Retail&Consumer
Dutch Discount Retailer Action Set To Enter Romanian Market
Action, a Dutch discount retailer selling low budget food and non-food products, is looking at the Romanian market. To this end, the group has sent executives to look at shopping centers, re...
Retailer SMYK All for Kids Continues Expansion, Plans to Double Network in Romania
Poland’s SMYK All for Kids has 23 offline stores in Romania and will open two more by yearend. The retailer will also launch online operations in Romania. The expansion pace will increase in...
La Cocos Hypermarket in Bucharest Sees EUR20m Sales in Jan-July
La Cocos hypermarket, which opened in the Vitantis complex in Bucharest at the end of 2020, posted more than EUR20 million (excluding VAT) sales in January-July 2021. Its officials expect EU...
One in Six European Stores of Ahold Delhaize Group, Owner of Mega Image, Is in Romania
The Romanian market is, by store number, among the 3 most important European ones, for the Dutch-Belgian group, together with the Netherlands and Belgium.
Electronics retailer Flanco Goes Abroad
Dragos Sarbu, CEO of electronics retailer Flanco, says expansion abroad is still part of the company’s plans, despite COVID-19 pandemics. The first country the Romanian firm will enter is Hu...
Dutch-Held Used Products Opens Second Franchised Store in Romania
The local subsidiary of Dutch-held retailer Used Products, which sells new and used products, will open its second franchised store in the country, in Timisoara, in October, following a more...
Is Profi Betting on Rural Areas? Almost Half of Stores Opened in 2021 Are Under Loco Format
Profi store chain, controlled by Mid Europa Partners investment fund, is raising its bet on rural areas, with almost half of the 90 stores opened in 2021 being under the Loco format, destine...
German Retailer Tedi Readies to Enter Romanian Market
German-held retailer Tedi, operating on the non-food segment, is readying to enter the Romanian market, already having 30 rental contracts signed, according to ZF sources.
Ropharma Sells 8,850 Sqm Plot in Iasi to Penny for EUR2M
Pharmaceutical company Ropharma (RPH.RO) held by several Cyprus-based companies has secured approval from shareholders to sell an 8,852 square meter plot on Soseaua Bucium in Iasi to Rewe Pr...