Orders placed in 2021 with the regional SaaS e-commerce platform MerchantPro were 72 percent up in volume and 48 percent higher in number, shows a release issued on Monday.December 2021 also saw a significant rise in the average basket size, which was almost 30 percent higher compared to the previous year, while the annualised increase was 18 percent."December marked the end of a year of steady growth in the Romanian online business, as the stores created on the MerchantPro platform registered an advance almost as spectacular as in 2020. According to MerchantPro data, whereas in December 2020 the y-o-y increase in the value of orders was 99 percent, in December 2021, growth from the year-ago period was 75 percent," the release states.By value, the largest order placed in December was over 60,000 euros, for the purchase of specialized hospitality equipment. By product numbers, the most diversified order had 300 items and was placed in the food & beverages segment. The busiest day in terms of orders was Monday, December 13, with more than 15,000 orders placed.Apart from Bucharest which is on the first spot, the most dynamic cities by the number of orders placed were Constanta, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara, and most orders were placed for IT & electronics (+214 percent). Fashion, sporting and home & deco shopping was also uptick.More than 5,000 online stores have used the MerchantPro regional platform over the past 10 years. MerchantPro is a project by software company ShopMania Net, which provides Romanian and European e-commerce entrepreneurs competitive trading features, professional support services and customized solutions tailored to specific development needs. The number of active online stores using the MerchantPro SaaS e-commerce platform is in excess of 1,500.
Demand for logistics and industrial space in Romania reached 750,000 square meters in the first nine months of 2025, a 30% increase compared with the same period last year, according to the Romania Industrial Marketbeat Q3 2025 report by real estate consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. If the current pace continues, the total volume […]
Documentary Mondays and Fiction Tuesdays, the programs of the Czech Center in Bucharest, return between November 10 and November 25 with screenings of six contemporary and classic European films. Documentary Mondays, the Czech Center's longest-running film program, proposes documentaries that reflect on the present, memory, trauma, and the ways in which we relate to the […]
Booking Holdings Romania, Servier Pharma, JYSK Romania, Schneider Electric, and Deichmann are the most appreciated companies by their own employees, according to Top Employers Undelucram.ro 2025. The list is based exclusively on feedback from employees rather than public image or marketing perception. The ranking made by Undelucram.ro, a leading online employee community in Romania, is […]
On New Year’s Eve, the local authorities in Constanța will no longer organize the traditional fireworks display. The decision was made to protect animals as well as the environment. The seaside city of Constanța thus joins a growing list of cities in Romania to ban fireworks, Digi24 reported. Cluj-Napoca, Ploiești, Iași, and Brașov...
The Romanian Patriarchate announced the visiting schedule for the National Cathedral in Bucharest following the conclusion of an 11-day pilgrimage that drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers. Access for pilgrims to the Holy Altar is set to end at midnight on Wednesday, November 5, after continuous day-and-night visitation. According to the official announcement, the National […]
Update: Investigations regarding specialist doctor certificates extended to the Ministry of Health officers on Wednesday morning, according to health minister Alexandru Rogobete. “We are talking here about 12 people who supposedly completed residency training in the Republic of Moldova, even though these people were employed in Romania and in fact did not complete these training stages. […]
