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Carrefour Would Have 'More To Gain' In Hypothetical Merger With Casino, Says Barclays

Should Carrefour and Groupe Casino ever decide to merge, they would create a business that would lead the market in France and Brazil, while also benefitin...

Poundland Owner To Treble Dealz Store Estate In Spain, Poland

Poundland owner Pepkor Europe has said that it is trebling the number of Dealz discount stores it operates in Spain and Poland over a 12-month period, with...

Sweden's Axfood Sees Sales Boost From Willys, Snabbgross In Q2

Sweden's Axfood said that its Willys supermarket banner and its wholesale operation Axfood Snabbgross were the main drivers of its positive performance in...

UK Retail Footfall Declines In June, High Streets Worst Hit: BRC-Springboard

Retail footfall in the UK declined 2.9% year on year in the five weeks to 29 June, the latest data from the BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor...

Younger Consumers 'Under Index' In UK Convenience Channel, Study Finds

While Generation Z and Millennials are being touted as the next big consumer wave, the average age of the typical convenience store shopper is on the rise...

Promotions On The Increase In Value-Hungry South Africa: Nielsen

Promotion levels are increasing in South African grocery retail, with 30% of total volume sold at a discounted rate last year, a new study by Nielsen has f...

UK Retail Sales Fall 1.3% In June: BRC-KPMG

Retail sales in the UK registered a 1.3% decline in June 2019 compared with a 2.3% increase during the same period last year, latest data has revealed....

E-Commerce Growth 'Far Outstripping' That Of Any Other Retail Channel: Kantar

New research from Kantar has found that e-commerce is outperforming all other grocery retail channels in terms of growth, and could double in size by the m...