All News

Leclerc posts significant share gain in France
Leclerc has seen its market share in France rise by 110 basis points to 20.1%, according to the latest market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel. Leclerc was the big winner in the four week period to 1 Nov...
Read More
Intermarché announces Serbian exit
French retailer Intermarché (part of Les Mousquetaires group) is leaving Serbia, selling its nine supermarkets to local rival Aman. The deal has received the green light from Serbia’s Commission for the Prot...
Read More
Online wine sales will be worth 10 billion dollars in 2020 – Rabobank
Online wine sales could grow nearly 12 % per year over the next 4 years, according to Rabobank's analysts. That means that the online wine trade should grow from 6 billion dollars now to 10 billion dollars p...
Read More
Heineken third-quarter sales beats analyst estimates
Heineken NV, the world’s third-largest brewer, reported third-quarter sales growth that beat analysts’ estimates as good weather in Europe spurred consumers to buy more beer. Revenue increased 7.5 percen...
Read More
Auchan to invest 1 billion euros in hypermarkets
Auchan plans to invest 1 billion euros in its French hypermarkets between 2015 and the end of 2017, says chairman Vianney Mulliez. Mr Mulliez made the comment at the opening of Auchan's latest hypermarke...
Read More
Delhaize reports solid Q3 growth and says Ahold merger “on track”
Delhaize has reported solid sales and profit growth for its fiscal third quarter, helped by improved results in its home market. The group also said its merger plans with Ahold are proceeding well, and expec...
Read More
Pernod Ricard beats estimates with Q1 growth
Pernod Ricard has reported better-than-expected sales growth for its fiscal first quarter, continuing its recent run of improved results. The world’s second-largest spirits group said sales were up 9...
Read More
Konzum to invest 5.9 million euros in online service and premium store
Croatian retailer Konzum is planning to invest HRK 25 million (3.27 million euros) by the end of the year to launch an online service. The 5,000 m2 facility in Vrbani will house the logistics centre and ware...
Read More
Auchan to launch new online marketplace
Auchan, the third largest food retailer in France, has announced it will increase its product lines and range. It does this by launching a new online marketplace. For now, Auchan will focus on two main categ...
Read More
FINLAND: Tax on sweets and ice cream scrapped
Having a sweet tooth could be a bit cheaper for Finns in future, after the government announced it will remove a tax on confectionery and ice cream from 2017. Finland imposed the tax of 95 cents (70p) per ki...
Read More