French-held Carrefour Group is in advanced talks with Romanian entrepreneurs Dragos and Adrian Paval, the founders of DIY retailer Dedeman, to sell their Romanian operations, ZF sources say.
Prysmian Cabluri si Sisteme, part of Italian group Prysmian, ended 2024 with a turnover of RON1.587 billion (EUR319 million), down 11.6% from RON1.797 billion (EUR363.4 million) reported in 2024, in line with calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily, based on finance ministry data.
Fashion brand Gucci, owned by the Kering Group, one of the largest actors in the luxury industry in the world, is returning to Romania in the TOFF Galleries department store in the Stirbey Palace on Calea Victoriei, a project of Israeli’s Hagag. The owners of the TOFF Galleries, the Coman family, rented the building for their department store, ZF has found.
Romania posted the highest annual inflation rate, of 8.6%, among European Union (EU) Member States, in November 2025 as well, data from the European statistical office Eurostat showed on Wednesday (December 17).
Carrefour Romania is speeding up the development of proximity store formats, reaching 200 Express stores after the opening of 27 such units in 2025.