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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Procedia Economics and Finance 23 ( 2015 ) 1584 1589 2nd GLOBAL CONFERENCE on BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT and TOURISM, 30-31 October 2014, Prague, Czech Republic The Romanian Retail Food Market - Survival or Success for Domestic Companies Silvius Stanciu a * a The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 180, Brailei Street, Galati, 800236, Romania, Abstract The paper proposes an overview of the Romanian retail food market and the strategies applied by local traders to ensure business continuity. The retail food market represents a major area for international traders and local merchants. The total value of the Romanian retail market will reach 26 billion euros in 2014. In 2013, food and non-alcoholic drinks represented, on average, 41.4% of consumption. The fact that Romania joined the EU facilitated the access of European retail companies on the Romanian market. In 2013, a percentage of 53% of the total household expenditure in Romania was made on consumer goods in modern retail formats. The expansion of modern retail chains is felt increasingly by more and more local food stores, which must find new ways to survive on the market. Domestic companies were forced to close their businesses or identify strategies to ensure business continuity. The paper methodology includes statistical databases, scientific publications, market survey report research. The example of the advanced countries from the region, such as Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic may forecast the evolution of the Romanian retail food market. A possible scenario for the local food retail sector initiatives would be on the cash & carry Polish model, which turns independent commercial units into modern locations. The organization of independent retailers in the form of an association (retailer cooperative) is another variant. In Romania there is not a powerful alliance of independent stores, such as the CBA in Hungary or the COOP in Slovakia, which are in direct competition with international traders. The symbiosis with the international retail networks, business orientation towards rural areas, the development of an integrated production chain are trade strategies for Romanian companies. 2015 2014 The Authors. Published by by Elsevier B.V. B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Selection and/ peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Research and Education Center. Selection and/ peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Research and Education Center Keywords: business continuity, domestic strategies, modern trade, traditional trade, Romanian retail food market * Silvius Stanciu. Tel.: +40722244407 E-mail address: Silvius.Stanciu@ugal.ro 2212-5671 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Selection and/ peer-review under responsibility of Academic World Research and Education Center doi:10.1016/s2212-5671(15)00505-5

Silvius Stanciu / Procedia Economics and Finance 23 ( 2015 ) 1584 1589 1585 1. Introduction Food trade represents an important activity in modern economy, ensuring complete nutrition needs of the population for urban consumers and partially for rural consumers. At present, the European Union has 28 member states and 507.4 million inhabitants. By joining the EU, Romanian merchants were offered the opportunity of a huge market but they also had to face the competition coming from the European companies with a tradition in the domain. According to Dries, Reador and Swinnen (2004) the post-communist era led to major transformations in the trade of the east and central European former totalitarian countries. In the retail food market there are three steps that stand out for the above-mentioned states: pre-transition (the period of the communist regimes), the small privatization period (immediately after changing political regimes) and the present stage, that of globalization. The retail sector globalization in these countries, extremely attractive by the big retail companies, is very quick (Machek, 2012). Bulgaria and Romania are in the third transition period, which has already been finished by more advanced countries in the area (Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic), whose example is useful to study. Romanian retail food market - RRFM is dominated by large European companies, and there are a few local merchants that withstood competition and that look for solutions for business continuity. 2. Material and methods In order to write the paper a series of documents were consulted: treatises, scientific papers, official statements made by European or national authorities, statements made by companies, merchant associations, tax reports submitted to the Financial Authority, media information regarding food trade. The data regarding the RRFM development have been collected from FAO, EU or the National Institute of Statistics statistical databases. There were some specific indicators that were used in the paper such as: commercial unit number evolution, the turnover and the profit, sale surfaces, data and time series, which were graphically represented and comparatively analyzed and interpreted in order to understand the studied phenomena. 