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Carrefour Deploys Smartphone Technology In Romanian Stores

Carrefour has deployed beacon-geotags in its Romanian hypermarkets, which will allow the retailer to alert consumers to offers as they move through it...

Romania Slashes VAT On Food

Starting today (1 June), Romania has reduced VAT on food from 24 per cent to 9 per cent. According to the Association of Big Commercial Networks in Romania...

Russian Sanctions Give Retailers New Look at Romania

Russian retail sales contracted 8.7 per cent in March from a year earlier, the Federal Statistics Service said in a report published last week. That was...

US Forced to Import Corn from Romania on Organics Demand

A growing demand for organics, and the near-total reliance by US farmers on genetically modified corn and soybeans, is driving a surge in imports from othe...

Romanian VAT Cut May Trigger Shopping Tourism from Hungary

Romania's Government unveiled plans to cut VAT from 24 to nine per cent for all food products and non-alcoholic beverages. The measure will come into force...