[2] The city's strong economic growth has revitalised infrastructure and led to the development of many shopping malls and modern residential towers and high-rise office buildings.
Bucharest is also Romania's largest centre for information technology and communications and is home to several software companies operating offshore delivery centers.
The Speedtest Global Index ranks Bucharest the 6th city in the world (after Beijing, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Valparaíso, and Lyon) in terms of fixed broadband speed, at 250Mbps in 2023.
[5] The city has a number of international supermarket chains such as Kaufland, Auchan, Mega Image, Carrefour, Cora, and METRO.
At the moment, the city is undergoing a retail boom, with a large number of supermarkets, and hypermarkets, constructed every year.