3. The Romanian food retail sector in the community context The European food market, evaluated at over 1,000 billion euros addresses a population of over 515 million inhabitants, who consume approximately 400 million tons of food annually. The sector is a dynamic one and is expected to double in the next four years (Tănase b, 2014). RRFM, evaluated at 11 billion euros, annually produces 8.72 million tons of food, out of which 13.8% are exported. The cost of the food logistics services in Romania is estimated at two billion euros, out of which 1.1 billion euros are for primary logistics, the rest being allotted to secondary logistics (retailers and wholesalers). The local food domain is dominated by a number of 50 big companies, representing less than 1% out of the total 8,400 companies from the same domain of activity. Activity concentration leads to the control of over 40% of the food businesses and to over 4 billion euros profit for the 50 companies. The Romanian market is the seventh in size from the European Union and the second in Eastern Europe, after Poland. Romania represents an attraction for retail multinational companies due to the number of consumers and the availability of resources (Roșca, 2014). The multinationals interest in Romania is justified by the price of food, which is close to the European average and the high weight of food products in Romanians expenditure. Thus, in 2013 Romanians used approximately 28.4% of their average monthly incomes in order to buy food, much over Hungary (15.6%), double as compared to Poland (14.2%) and The Czech Republic (12%) and three times more than Germany (8.6%). The GfK forecast for Romania, carried out by taking into account three market indicators (the purchasing power, the turnover related to retailers in stores and the weight of the population s expenditure in retail out of the total expenditure), quoted by Bercu, (2014), foresees a growth of the retail market with 4.3% in 2014, slightly moderated as compared to the 4.9% recorded in 2013. Estimated at over 26 billion euros in 2014, the Romanian retail market represents one of the best ones in Europe (Bercu, 2014). The international retailer activity on the Romanian market until August 2014 is presented in Figure 1, the great number of stores opened recently being highly appreciated. At a national level, according to the sale space census carried out by Vektor Markforschung, quoted by Ardelean (2014 a), Romania had approximately 73,500 stores in 2013. Although the share of the spaces allotted to modern trade is of only 1%, the 12 modern trade networks held almost one third of the total sale space.

1586 Silvius Stanciu / Procedia Economics and Finance 23 ( 2015 ) 1584 1589 The main 10 companies on the retail market had an aggregate turnover of 7 billion euros in 2012, growing with 4.2% as compared to 2011. Thus, in 2012, Kaufland held 20% of the market, followed at great distance by Carrefour and Selgros (Figure 1). The year 2013 brought important business for the big agents from food retail, a larger share for the modern trade as compared to the traditional one and an important takeover in the Romanian retail business. Therefore, by means of an action correlated with the Bulgarian market, Auchan took over the great majority of Real hypermarkets from Romania and Bulgaria. The 2013 top of the main RFRM companies is represented in Figure 4. Kaufland is on the first place, with a profit of 75 million euros made in its 91 locations. The network expansion was great, Mega Image being the most dynamic economic agent, opening 104 new units. On the next places it was Profi, which opened 63 new supermarkets and Carrefour, with 53 new outlets. Fig. 1 Market share of the RFRM networks (Source Eurostat, 2014) Fig.2 The dynamics on number of RFRM networks (Source Ardelean, 2014a) There were networks that, besides opening new subsidiaries, closed some outlets that did not bring profit (Profi 4 stores and Penny Market 1 store). Metro is further developing the franchise La doi pași, targeting the reunion of more independent owners and the creation of a chain of stores, which are close to customers. Another aspect specific to the last years is outlet concentration in areas with a high density of population with a higher average income. Favored by the crisis, the concentration led to great differences between the capital and the other cities form the country (Figure 3). Fig. 3 Store networks on Romania regions Fig. 4 Turnover (mil ) and profit (10 5 ) in RFRM The strategy declared by the great majority of networks is expansion covering the territory, including the areas with a population of 20 40,000 inhabitants. 4. Strategies applicable by the companies with Romanian capital in RFRM The food retail business with local capital is mainly represented by independent outlets, without a certain format, with small sale areas that are not part of a commercial network (Chiţu and Tecău, 2014). The great expansion of modern retailers materialized in 2013 in 1,250 functional stores (supermarkets, hypermarkets, discounters and proximity stores), 670 Metro La doi pași stores and in a share of 53% acts of modern trade to the detriment of traditional trade (Petcana, 2014). The modern retail chain expansion affects local merchants, who look for survival options on a market with fierce competition.

