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'Profitable Growth', M&A Activity In Focus For Russia's Magnit, CEO Tells ESM

Russian retailer Magnit is seeking to drive profitable growth from its existing assets, while also engaging in M&A activity that is value accretive...

Buyer's Brief – So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

With Brexit now a done deal, Nick Peksa investigates what the new protocols between the EU and UK will mean for food and beverage trade. This article first...

European Private Label Awards 2021 – Meet The Finalists

From pre-packed octopus to vegetarian bolognese, and from bee-friendly apple juice to pumpkin seed flour, the finalists in this year's European Private Lab...

Online Retailers See Market Capitalisation Up By Two Thirds

Online retailers saw a 65% gain in cumulative market capitalisation in 2020, compared to the previous year, a new study by GlobalData has found....

A Suitable Suitor? Carrefour Admirers Must Court The Elysee Palace

So what now for Carrefour, forbidden from wedding its wealthy Canadian admirer, just as it needs to renovate? Will fate find a more suitable suitor, perhap...

Coming Up In ESM Issue 1 2021

Copy deadline: Friday 22 January Press deadline: Thursday 28 January ESM's first issue of the year typically sees us assess the latest developments in...

ESM Issue 6 – 2020: Read The Latest Issue Online!

Exclusively for Premium website members, ESM: European Supermarket Magazine presents its final issue of 2020. Don't currently subscribe to ESM?&nbs...

Behind The Mask – How COVID-19 Has Affected The Sustainability Agenda

What effect has the COVID-19 pandemic had on the sustainability strategies of retailers and consumer goods firms? Stephen Wynne-Jones reports. This article...