{"id":8994,"date":"2026-02-23T08:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8994"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:02:06","slug":"greek-retailer-jumbo-sees-signs-of-fatigue-among-romanian-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8994","title":{"rendered":"Greek retailer Jumbo sees signs of fatigue among Romanian consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jumbo Group is going through a period of increased attention on the local market, after recent data showed a 4% drop in sales in Romania, while other markets of the group continue to grow: +15% in Bulgaria and +11% in Greece, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\/stirile-zilei\/grecii-de-la-jumbo-ingrijorati-de-scaderea-vanzarilor-din-romania-piata-romaneasca-da-semne-de-oboseala-23691043?mc_cid=922532070e&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Mediafax<\/a>, citing the Greek publication Financial Press.<\/p>\n<p>For the fifth consecutive month, \u00a0purchasing power in Romania is being squeezed, in a mix that includes a slide in the local currency and a VAT increase, the Greek outlet commented.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the non-food retail sales edged marginally by 0.5% y\/y in Q3 and contracted by 3.3% y\/y in Q4, while the outlook remains gloomy as the entire economy is expected to stagnate during the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek media outlet implied the market already built expectations for the postponement or even temporary \u201cfreezing\u201d \u00a0of part of the investment plans \u201cin due course\u201d in Romania.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Lenutaidi\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jumbo Group is going through a period of increased attention on the local market, after recent data showed a 4% drop in sales in Romania, while other markets of the group continue to grow: +15% in Bulgaria and +11% in Greece, according to Mediafax, citing the Greek publication Financial Press. For the fifth consecutive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}