Mega Image opens 88 new stores and ups profit in Romania in 2012

Retailer Mega Image, owned by Belgian group Delhaize, recorded a profit of over EUR 10 million in 2012, a year-on-year increase of 3.5 percent and a turnover of around EUR 390 million - up 44 percent on the previous year. The retailer opened 88 new stores in Romania last year and its number of employees increased by over 30 percent, according to local news agency Mediafax. Last year, Mega Image almost doubled its number of stores in Romania, reaching a total of 193 units at the end of 2012, from 105 a year before. Founded in 1995, the retailer currently runs 233 stores in Romania, of which 143 stores under the Mega Image brand and 90 Shop & Go neighborhood stores. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com