METRO's commitment to business owners continues unabated

On International Women's Day METRO Cash & Carry Romania is supporting girls born in Bucharest with starting capital - Seite 2

of Marketing and Communications METRO Cash & Carry Romania.

"We are happy that we can contribute to this initiative which will
consolidate over the years a new generation of young business owner.
Romania needs people with self-confidence and female business owner
from our country have already undertaken this role to bring
confidence that Romanians can succeed by own forces to have a better
life", declares Ionut Stanimir, Head of Marketing and Communication
Banca Comerciala Romana.

How does the Own Business Girls campaign work?

The parents of the little girls born in the maternity hospitals in
Bucharest on 8th March 2019 can send an e-mail to [e-mail], by
which they express the desire to participate in the campaign. The
email has to contain: copy of the birth certificate of the little
girl and the consent form received with the birth of the little girl,
completed and signed. The deadline for enrolment is 8th April 2019.

Further information about the campaign is available on
www.metro.ro and www.bcr.ro

The International Own Business Study shows also other essential
aspects regarding the female entrepreneurs of Romania and the way in
which they choose to manage their business.

Even if there are enough obstacles to the start of a business,
most female business owners in Romania (97%) declared that if they
were to return in time, they would open again a business, without
hesitation.

This conclusion emphasizes that entrepreneurship is an option that
more and more women consider - women who want to develop their career
by managing their own business.

If in the past one said that you cannot do two things at the same
time, modern women come to dismantle this myth. Most of Romanian
women who participated in the study are at the same time mothers and
successful business owner. 76% of them successfully divide their time
between managing a business and the growth of their children.
Although, according to the study, half of the women in Romania who
own a business use their income to support their family, only 4% of
them listed getting rich as reason for starting a business. 44% of
female business owners in Romania declare that they run their
business because they want to earn a living doing something that
makes them happy.

In addition, the modern female business owners in Romania
highlight the importance of technology in the management and running
of a business. About 91% of them claim that digital tools are
essential to run an independent business day-to-day. 48% of them
implemented an electronic payment system for their business, 23% use