Online sales in Romania in H1 2024 were more than 9 percent higher compared to the same period of the previous year, according to a specialist survey released on Wednesday by local SaaS-based e-commerce platform MerchantPro.According to data centralized in the report, the positive dynamics is mainly due to developments in the second quarter, when online sales rose by over 12 percent. In terms of orders placed by customers in the first half of 2024, the growth pace is similar to 2023, at 6.71 percent."Automation and Artificial Intelligence, customer loyalty, the diversification of business models and increased competition are some of the main trends and challenges that characterize the local e-commerce market in the first half of the year. The market development prospects are backed by the real dynamics in the first part of of the year. Romania's eCommerce market continues to grow, fueled by access to digital technology and the increase in the income of the young population and digital natives, but electronic commerce has reached the age of maturity. Year-to-year growth is moderate and the competition is getting fiercer, especially from strong international competitors, both brands from the EU or, as in the last 12 months, non-EU players such as Shein or Temu, whose global rise is gaining momentum," experts estimate.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
