The volume of turnover in retail trade (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) decreased in the first month of the current year compared to December 2024, as a gross series, by 19.4%, and as a series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality it increased by 0.1%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released to the public on Thursday.The decline in the volume of turnover in retail trade (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), gross series, in January 2025, compared to the previous month, was determined by the decreases recorded in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-21.3%), sales of non-food products (-20.5%) and in the retail trade of automotive fuels in specialized stores (-12%).On the other hand, the increase in turnover, as a series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, was due to the increases recorded in the retail trade of automotive fuels in specialized stores (+0.5%) and in the sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+0.2%). Sales of non-food products decreased by 0.7%.In January 2025, compared to January 2024, the volume of turnover in retail trade (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), gross series, registered an overall increase of 4.1%, due to the increase recorded in the retail trade of motor vehicle fuels in specialized stores (+7.3%) and in the sales of non-food products (+7%). Sales of food products, beverages and tobacco decreased by 0.9%.In the series adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, the volume of turnover in retail trade increased, overall, by 3.2%, due to increases in sales of non-food products (+5.8%) and in retail trade of automotive fuels in specialized stores (+1.2%). Sales of food products, beverages and tobacco decreased by 0.2%.
During the Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, November 20, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation decided to dissolve the national teams after a series of public accusations of harassment. The accusations are not new. At the end of October, upon returning to the country after the World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta, 23-year-old athlete Denisa Golgotă revealed that […]
Chinese electronic giant Xiaomi has opened its first physical store in Romania as part of a broader strategy to strengthen its presence on the local market, with additional retail expansion planned for 2026. The new Xiaomi Store, located in Bucharest’s ParkLake Shopping Center, is the company’s first directly operated retail space in the country and […]
Romania will introduce new penalties for retailers that refuse to replace defective products, under a new law recently promulgated by president Nicușor Dan. The measure requires traders to provide a replacement within 30 days when customers report that a purchased item is faulty, whether the purchase was made in-store or online. The retailers that fail […]
Romanian saber fencer Vlad Covaliu was named the best in the world in the junior category for the second consecutive year, according to a press release from Bucharest-based CS Dinamo. The winners of the 2024–2025 World Cup were awarded over the weekend at the International Fencing Federation 2025 Congress held in Manama, the capital of […]
Romanian Finqware (17th), Questo (18th), Footprints AI (21st), and Steepsoft AI (28th) are among the fastest-growing technology startups in the region, included in the main category of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2025 ranking. The ranking measures the growth rate between 2021 and 2024. This year's ranking, now in its 26th edition, is […]
Verbund Wind Power Romania, the Romanian subsidiary of Austrian energy company Verbund, has selected a consortium comprising Prime Batteries Technology and Enevo Group for the supply and integration of a new Battery Energy Storage System - BESS with a capacity of 76 MWh and an absorption/delivery capacity of 48MW. Verbund operates a 226 MW wind […]
