Retail&Consumer
90% Of Bihore Shoes Go Abroad
Bihore, a top five footwear producer in Romania, which owns two plants with around 750 employees, manufactures over 1.1 million pairs of leather shoes for women, men and children in Bihor co...
Alexandrion Switches Back To Profit After 3 Years Of Losses
Alexandrion Grup Romania, Romania’s biggest spirits producer, in 2013 reverted into the black after three years of losses and reported a gain of 5.7 million lei (around EUR1.3 million) from...
Hochland, FrieslandCampina And Lactalis Share Half Of Cheese Product Retail Sales
German-held Hochland, Dutch FrieslandCampina and French group Lactalis generated together in 2013 almost half of sales of cheese products in retail, where consumption revolves around EUR280...
How To Trade Office Work For Organic Farming
In search of childhood tastes and a quiet life, corporate employees and professionals in various fields relocated to the countryside to try and establish an organic farming business, says th...
Benevo Gets Building Permit For Bucharest Shopping Mall Victoria City Center
Real estate developer Benevo, controlled by Canadian businessman Michael Topolinski, Thursday said it obtained the permit for the construction of shopping mall Victoria City Center, which is...
DONA To Invest EUR15M In Revamping Pharmacy Chain
DONA pharmacy chain will invest EUR15 million in the next 4-5 years to remodel its 240 units nationwide, in order to refresh the brand’s image, and plans to open another 60 units by 2016, th...
Levent Yuksel To Supervise PepsiCo Operations In 14 Countries
PepsiCo’s vice-president general manager for East & West Balkans Levent Yuksel has been appointed to the same position for the Greater Balkans and SEE Franchise area, which comprises 14 coun...
ABC Data Wants 8% Market Share For Colorovo Tablets In 2014
Polish-held ABC Data, the largest IT&C distributor in the region, which entered Romania directly at the beginning of the year, will exclusively supply brands available in Central and Eastern...
How Communist Authorities Wooed IKEA Founder To Buy Romanian Furniture In The ‘60s
IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture and home décor retailer, opened its first store in Romania seven years ago, but the Swedish group had been operating in Romania for several decades.