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Proposed Tesco Ireland Strike 'Unjustified': Retail Ireland

Retail Ireland has issued a statement saying that the proposed strike by Tesco Ireland employees who are members of the Mandate Trade Union is 'unjustified...

Reckitt Benckiser Agrees To Buy Mead Johnson For $16.6bn

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc agreed to buy Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. for $16.6 billion, taking the UK consumer-products maker into the baby-food market for...

Outgoing Axfood Chief Executive Calls On Successor To Foster Growth

The outgoing chief executive at Swedish retailer Axfood, Anders Strålman, has told ESM that his successor, Klas Balkow, should focus on three simple...

Strike Action At Tesco Ireland Extended, Retailer Issues Call To Union

Mandate Trade Union, which represents some 10,000 workers at retailer Tesco's Irish operations, have announced that a further five stores have voted in fav...

Sweden’s ICA Posts 1.6% Increase In Sales In Q4

Swedish retail group ICA Gruppen has posted a 1.6% increase in consolidated net sales in the fourth quarter of the year, of SEK 26.9 billion (around €...

Union Representing Tesco Ireland Workers Announces Strike Action

The trade union representing Tesco Ireland employees has announced a strike on Valentine's Day (14 February), after 78% of union members voted for strike a...