Retail&Consumer
Profi Extends Romania Network To 140 Units
Romanian retailer Profi, held by private equity firm Enterprise Investors, has opened a new store Wednesday in Braila and will open a new unit Thursday in Focsani, bringing its local network...
Dedeman Sales To Overshoot EUR500M
Romanian do-it-yourself retail network Dedeman could see EUR525 million sales this year, as the growth in the first ten months was slightly higher than the 10% expected.
Soda And Beer Can Maker Can-Pack Sees Better Than Expected Year
Can-Pack Romania, the plant in southern Bucharest that makes 800 million cans for soft drinks and beer a year, will increase production capacity by 25% next year to meet rising demand.
Retailers To Hike Prices To Offset Rise Of Fees For Playing Copyrighted Music In Stores
Large retailers in Romania will increase prices to counterbalance a recent tripling of the fees they pay to the Romanian Union of Composers and Musicologists for the copyrighted music they p...
Carrefour Opens 60th Supermarket In Romania
French group Carrefour will open its 60th supermarket in Romania on Wednesday, in north-eastern city of Bacau, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
Largest Wood Processing Business In Romania En Route For A 15% Growth In 2012
Austrian businessman Gerald Schweighofer, who owns several timber and wood panel plants in Romania, estimated his local wood processing and energy business will reach around half a billion e...
INS: Romania Adjusted Retail Sales Down 0.4% On Month In September
Romanian adjusted retail sales fell 0.4% in September from the earlier month, on lower sales of fuels and food items, the statistics institute INS said Monday.
Antitrust Authorities To Soon Finish Investigations Targeting Food And Electronics Retailers, Drug Distributors
Bogdan Chiritoiu, president of the Competition Council, announced that the institution will next year conclude an investigation into agreements between retailers such as Metro, Billa and Sel...
Retailers Opened 150 Supermarkets In January-October
Retailers in Romania have continued expansion and opened a new store every other day in the first ten months of the year, totaling 149 new units.