Coronavirus

ESM COVID-19 Update – Friday 19 June

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

UK Retail Sales Rebound In May, Debt Levels Up

British retail sales rebounded much more strongly than expected last month as the country gradually relaxed its coronavirus lockdown, but public borrowing...

China Finds Heavy Coronavirus Traces In Seafood, Meat Sections Of Beijing Food Market

China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing's wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspe...

Kaufland To Implement Reduced VAT Rates From 1 July

German retailer Kaufland has said that it will implement the reduction in VAT rates announced by the government on all products starting 1 July. The ret...

Norway's Salmon Exports To China Fell Amid Virus Outbreak

Norwegian salmon exports to China fell by a third last week to 240 tonnes, Norway's state-owned seafood marketing organisation has said. The 34% decline...

German Abattoir Stops Work, Schools To Close After 400 Coronavirus Cases

Some 400 workers have tested positive for the new coronavirus at an abattoir in northern Germany, prompting the closure of local schools and an urgent...

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From Norway

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...

Discount Grocers Look To Jump On Home Delivery Bandwagon Due To COVID-19

Discount supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl look poised to accelerate their push into home delivery to satisfy burgeoning demand for online grocery shopping...