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Sensiblu buys Farmaplanet drugstores
Sensiblu, the drugstore chain part of the A&D Pharma group, has bought the 24-drugstore Farmaplanet chain, with the transaction already sent to the Competition Council for approval.
DM opens 30 drugstores and wants 20 more by 2012
DM Drogerie Markt, the German retailer selling cosmetics and consumer goods, is betting on Romania to expand its drugstore market, given that none of its direct rivals, Schlecker, Muller or...
Why are OTC drugs two or three times more expensive in drugstores?
Sales of OTC drugs returned to growth in the first three months of this year, with a 9.6% plus in euros, from a similar decline last year. The increase came as in terms of units both 2009 an...
Drugstores make over 25m euros from baby food, but lost battle for new clients
Sales of baby food through drugstores top 25m euros a year, but in recent years this channel has started losing ground to large modern retail stores, reveals a ZF survey based on data from M...
Romastru drug distributor goes to drugstores with its own brands
Romastru Trading, a pharmaceutical distribution and marketing company, is entering the generic drugs market with its own brands, by launching 45 products in several therapeutic areas in 2010...
Drugstores close to hospitals derive highest revenues
Over half of Romania's drugstores generate annual sales of between 85,000 and 385,000 euros, according to ZF's calculations based on data provided by Cegedim Romania market research firm, wi...
Tudorache expects rises for drugstores without further investments
The Remedio drugstore chain expects a 20% sales increase this year, compared with the 75 million-RON (20.4 million-euro) figure reached in 2008, due to the maturing of existing stores.
Independent pharmacists seek buyers
After several years when "expansion" was the word of the day in drug retail, the market is now entering a new phase, where it mainly has to deal with the changing commercial conditions of di...
Centrofarm network opens another 20 drugstores
Centrofarm network, a major player in pharmaceutical retail, which currently operates 46 drugstores, will open at least another 20 more by yearend, after the company launched nine in the fir...