gallery, along with Giurgiu and Slobozia. The only modern DIY retailer in Calarasi is Brico Depot.
The latest Dedeman store to open is the store in Pantelimon in Bucharest, the sixth in the city, following a EUR15 million investment. The seventh is already under construction in the Prelungirea Ghencea area. Dedeman is the first retailer to go to this particular residential area, which has developed quite a lot over the past decade.
Dedeman posted 15% rise in sales to more than 3.5 billion lei (EUR745 million) in the first half, according to publicly available data. If the growth rate continues through the end of the year, Dedeman will end 2019 with almost EUR1.8 billion sales.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)