Retail - Spain

Dia To Dismantle El Árbol, Closing 40 Stores And Rebranding 342

Dia has announced plans to close 40 of its El Árbol stores and rebrand the remaining 342, according to La Nueva España. The group hopes to...

Lidl To Open New Store In Spanish Windmills

German discount chain Lidl has put for a proposal for a 2,500-square metre shopping centre on the site of La-Mancha-style windmills in Barcelona, acco...

Mercadona Opens New €3.9m Madrid Store

Spanish retailer Mercadona has opened a new store, at Calle San Telesforo in Madrid, following a €3.9 million investment. The new store is the reta...

Carrefour Recognises Spanish Fish Supplier With Award

Retail giant Carrefour has presented one of its suppliers, Lugo fishery Puerto Celeiro, with the 'Grand Climate Challenge Award for Suppliers'. As repor...

DIA Targets Adding 2,000 Supermarkets in Spanish Quest for Scale

For Ricardo Curras, adding stores to the retail network of Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion (DIA) is key to its growth. The chief executiv...

Costco Sparks Excitement in Madrid as Spaniards Spend Again

When US retail giant Costco opened a new store in Madrid this month, throngs of shoppers jostled to get in. Among them was Ivan Alonso, ditching his recess...

DIA Sees Gross Sales Rise 14% In Q3

Spanish retail group DIA has seen its gross sales rise by 14.1% in Q3 to €2.73 billion, according to results issued on 27 October. The retail group...

Eroski Reports Operating Profits Of €36.7m In H1

Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has reported operating profits of €36.7 million for the first half of this year to July 2015. The retailer also pu...