Online retailer evoMAG, held by entrepreneur Mihai Patrascu, expects a nearly 20% increase in sales at this year’s Black Friday sales campaign, compared with 2019, and it decided to increase stocks by 50%.
Sphera Group (SFG.RO), which manages restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands in Romania, appointed Lucian Hoanca to the position of Chairman of the Executive Board, on Wednesday (October 14, 2020).
Flexpresso, a company based in Craiova (southern Romania) makes almost 15 million lei worth of coffee a year which it sells to various businesses. The company makes several types of coffee - instant, ground, or beans, though it started out with coffee pods.
Furniture manufacturer Simex, based in Simleu Silvaniei (Salaj County, NW Romania), posted more than 35.1 million lei (EUR7.4 million) revenue in 2019, an increase of 18% on the previous year, ZF has calculated from Finance Ministry data.
Romanians borrowed more than 1.2 billion lei in mortgage loans from banks in August, the third highest level in the first eight months of 2020 and 3.6% more than in August 2019.
Renault Group will be revealing new images of its future electric vehicles Thursday evening, October 15, including the Dacia Spring, the first fully electric car to be sold under the Romanian brand.
Romcarbon (ROCE.RO), one of the major plastic packaging producers in Romania, said Wednesday it has agreed to sell a plot of land in Iasi to Office & Logistic for EUR250,000 net of VAT.
Israeli real estate developer AFI Europe will be officially opening the AFI Brasov mixed-use project on October 21, 2020, per a press invitation.
Romania's current account balance posted a deficit of EUR5.789 billion in January-August, compared with a deficit of EUR7.099 billion in the same period in 2019, central bank data showed Wednesday.
The Romanian unit of Dutch retailer Used Products, specialized in the sale of new and pre-used products, reported a turnover of over half million euros in January-September 2020, double compared with EUR250,000 reported in the same period in 2019.
Ride-hailing service Yango, owned by Russia's Yandex, will halt operations on the Romanian market after less than a year and a half since entering the market.
Romania’s industrial production decreased by 13.7% as gross series on the year in January-August 2020, and by 14.2% as series adjusted by number of working days and seasonality, the country’s statistics board INS said Wednesday.
Schaeffler Romania, the local subsidiary of Germany’s Schaeffler group, ended the first half with growth of 8% in revenue on the year-ago period. Schaeffler Romania expects 10% decline in the second half, due to the decrease in orders from its customers.
NY’ER Romania based in Cluj-Napoca, the operator of the local New Yorker stores, posted more than 345.5 million lei (some EUR73 million) revenue in 2019, an increase of 13.5% on 2018, ZF has calculated from Finance Ministry data.
There is room for growth and even doubling of Romania’s food industry, says Jean Richard de Latour, the French executive who runs the local operations of retailer Carrefour.
Bittnet Systems, a local integrator of IT&C solutions, said Tuesday it has successfully negotiated the acquisition of 25% in Softbinator Technologies for an estimated $2 million.
Car sales on the Romanian market dropped 32.3% on the year in the fist nine months of 2020, under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, data from the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) showed Tuesday.
The International Monetary Fund estimates Romania's economy will contract by 4.8% this year, a slightly milder contraction compared with the 5% estimated in April, according to the latest World Economic Outlook released Tuesday.
Impact Developer & Contractor (IMP.RO), a real estate developer held by businessman Gheorghe Iaciu, concluded a contract of EUR9.5 million with construction firm Premium Invest Concept for the construction and delivery of a “turnkey” apartment complex in Constanta (south-eastern Romania).
Groupe Renault has decided that third generation Dacia Sandero will be produced exclusively in Morocco, while the Dacia plant in Mioveni will be producing models with higher added value and Dacia Logan, which is the best selling car in Romania.