Archives July 2009

The ranking of the top 20 largest wholesale and retail companies in SEE was clearly dominated by 11 Romania-based chains. All large Western European chains were represented with Germany’s Metro Group having three entries – its Romanian and Croatian Cash&Carry chains, as well as its Romanian retail chain Real,- Hypermarket.

However, the ranking was ...

EU member state Bulgaria, traditionally a strong producer and exporter of metals, had nine companies represented in the ranking of the top 20 metals enterprises. This ranking was led by Romanian steel plant Arcelor Mittal Galati with annual revenue of 2.23 billion euro in 2008, up 5.5% on the year. The ArcelorMittal steel ...