Retail chain Mega Image, held by Belgian distribution group Delhaize Le Lion, saw its sales climb 40% in the first half this year, as compared with the year-ago period. “In the first part of the year, we opened new stores, which allowed us to post bigger sales as compared with the year-ago period,” said Bart Van de Velde, commercial director of the Mega Image network. According to Van de Velde, two of the stores opened this year gave the company the opportunity to enter other markets, besides Bucharest. “We opened a store in Ploiesti and another one in Constanta in April, so that sales for the entire network went up some 40% since the year-ago period,” the Mega Image official added. ZF