However, the company’s representatives say 2022 will be a challenging year, with inflation that needs to be closely watched as it’s hurting the retail sector.
The retailer saw its turnover rise to around RON7.5 billion in 2021, but the advance stood at just 3.3%, below that of previous year and of the overall private consumption.
At the same time, the company’s profit dropped by a third, to RON107.7 million.
“2022 will bring significant changes at business level, we will continue the accelerated expansion,” said the company’s representatives.
In recent years, the company has opened a similar number of stores with the one planned for 2022, namely 75. Despite the expansion, Mega Image at the end of 2021 had an average number of employees that was almost 400 lower than in 2020. Thus, the network had a little less than 11,700 employees.
Mega Image also plans to further develop the e-commerce segment, where it is active on its own after having had a partnership with eMAG.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)