Decathlon set to open at least three stores next year

Decathlon French sporting goods retailer, owning five stores domestically, announced it will reach at least 20 stores in Romania in ten years, but the retailer's representatives do not provide information about the number of stores due to be opened next year, saying talks are still underway.

Attending the opening of the fifth store of the company, in Grand Arena shopping centre of Bucharest, Florin Truşcă, in charge with expansion at Decathlon Romania, and Alexandru Dragomir, store manager, chose not to provide any information about the company's financial figures or investment budgets. "We have nothing to do with the financial side of the business, so we cannot give you any figures".
The company's representatives said, though, that expansion targeted large cities, with over 300,000 inhabitants. So far, there are stores in Bucharest (2), Iaşi, Cluj and Braşov. For next year, the only cities Decathlon officials mentioned are Craiova, Constanţa and Timişoara. They admitted, though, that Decathlon was in talks for other cities as well, and that plans could materialise no later than next year.