Silvius Stanciu / Procedia Economics and Finance 23 ( 2015 ) 1584 1589 1587 4.1. Expenditure and trade margin reduction, the best range of product identification, flexible suppliers, layout adjustment to new conditions, customer keeping actions of the EDLP type (low prices every day) can be considered options in order to ensure business continuity for the local merchants. The restrictive conditions imposed by the great chains of suppliers can favour small merchant supply. Butchery product producers and milk producers prefer to sell their goods at better prices, with payment on the spot to the small stores (Scărișoreanu, 2014). Food market retail analysis in more advanced countries from the region (Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic) can be useful in order to identify some retail market development scenarios in Romania. The traditional retail sector is strong in Poland, being consolidated by means of mergers and cash & carry sector acquisitions (Morschett et al, 2011; Macheck, 2012). Eurocash, the most important local agent, operates 10000 convenience stores by means of some managerial franchise system, being a competitor of global players (Tesco or Carrefour) or of important discounters (Biedronka and Lidl). In 2012, Eurocash recorded 9 %, business growth, 2.4 % more than Biedronka, the Polish retail market leader, while Tesco Poland reported a decrease in sales of 3% (Ardelean b, 2014). In the Czech Republic the retail sector situation is close to that of Romania, being different from that of Poland. The food retail market is dominated by the international companies, the only representative local agent being Coop, with 5% market share. The Schwarz Group (Kaufland and Lidl) and Rewe Group occupy the last positions with a market share of 17.6% and of 12.5%, respectively. Except for Schwarz Group, the majority of international operators had difficulties because of the difficult economic environment and because of the competition between local merchants and discounters. An effect of the pressure that exists in the market is Tesco s decision to give the proximity network Koruna to the local agent Hruška, the only alternative to improve efficiency and make profit (Ardelean, 2014). The Hungarian food retail market presented the fastest transition from Central Europe (Hanf, Dautzenberg and Pall, 2009). The example of the independent retailers organised in the CBA Hungary Association and the implementation of some adequate private brand range and multichannel development strategies (Juhasz, Seres and Stauder, 2008; Machek, 2012) can represent an example for RRFM. Based on the example of these food retail markets, which are close to Romania, there may be highlighted some traditional retail sector development strategy directions on the Romanian market. 4.2. The big store chain franchise may be a possible strategy The Polish model of transforming some independent traditional outlets in modern locations is suggested by Metro cash & carry, by means of the commercial network La Doi Pași. Launched in 2011, the franchise has, at present, 670 units. Merchants have a unitary image at the layout level, training courses, marketing assistance under conditions of relative independence (keeping the name, choosing the product types etc.) (Popa, 2012). The network of stores Mic.ro, a franchise set up by the businessman Dinu Patriciu, promoted the proximity store concept based on local products. The business lasted for less than two years, the bankruptcy being mainly determined by the proximity stores opened by the big networks. (Dinu, 2012) 4.3. Independent retailer organization under the form of an association In Romania, the food retail small merchant association development, having as example CBA Hungary, Eurocash Poland or COOP The Czech Republic model is at the beginning. In 2002, CBA Romania was founded, having as an example the Hungarian model, by the association of 8 founding members, CBA Hungary included. The commercial network stores are a combination between association for buying and franchise. The purpose of the association is a unified functioning in sales (a common selling system, identical store decorations, goods range standardization, similar prices, etc.). After 12 years from setting up the CBA network, Romania includes 366 small and medium sale units, distributed on 8 regional centers, which function as independent firms. The regional centres are CBA associated members that have their own warehouses and unfold their activity on a small area that covers the CBA stores from the respective counties. The merchants, who wish to join the CBA network, can be directly affiliated as partners of the regional centers from the area they belong to (CBA Romania, 2014)

