The Romanians Reduced Their Purchases in 2026. Sales of Food Decreased by 4.2%, Those of Non-Food Products by More than 6%.

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Foods decreased sales by 2.3% in August. Dacia stops production on 9 and 12 October, according to orders.

Stirile Antena 1 Observator

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The sweetness and fear of what follows make Romanians cut from purchases, including from basic ones. Sales in stores drop to eight months in a row, and cheaper variants get more and more often in the basket. The pressure on budgets will increase: in the next period new food charges are announced.

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The Romanians reduced their purchases in 2026. The sales of food decreased by 4.2%, those of non-food products by more than 6% The retail trade in Romania decreased by 5% in the first eight months of 2026 compared to the same period last year, shows the data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The reduction in sales is seen both in food and non-food and fuel products. The August month brought a slight return, [...] Read the …

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Retail trade increased in August 2026, compared to July, by 0.5% as gross series and by 2.3% as adjusted series. In August 2025, the advance was only 0.9%. In the first eight months, trade fell by 5%, mainly due to the reduction in sales of non-food products. Here are [...]

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The turnover of retail trade fell by 5%, as a gross series, in the first eight months of 2026, compared to the similar period last year, on the basis of the decrease in sales of non-food, food and fuel products, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). As a series adjusted according to the number [...] Article INS: Retail trade turnover fell by 5% in the first eight months appears first in the PS News.

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The Romanians bought less in the first eight months of the year. The data published, Tuesday, by the National Institute of Statistics shows that the volume of business in retail trade decreased by 5% compared to the same period in 2025. The biggest reductions were in the case of non-food products, by 6.1%, followed by food, beverages and tobacco, [...]