Dragana Krstic, General Manager of Kvantum Sport: We continue to adapt our business to the new reality. We still expect pandemic challenges, but we hope that things will soon get back to ”normal”
Dragana Krstic is the General Manager of Kvantum Sport, the official distributor of Under Armor in the Balkans, and is in charge of Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria. Her career path has been “carved” by the sporting goods industry, containing both retail and online channels, and covering the entire business cycle. Being driven by passion for […]
Daniel Cuevas, Managing Director Philip Morris România: ”As the Romanian adult smokers will become more aware of the smoke-free products and that they are less harmful than cigarettes, the demand and the market will continue developing”
Foto: Philip Morris România You took over the position of Managing Director of Philip Morris Romania in January 2021. How did you adapt and what were the most important milestones of your mandate in your first year here? What priority goals are on your agenda for the next period? In total honesty, I can say […]
Mixed blessings
Foto: vladem / depositphotos.com 15 years ago, on January 1st 2007, Romania became a member of the European Union – a nice, round anniversary, prompting all sorts of festive messages. President Klaus Iohannis said that the accession to the EU anchored Romania in the European area of democracy and values and that the European path […]
2022… a better year?
A thrifty man makes a chariot in winter and a sledge in summer … or should we look around a bit, before making plans for the future, in order to avoid any surprise? Romania, Europe, Earth … in this order, I would like to do this little exercise to anticipate what the year 2022 will […]
Bucharest Stock Exchange sets new all-time highs in 2021
The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), a fundamental institution of the Romanian capital market, has successfully fulfilled its fundamental role of financing the economy in a volatile domestic and international context influenced by the evolution of the coronavirus pandemic. The Romanian capital market recorded in 2021 the best year in history and set a series of […]
About how expensive 2022 will be
Foto: eamesBot / depositphotos.com Alot of money was pumped last year by the governments to finance the economic recovery; acute blockages in the supply chains; a growing demand for products and raw materials. What can all this mean, other than straw thrown on the already burning fire of rising prices? Economists around the world are […]
What failure teaches us
Foto: gunnar3000/ depositphotos.com We are most often educated to have no weaknesses, simply to be the best. Many of us had parents who pushed and even threatened us with punishment if we were not performing well in school. No wonder that our CVs for job applications must always look perfect, no weaknesses, no ups and […]
Living in interesting times / Time to update the CV: a look back at three years in the Chair of the BRCC
Author: Neil McGregor, Immediate past Chair, Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & Relations BRCC Writing in February 2022 it is at first difficult to recall the situation back in November 2018 when I took over the Chair the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce from Colin Lovering. There were female prime ministers in both the UK and […]
The Impact of Energy Prices on the Consumer And the Business Environment
The price of natural gas and electricity has increased significantly in recent months, generated by many internal and external elements related to Romania. The impact of this fact on the final consumer and Romanian companies has been powerful. Moreover, as many of them face difficulties due to restrictions during the alert period caused by COVID-19, […]
Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala – 8th edition. In honour of the values of Romanian culture
Nawaf Salameh – Chairman of the Alexandrion Foundation The Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards Gala rewarded again this year the lifelong work and dedication of some of the most amazing Romanians, who have the passion and curiosity to find answers in science, art and culture. The Constantin Brâncoveanu Awards, granted annually by Alexandrion Foundation since 2014, bear […]