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New Tesco Boss Ken Murphy To Commence Role In October 2020

Britain's biggest retailer Tesco will have to wait until October before its new boss can start, it said on Monday. Tesco said in October last year that...

Yellow Vest Movement Demonstrates That 'Average French Consumer' No Longer Exists

The 'gilets jaunes' or 'yellow vest' movement in France should be taken as an indicator that the notion of the 'average French consumer' no longer exists,...

Business Groups Urge UK To Seek Solid EU Trade Deal, As Brexit Looms

With the UK's departure from the European Union now just hours away, the British Retail Consortium is among the groups urging the British government to see...

Belarus' Eurotorg Sees Like-For-Like Sales Down In Fourth Quarter

Eurotorg, Belarus' biggest retailer, has posted a 2.9% like-for-like sales decline in the fourth quarter of its financial year, in a period that saw the bu...

Forging Ahead – ESM Talks To EuroCommerce's Christian Verschueren

With a new European Commission president now installed, attention can turn to making Europe’s business sector fit for a new decade. ESM spoke to Chri...

Sligro Food Group Expects Improved Performance In 2020

Dutch wholesaler Sligro Food Group has said that it expects to 'improve results' in a 'relatively stable market' in 2020, however the group has stopped sho...

Meridian, Beisheim Hike Metro Stake, Open To Buying More Shares

Investors Meridian Foundation and the Beisheim Group said on Tuesday they have increased their stake in German wholesaler Metro to about 23% and are open t...

Kretinsky Increases Stake In French Retailer Casino

Czech investor Daniel Kretinsky has increased his stake in French retailer Groupe Casino to more than 5%, through his Vesa Equity Investment vehicle, opera...