France's Intermarche and Spain's Eroski have formed a new alliance
which will increase their European buying power and allow each
company to benefit from the other's expertise. Other companies
could join the union in...
Sales and profits at Belgian retail group Colruyt showed double
digit growth in 2001/02, and the company is predicting more of the
same for the current financial year.
Who is stronger - the retailer or the supplier? When the two
parties in question are Ahold and Unilever, that is not an easy
question to answer, but a dispute between the two companies over
annual supply agreements may provide the...
Marks & Spencer is to introduce a do-it-yourself element into a
handful of its stores - not a diversification into a new business
area but a self-scanning trial which allows customers to scan, bag
and pay for their purchases entirely...
The Casino group has concluded the sale of 11 shopping malls
centred around its Geant hypermarkets in Poland. The deal, which
allows for the sale of two other malls, was valued at €163m.
Dutch retailer Royal Ahold said on Monday that it would bid about
$50 million for the shares of Chilean supermarket firm Santa Isabel
that it did not already own.
Mergers and dynamic growth are set to mark the European food
retailing landscape in the near future according to a new report
from market research company Mintel.
Consumers are increasingly making grocery purchases for immediate,
or atleast very short-term, consumption. A major reason for this
change is thatpeople's schedules and diaries are changing with only
a few days notice, the report...
In a move that aims to ensure price consistency from shelf to
checkout, Netherlands-based Hoogvliet Supermarkets announced this
week that it is deploying electronic shelf labels (ESLs) from NCR
Corporation throughout its 34-store...
British food retailer Iceland Group Plc warned on Wednesday it
would miss its target of flat full-year sales after a sharp drop in
its frozen food business over the Christmas period, pushing its
shares down
A French supermarket chain said on Wednesday it was withdrawing
pasta noodles from some of its 440 shops nationwide after finding
traces of rat poison in one batch.
