Retail&Consumer
Starbucks Plans To Double Network In Romania In Five Years
US coffee shop chain Starbucks, present in Romania as a franchise, has about 40 cafés in the country and is the leader of its market. It posted more than 100 million lei (EUR22 million) reve...
Veranda Mall Adds Decathlon And World Class As Anchors
Veranda shopping center in the Bucur Obor area of Bucharest will add sporting goods retailer Decathlon and gym chain World Class as tenants, ZF has found. Decathlon will replace French-held...
Accessories Retailer Meli Melo Paris Opens In Targu Jiu Its First Franchise Store
Melo Melo Paris, one of the most extensive brands on the Romanian accessories retail market, has opened in Targu Jiu its first franchise store, 20 years since the retailer’s inception.
Fornetti Romania Sales Up 7% To RON88.4M In H1
Fornetti Romania, the company that owns the largest local pastry shop, ended the first half with 88.4 million lei sales (almost EUR20 million), over 7% higher compared with the year-ago peri...
GfK Romania: FMCG Sector Grows 8.4% in 1H/2018
Romania’s fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector grew an annual 8.4% in the first half of the year, driven by inflation (+4%, double compared with the first half of 2017) and higher volume...
Nituleasa, Intersport: We’re No Longer Seeing Double-Digit Growth Rates
Sporting goods retailer Intersport, one of the most powerful actors on this market, has increased sales by 6% in the first few months of the year, half the last year’s growth rate.
President Criticizes Government For Mismanaging Swine Fever Epidemic
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis criticized the country’s Government on Wednesday for the way it handled the African swine fever epidemic, caling for urgent measures to stop further outbrea...
Online Retailer BeKid.ro Invests EUR150,000 in Order Management Space
Online retailer BeKid.ro, which sells products for children, invested EUR150,000 in a 100 square-meter space to manage online orders.
Annabella, Zanfir And Elan Trio, Most Powerful Romanian-Owned Grocery Retail Businesses
The top 20 local grocery retail businesses include nine that are held by local entrepreneurs, which posted more than 100 million lei (EUR22 million) revenue last year.