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E.Leclerc CEO shares thoughts on post-pandemic retail
Michel-Édouard Leclerc, chief executive of French retailer E. Leclerc, has shared his opinions as to how the post-lockdown retail scenario might look. According to a post on his personal blog, he believes: ...
Read MoreWaitrose says online deliveries rose 50%
Waitrose has announced a surge in online delivery by 50% amid the current pandemic situation. The retailer had recently split with Ocado, the online retailer, which will be delivering Marks & Spencer...
Read MoreChina online retail sales show a decline in Q1 2020
Data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics shows that online retail sales for the January-March 2020 period fell 0.8% year-on-year to CNY2.2 trillion (USD311 billion). This indicated an improving situat...
Read MoreHeineken names new presidents for Europe and Asia Pacific units
Heineken has appointed Soren Hagh as president of its Europe region and Jacco van der Linden as president of its Asia Pacific region, effective as of 1 June 2020. Following the transition, both Hagh...
Read MoreRewe Germany teams with logistics giants for Coronavirus service
In Germany’s Heinsberg region, which is particularly affected by the coronavirus, Deutsche Post and DHL Paket are testing a delivery service for senior and vulnerable shoppers in cooperation with Rewe. The s...
Read MoreCoronavirus outbreak to cost UK retail sector almost 13 billion pounds in 2020
The impact of coronavirus crisis will wipe 12.6 billion pounds from retail sales this year, according to preliminary forecasts by analysts at GlobalData. This is equivalent to more than Aldi’s total UK sales...
Read MoreEuropean nations raise contactless payment limits
With contactless payment seen as a preferable measure in limiting transmission of COVID-19, banks across Europe are taking steps to widen use of the method to restrict cash payments involving human contact. ...
Read MoreBeer and spirit makers join global efforts to make sanitisers
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest beer maker, and Diageo, the world’s largest distiller, pledged to donate million litres of alcohol to make hand sanitisers and disinfectants to help fight the corona...
Read MoreEU Competition chiefs allow suppliers to coordinate to combat coronavirus
EU antitrust regulators gave the green light for suppliers to coordinate distribution of scarce products to cope with the coronavirus outbreak without fear of breaching cartel rules, but warned against price...
Read MoreLidl Ireland: Elderly Shopping Hours
We’ve been listening to your feedback and we will be implementing priority shopping hours for the elderly across all 163 Lidl stores in Ireland until further notice. We ask that the public respect this time ...
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