“Consumer spending is rising steadily, and this trend continues in our business, as well. We expect 8% to 9% growth in revenue this year and higher net profitability than in 2015,” Daniel Florea, general manager of the retailer, told ZF.
“The revenue at the end of July was 3.5% higher than in the year-ago period.”
Arsis Trading, a company entirely held by entrepreneur Radu Mirea, is one of the oldest GSM retailers, which started as a partner of Connex (now Vodafone i.e.) in 1998 and has since remained an exclusive partner of the mobile telephony operator.
Sales of phones were 10% higher in the first seven months of the year, while sales of accessories went up almost 20%.
“We have seen an over 10% growth in the sale of phones, which shows once more that Romanians want new, state-of-the-art phones so they can use the most popular apps. Generally speaking, we saw an over 17% growth in the sales of accessories compared with the same time of last year.” (EUR1=RON4.4514)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)