Carrefour Romania will end 2024 with a network of 178 Express units nationwide, after opening 16 integrated stores and six franchise stores.
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) increased by 5.2% in nominal terms in October 2024 compared with September 2024, and by 8.2% versus October 2023, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Tuesday (Dec. 17).
E-commerce continues to grow at a fast pace in Romania, with 73% of internet users making online purchases in 2024, in line with national statistics board data quoted by the Romanian Association of Online Stores (ARMO), confirming Romanians’ high appetite for digital purchases.
BRD Sogelease IFN has contracted a EUR70 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the end of boosting funding for a series of local small and medium-sized enterprises.
Signal Iduna, leader of the local health insurance market, is assessing opportunities on the auto liability insurance (RCA) market in Romania amid the current dynamics of the sector and consolidation and transformation tendencies.
Altex, Romania’s largest electro-IT retailer, aims to invest EUR200 million in expansion in the next 3-5 years, says Dan Ostahie, the company’s founder.
Autoklass Center SRL, the business controlled by Enrico Perini, who also owns Romstal, has taken over distribution and service activities for Volkswagen Autoturisme, Voslkswagen Autovehicule Comerciale and DasWelt Auto from Tess SRL, in one of the biggest deals on the local market.