Retail&Consumer
Mastercard: Seven In Ten Romanians Prefer Smartphones As Payment Instrument After Bank Cards
Romanians are leaders in the region regarding the number of people holding more than one smartphone and using it for at least four hours a day, according to the Mastercard Impact of Innovati...
Carrefour To Exceed 15,000 Employees In Romania In 2016
French retail group Carrefour will exceed 15,000 employees in Romania this year, on the backdrop of the takeover of Billa stores and the opening of new hypermarkets, the company said in a st...
Swedish Group Unibake Buys Romanian Frozen Bakery Products SA
Swedish bakery products group Lantmännen Unibake bought Romanian producer of hamburger buns Frozen Bakery Products SA, previously owned by Austrian group GoodMills.
ADRFR: 75% Of A Drugstore’s Revenue Depends On State Regulations
Romania’s pharmaceutical retail market has seen major changes over the last year, in the context in which the administrative reduction of drug prices applied last year slashed drugstores’ re...
MobilaDalin Eyes 15% Higher Turnover In 2016, Of Nearly EUR7.5M
Romanian upholstered furniture manufacturer MobilaDalin, controlled by the Cotoi Family in Reghin, targets a 15% year-on-year increase in turnover in 2016, up to approximately EUR7.5 million...
Decuseara, Epson: Digital Era Did Not Cause A Decline In Volume Of Printed Documents
The use of smartphones, computers and applications, on a large scale, did not lead to a reduction of the volume of printed documents in Romania, as users still prefer to print important or v...
Agricola Bacau Invests EUR5M In Boosting Production Capacity Of Salbac Plant
Agricola Bacau, one of the largest meat businesses in Romania, invested EUR5 million in boosting the salami production capacity of its Salbac plant by approximately 38% until 2020, the compa...
Fashion House Outlet Center Sales Up 10% In January-June
Fashion House Outlet Center in Bucharest reported a 10.9% sales growth in the first six months of 2016, while the share of buyers in the total number of visitors rose 16% compared with the s...
Auchan: Labor Market As Difficult As In 2007
The officials of the French-held hypermarket chain Auchan, which has about 10,500 employees in Romania, say the labor market is extremely difficult in this country, comparable to the situati...