The retailer had also opened two other units since the start of 2020, the first one in Miercurea Ciuc, in May, and the second one in Targu Mures, in July.

The retailer closed all its stores during two months of lockdown and relied solely on online sales after opening its online store mid-March.

CCC also holds in Romania the online store epantofi.ro, but ZF data show the store operated separately.

Romania is among CCC’s top five markets with sales of over RON250 million in 2019. The footwear retailer is the second largest on the local market after Germany’s Deichmann.

The group operates on 23 markets in Europe and the Middle East and has annual sales of over EUR1 billion.