The strong increase comes as the comparison has as a basis year 2020, when the offline fashion retail was temporarily closed, and then functioned amid restrictions for another period.

After last year’s results, Romania has become the second most important market for the group after Poland, overshooting the Czech Republic. Thus, Romania contributed over 8% to the Polish group’s 2021 revenues.

CCC will continue its local offline development in Romania and will bring a new brand, HalfPrice, a low-price fashion brand, on the market in 2022, according to market sources.

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)