“This year has been extremely similar to 2011. We cannot complain and we cannot brag, but we are happy to have a stable market considering consumer spending hasn’t fluctuated, either.”
Benvenuti posted EUR13.1 million revenue last year, up almost 20% on the previous year.
The Romanian entrepreneur would not provide any figures about Romania’s economy and his company’s future performance.
“We are incurably optimistic. We will continue to develop cautiously because we have to get used to the current situation and stop seeing it as a crisis but as something normal.”
As for the overall economy, he says it is all up to how the economy is managed, to the legislative framework and to how the business sector will be encouraged.
Romania should see economic growth of 2.5% next year, after the 0.9% of 2012, according to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)