Shopping near home, new stake in local retail
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Approximately 215 proximity stores affiliated to some retail chains have been opened in Romania in 2010. By this year-end the number will increase to 230 units, with sales that cumulate more than five million euros a month. Dedicated to large districts that have no big commercial chains, especially in rural areas around Bucharest, the convenience stores are beginning to gain ground, a decade after the start of the offensive of the big modern retailers. Proximity and the extended ...