The entrepreneur started in this industry two years ago when he opened a Valentino single-brand store in the same gallery and then opened a Cavalli mono-brand store at the end of 2012.
The Dolce&Gabbana store will cover 310 square meters and will be the biggest in The Grand Avenue. It will replace the Lebanese restaurant Elmir across the hall from Roberto Cavalli, the same sources said. The investment in a luxury store ranges from several hundred thousand euros to EUR1.5 million depending on the floor space, furniture and other standards the brand owner requires.
Dolce&Gabbana is already available in Central and Eastern Europe via single-brand stores in Czech Republic (Prague), Ukraine (Kiev) and Russia (Moscow).
Robert Coman told ZF’s lifestyle supplement Dupa Afaceri Premium at the end of 2012, “the luxury market is very dynamic. It is an industry I got involved in quite recently and now, a year later, I’m sorry I did not discover it sooner. I surely won’t stop here.”
Before venturing into the luxury business, he co-founded retailer and wholesaler Best Computers and then became a shareholder in electricity and natural gas supplier Transenergo Com based in Bucharest.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)