Coronavirus

ESM COVID-19 Update – Monday 25 May

COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further afield...

Managing A Retail Supply Chain During COVID-19: IGD Analysis

Chris Irish, head of supply chain insight at IGD, identifies three challenges that retail supply chains are tackling in the face of COVID-19 and what they...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Friday 22 May

COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further afield...

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From Central & Eastern Europe

As part of our efforts to keep you, the ESM reader, notified on the latest coronavirus-related developments in the retail and consumer goods sect...

Autonomous Robot Usage Extends To Daytime As Retailers Adjust To New Cleaning Demands

Robotic floor scrubbers are increasingly being used during daytime hours to help retailers keep up with heightened cleaning demands in wake of the COVID-19...

Spar Group Says COVID-19 Will Impact Operations 'For The Foreseeable Future'

South Africa's Spar Group has said that both its domestic and Europe-based operations have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, saying that it expect...

Molson Coors Suspends Quarterly Dividend, Furloughs Employees

Molson Coors Beverage said that it has suspended quarterly dividends for fiscal 2020 and furloughed some employees in Europe and North America, a...

South Africa's Tiger Brands Reports Lower H1 Earnings, Defers Dividend

South African food producer Tiger Brands said it is looking at 'significant' job cuts and won't pay an interim dividend as its business is hit by supply di...