“We have just opened a store in Slobozia that was well received, so we now have 41 in Romania,” says Catalin Rosca, country manager C&A. He says the fashion group uses a financial not calendar year, so its financial year ended in late February. The year 2019 started on March 1, and the retailer has already opened a store, with more to be inaugurated in the coming months.
“We are constantly looking for space to meet our requirements of positioning and amount of space. This is why we are a little bit restricted by the existing supply but see the market in Romania as having a lot of potential in the region.”
The company arrived in Romania in 2009, the first year of the financial crisis, and expanded to the big cities of the country with stores taking up 1,500 to 3,000 square meters. They are only located in shopping centers and malls not in street front spaces.
“We will continue expansion in Bucharest with a new store in Plaza Romania. Inaugurations in Ploiesti, Zalau, Brasov and a store in Bucharest Colosseum will follow.”
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)