Farmacia Ardealul, a major regional pharmacy chain, with a 31-year presence on the market of Piatra Neamt, reached RON100 million turnover in 2023.
2024 brings zero square meters of offices in large projects on a Bucharest market accustomed to at least 100,000-200,000 square meters.
2023 ended with 1.1 million deals on the automotive market and notable increases on the segment of new and used passenger cars traded domestically. The result is 3% higher than in 2022, in line with data provided by DRPCIV and Autovit.ro, the most powerful car sales platform in Romania.
Footwear retailer Benvenuti, held by local entrepreneur Dan Pavel, expects the local market to temper its growth in 2024 or even to fall slightly compared with 2023, due to price increases for both utilities and raw materials, which implicitly boosted shelf prices for any product.
Banca Comerciala Romana, Swiss Capital and BT Capital Partners, the three most active stockbrokers on the Bucharest Stock Exchange last year, brokered RON33.9 billion transactions and accounted for 68.4% of the market.
Romania will assemble three electric and two full-hybrid cars as of this year, for the first time ever, considering rising demand for such vehicles.
Car parts manufacturer Joysonquin Automotive Systems Romania (the former Quin Romania), the local division of China’s Joyson, currently has 49 jobs available at its plant in Ghimbav (Brasov County), according to the County Employment Agency in Brasov (central Romania).