Karan Khurana, CEO of Metro Romania: The year 2025 can be a crossroads for Romania's progress, but we are confident in the maturity of the market and the economy.
♦ The German group was the one who opened the gates of the local modern trade almost three decades ago, in 1996.
Romania has had a spectacular evolution in the last 20 years in terms of main economic indicators, and is currently an attractive market for investments and development, despite the macroeconomic difficulties that have begun to crystallize since the end of last year, says Karan Khurana , CEO of Metro Romania, one of the most powerful actors in local food trade. «The way in which the economy of Romania will evolve in the coming years will depend mainly on the country's choice to stay in the emerging countries, with an open economy, which also supports the local and foreign capital, and which is anchored in the international economic architecture,» adds Executive. The German group has been present locally for almost three decades, being the one who opened the gates of modern local trade in 1996. Today, the trader has annual businesses of over 11.5 billion lei, according to ZF calculations based on public data and those transmitted by the company. Metro Romania has closed 2024 with an increase of over 10% of the turnover, in line with the evolution of recent years. It was the fourth consecutive year when the local business reported an extra two -digit. «From the Metro perspective, which is a pioneer on the Romanian market in terms of modern trade, Romania has an economy with a huge growth potential within the European Union, which it can fulfill if it focuses on innovation and the development of projects supported at European level. » However, like most European countries, Romania evolves in an increasingly volatile context from a political and economic point of view. «From this perspective, 2025 can be a crossroads for Romania's progress, but we are confident in the maturity of the Romanian market and economy.» Thus, the group will continue to invest on the local level, after in 2024 it bet 40 million euros on Romania. «Romania remains a good country for investments, there are sectors that have not reached their saturation level and there we will probably see new capital entrances this year. Accessing European funds and PNRR funds are valuable resources that Romania can rely on to continue essential investments for the modernization of the country. At the same time, Romania has a highly qualified workforce, which is an additional advantage for investors ”, say Metro Romania representatives.
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