Retail&Consumer
Sensiblu Owner Seeks to Buy 50 Belladonna Pharmacies
Czech Penta Investments, which bought in 2018 A&D Pharma, including the Sensiblu pharmacy chain, is close to a deal to buy 40-50 Belladonna pharmacies from owners Florin and Alina Gheorghita...
Pizza Hut Reaches 22 Restaurants In Romania
U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Pizza Hut registered a turnover of EUR24.1 million in Romania in 2018 and reached 22 units locally, in the cities and towns of Bacau, Brasov, Bucharest, Cluj-...
Lidl Set to Continue Expansion, Open Over 15 Stores in 2019
German-held discount store chain Lidl has grown to 238 stores in Romania and continues expansion at its usual pace, 10 to 15 new stores a year. The chain officially entered Romania in 2011 w...
Developers to Add 250,000 Sqm of Retail Space in Malls in 2019
Real estate developers plan to add 250,000 square meters of malls in Romania by the end of 2019. Only three new projects should be completed this year, in Sibiu, Targu Mures and Balotesti (I...
C&W Echinox: Large Retailers Kept Their Turnover Growth At 12% In 2018, Double The Size Of Consumption Growth
Large retail chains operating mainly in shopping centers maintained an average growth rate of 12% in 2018, similar to 2017 and double the advance in consumption, which increased by 5.9% duri...
Polish Children’s Brand Smyk Reaches 13 Stores In Romania
Polish Smyk Group, specialized in selling children’s products, has reached 13 stores in Romania after opening a unit in Sibiu Shopping City, according to LinkedIn data.
Meli Melo Store Chain Reaches 60 Units, Eyes Expansion Through Franchising
The Meli Melo brand, launched by a group of French entrepreneurs on the Romanian market 25 years ago, has reached a 60-store chain on four markets, namely, Romania, the Republic of Moldova,...
Turkish Men’s Clothing Brand KiP Opens Its First Store In Romania, In ParkLake Shopping Mall
Turkish men’s clothing brand KiP, established in 1978, has opened its first store in Romania, within Bucharest-based ParkLake shopping mall. The company plans to open two new stores in 2019,...
Taco Bell To Open Restaurant In Cluj-Napoca
Sphera Franchise Group, the largest group in Romania’s food service sector, continues the countrywide expansion of Taco Bell, the American chain of fast-food restaurants serving a variety of...