1588 Silvius Stanciu / Procedia Economics and Finance 23 ( 2015 ) 1584 1589 4.4. Achieving an integrated production chain trade, by selling products from own production The strategy is successfully applied by some local companies that market in their own networks of stores mainly their own products. The most well-known local food retail networks on the local markets are: Succes Nic Com Târgu Jiu, Unicarm Satu Mare and Sergiana Brașov. Unicarm Satu Mare, the biggest local company directly active in commerce, holds a network of 92 outlets, located in the north-west of the country, having a turnover of approximately 165 million euros in 2013. The marketed products in the stores are mainly covered from own production (meat, sausages, dairy products, bakery products, cans, ice cream) (Unicarm Satu Mare, 2014). Succes Nic from Tg. Jiu is the local retailer with the largest network from the territory, having 200 outlets. The company is the only hypermarket independent operator from Romania, managing the former Pic stores. In the Succes commercial network there are different forms of retail (stores serving at the counter, mini-markets in gas stations, supermarkets, wholesale warehouses). The own products are marketed under the brand Succes. Trade holds a share of 60% in the activity of the company. 17% is occupied by the bakery products and there are also other activities different from the food domain. The network has its own bakery factories, meat products, packaging stores (Succes Nic Com, 2014). The network of stores Sergiana Poiana Mărului Brașov has over 50 stores (so-called prăvălii in Romanian or small shops in English) in which it exclusively sells own products made in the meat product factory from Poiana Mărului. The firm applies a specific business model, collaborating with Kaufland, Mega Image, Carrefour and Auchan from the retail market, where it has its own shops (Tanase, a, 2014; Segiana ProdImpex, 2014). 5. Conclusions The retail food market from Romania continues the growing stage, with the development of multinational companies to the detriment of Romanian firms. The business continuity strategies for the local merchants from RRFM must be flexible and adapted to the economic context. The long-term success options imply the associations of small merchants, the franchise offered by the multinational networks or the development of production marketing integrated chains. If the lack of action continues and if there isn t any cooperative organization, the number of independent local retailers will continue to decrease. Acknowledgements This paper was co-financed from the European Social Fund through Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007-2013, project POSDRU number /159/1.5/S/138907 "Excellence in scientific interdisciplinary research, doctoral and postdoctoral school, in the economic, social and medical fields-excelis", coordinator The Bucharest University of Economic Studies References Ardelean, R., (2014 b, January 10), Comerţul independent local, între scenarii şi soluţii, Progresiv Revue, retrieved from http://www.magazinulprogresiv.ro; Ardelean, R., (2014a, September10), Universul de retail, Progresiv Revue, retrieved from http://www.universulde retail.ro; Bercu, D. (2014, July 11), Studiu GfK: Potential semnificativ de dezvoltare pentru zona de retail din Romania in 2014, Smark News, retrieved from http://www.smark.ro; CBA România, 2014, Company profile, retrieved August 29, 2014 from http://www.cbaromania.ro; Chiţu, I, B., Tecău, A.S., (2014), Aspects of the Romanian food retail market, Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series V: Economic Sciences, 7 (56):25-30; Dinu, E., (2012, February, 27), De ce a dat faliment Mic.ro, Business Magazine, retrieved from http://www.business magazin.ro; Dries, L., Reardon, T., Swinnen, J. (2004). The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Central and Eastern Europe: Implication for the Agrifood Sector and Rural Development, Development Policy Review, 22 (5): 525-556; European Comission, 2014, Eurostat database, retrieved from http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu;

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