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Category: Retail & HoReCa

    The Moldovan government is considering measures to regulate parcels with ultra-cheap goods from online platforms such as Temu, Joom and some others,” Logos Press reports.

    Retail & HoReCa 30 October 2025
    Authorities plan measures to regulate parcels from Temu and Joom

    In recent years, the State Tax Service has gained access to bulk mail data, along with information from commercial banks, real estate agencies, travel agencies, auditing companies, etc. The State Tax Service identifies taxpayers who do not comply with the provisions of the tax legislation on declaring their income voluntarily. Thanks to them, it identifies taxpayers who do not fulfill the provisions of the tax legislation on declaring their income on a voluntary basis.

    Retail & HoReCa 26 October 2025
    The STS is tracking postal remittances

    The Ministry of Finance is analyzing the possibility of introducing taxes on all parcels from foreign marketplaces, including those worth up to 150 euros. This was announced by Minister Victoria Belous at a press conference, noting that all changes will be submitted for public discussions.

    Retail & HoReCa 25 October 2025
    Finance Ministry confirms: parcel trade will be regulated as in the EU

    For unreasonable refusal of sellers and service providers to consider and satisfy consumer complaints, the fine can reach 600 conventional units, Logos Press reported.

    Retail & HoReCa 19 October 2025
    Fines for unreasonable refusal of traders to resolve consumer complaints are increased

    Romania’s Sphera Franchise Group (stock code SFG), has acquired Hard Rock Cafe franchise rights for Romania and Moldova, Logos Press reports.

    Retail & HoReCa 16 October 2025
    A franchise of the legendary Hard Rock Cafe will appear in Chisinau

    Sergiu Harya, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is in favor of limiting retro bonuses – sales incentive fees paid by manufacturers to retailers – according to Logos Press.

    Retail & HoReCa 13 October 2025
    CCI proposes to set a ceiling on retro bonuses

    Vasiliy Lungu is a well-known person in the restaurant business: he owns the cult establishments Mojito, Chernomorka, Teatrul Gastronomic, Piana Vyshnia and the Draft chain. At the same time, he is not a media personality, he does not give interviews and he agreed to the meeting with Logos Press reluctantly. Nevertheless, our conversation took place. What came out of it – in an exclusive interview with LP.

    Retail & HoReCa 10 October 2025
    Vasile Lungu: How to build a restaurant empire with a turnover of 230 million lei

    The National Agency for Food Safety ANSA informs consumers that food sector operators Kaufland SRL and Forward International SRL are recalling spices of the brands “Kamis” and “Galeo” sold to customers, – reports Logos Press.

    Retail & HoReCa 20 September 2025
    Warning: bad spices

    Retail food prices decreased 0.8% in August compared to the figures for July this year, according to Logos Press.

    Retail & HoReCa 11 September 2025
    "Food inflation" has gone down.

    A new stationery supermarket “Papirus” was opened in Ciocana sector in Chisinau. This is the fifth store of the chain developed in Moldova by S.C. Birolux-MT.

    Retail & HoReCa 26 July 2025
    The big "Papirus", or flexible stationery trading business

    The hotel business in Moldova has been booming for the third year. Due to the military actions in Ukraine, the entire industry – about 280 structures for receiving tourists with 8.3 thousand rooms (25 thousand beds) – has fallen into a phase of high demand. Logos Press asked hotel expert, owner of Thomas Albert Hotel chain Sergey Kalugin about how the situation has affected the market development and whether big money is possible in the industry.

    Retail & HoReCa 20 July 2025
    Hotel business: investments, prices and "echoes of war"

    For the first time, the production and sale of tinctures of potato, bread, birch sap, maple sap, and blends of these juices will be officially regulated, following the inclusion of the relevant categories in the Regulation “Definition, Description, Presentation and Labeling of Alcoholic Beverages,” according to Logos Press.

    Retail & HoReCa 16 July 2025
    Potato tinctures have come under Regulation

    The Hungarian company AutoWallis, one of the major regional automotive service providers, together with the Portuguese company Caetano Group, have signed an agreement with the automaker for the official distribution of the Nissan brand in Romania and Moldova, – reports Logos Press.

    Retail & HoReCa 26 June 2025
    AutoWallis Caetano became the official distributor of Nissan in Moldova

    Bardar Bakery has started supplying its baked goods to the Lidl supermarket chain in Romania, which has 380 stores across the country, Logos Press reported.

    Retail & HoReCa 19 June 2025
    Brutaria Bardar started selling through Romanian Lidl

    Authorities will allow food stamps to be used for E-commerce purchases,” Logos Press reports.

    Retail & HoReCa 19 June 2025
    Food stamps will also be available in an online format

    A Moldovan master’s student from the Western University of Timisoara has opened a small business in Romania – a mobile cafe based on a decommissioned ambulance van with Moldovan license plates,” Logos Press reports.

    Retail & HoReCa 19 June 2025
    A student from Moldova opened a cafe on wheels in Romania

    Three years ago, Moldova banned the online sale of e-cigarettes in an effort to control the booming market. Authorities hoped that the measures, including increased excise taxes, reduced nicotine dosage and limited cartridge capacity, would help stop the proliferation of vape devices, especially among young people. But after a while, it became clear: the market went into the shadows, control over the turnover was lost, and the budget lost about 650 million lei.

    Retail & HoReCa 5 June 2025
    The vape market: "Losing the battle. How to win the war."

    Romanian restaurant chain La Plăcinte, managed by Lumea Gustului SRL, has entered bankruptcy proceedings. The decision to open the procedure was made at the request of the company itself after it accumulated debts worth more than 34 million Romanian lei (more than 130 million Moldovan lei),” Logos Press reported.

    Retail & HoReCa 29 May 2025
    La Plăcinte chain in Romania has entered bankruptcy proceedings

    The Competition Council is working on legislative amendments to transpose into Moldovan law the norms of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair practices between merchants and suppliers, – Logos Press reports.

    Retail & HoReCa 27 May 2025
    Network trade will be "strengthened" by small producers

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