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EUROPE: Retail sales bounce back in October
Retail sales across Europe returned to growth in October, following a surprise drop in the previous month. Compared to September, sales in the 18-member euro area rose by 0.4%, while sales in the 28-mem...
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Carrefour returns to Algeria
After a 5 year absence in Algeria, French retail group, Carrefour, will open their first hypermarket in Alger next March. The investment reaches €10 million. Carrefour arrived in Algeria in the mid 2000’...
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EUROPE: FMCG sales not driven by price, study claims
The purchase of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) items in European supermarkets is largely driven by factors other than price, according to a new study. The study of European shoppers by Kantar Med...
Read MoreFrench regulator clears Dia France deal, Carrefour to sell 56 stores
France's competition watchdog said on Friday it had approved Carrefour's purchase of discount supermarket unit Dia France, after Carrefour agreed to sell 56 stores to allay its antitrust concerns. Spain'...
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ITALY: Carrefour acquires a small supermarket chain
Carrefour has acquired Il Centro, a 17 stores supermarket chain operating in Tuscany, Italy. The chain had filed for bankruptcy and 100 jobs were threathened. Carrefour plans to invest some EUR 3.5 million i...
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Carrefour to promote locally-produced seasonal vegetables
Carrefour has announced plans to support French vegetable farmers and promote their products at its stores while they are in season. The group said its move was prompted by the “highly unusual weather condit...
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EU to offer €28 million support package for Baltic milk producers
The European Commission has confirmed its intention to adopt a €28m support package for milk producers in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This new package will be the latest in a series adopted by the Europea...
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Convenience will account for nearly a quarter of food and grocery sales by 2019, IGD forecasts
Significant growth opportunities lie ahead for convenience stores, which are now visited on average 12 times a month – more often than any other type of grocery format, according to findings from IGD’s Shopp...
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Mondelez announces $50 million investment opportunity for UK coffee site
Mondelez International, the world's pre-eminent maker of chocolate, biscuits, gum and candy as well as the second largest player in the global coffee market, announced plans to invest $50 million (£30 millio...
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Retailing sales to reach US$19.6 trillion by 2019
New data released by Euromonitor on the global retailing industry shows a steady growth of 5.3% in 2014 due to improved performance in Western Europe. “Western Europe registered its biggest increase sinc...
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