{"id":9240,"date":"2026-03-11T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:01:56","slug":"greek-retailer-jumbo-buys-premises-for-new-hyperstore-in-northwestern-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9240","title":{"rendered":"Greek retailer Jumbo buys premises for new hyperstore in northwestern Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greek toy and home decoration retailer Jumbo has purchased the premises of a former clothing factory in Baia Mare, northwestern Romania, where it plans to open its 21st hyperstore in the country, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profit.ro\/povesti-cu-profit\/retail\/surpriza-jumbo-a-cumparat-in-romania-o-fosta-fabrica-22373760?mc_cid=7e9fb5af2a&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Profit.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction is part of Jumbo&#8217;s continued expansion in Romania. The clothing factory, Habitex, was part of the Belgian group Ikanos that decided to terminate its operations in Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The redevelopment of the site is expected to contribute to the revitalisation of the area and improve the local commercial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>According to the previously announced strategy and reiterated in the fall, Jumbo aims to double its hypermarket network in Romania over the next 8 years. The last store opening on the local market was in March last year, in Timisoara.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s expansion continues despite adverse market conditions at this moment. In the first two months of this year, the sales of the Jumbo group in Romania decreased by approximately 4% year-on-year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Romanian market continues to face significant pressures, mainly due to the depreciation of the local currency, the recent increase in VAT, and the implementation of new fiscal measures, with a restrictive impact on consumption,&#8221; according to Jumbo.<\/p>\n<p>Jumbo operates a network of 10 hypermarkets in Bulgaria. Most stores are located in Greece (53), followed by Romania (20).<\/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>Greek toy and home decoration retailer Jumbo has purchased the premises of a former clothing factory in Baia Mare, northwestern Romania, where it plans to open its 21st hyperstore in the country, according to Profit.ro. The transaction is part of Jumbo&#8217;s continued expansion in Romania. The clothing factory, Habitex, was part of the Belgian group [&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-9240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240","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=9240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}