Online purchases in EU continued to grow in 2024, the most frequent goods bought inline are clothes (including sportswear), footwear and accessories, according to data published by Eurostat. According to those data, last year, 77% of Internet users bought or ordered goods or personal use services online, on the rise from 59% in 2014, which represents a 17% increase. The highest percentages of Internet users who made online purchases in 2024 were recorded in Ireland (96%), the Netherlands (94%)and Demnark (91%). At the opposite pole we find Bulgaria with the lowest percentage of internet users who made online purchases last year (57%), followed by Italy and Romania, both with 60%. If we compare the 2024 situation with that of 2014, the most important increases were recorded in Romania (43% advance from 17% to 60%), Hungary ( from 42% to 79%) and Lithuania (from 36% to 72%). Goods most frequently bought online in 2024 were clothes (includins sportswear), footwear and accessories, 45% of Internet users making those purchases in the last three months. They were followed by food deliveries from restaurants, fast-food chains and catering services (21%) , cosmetics and wellness products (20%), furniture and household accessories or garden items (19%). The next category were sports equipments, magazines, newspapers and health supplements like vitamins, each with a share of 16%.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
