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Kepler Suspends Some Supermarket Coverage Following Alleged 'Intimidation' Of Analyst

French brokerage Kepler Cheuvreux has suspended some of its coverage of the European supermarket sector after one of its analysts "received anonymous...

Economic Meltdown Threatens Europe's War On Plastic

Giving a new life to plastic trash gets Carlos Bento out of bed every morning. But the coronavirus pandemic has seen revenues drop up to 40% at Micronipol,...

Amazon Starts Preparations To Launch In Sweden

Amazon.com Inc has started preparations to launch in Sweden, marking its first step to establish a local presence in a Nordic country. Swedish customers...

Molson Coors Posts 14.3% Decline In Net Sales Revenue In Q2

Molson Coors has reported a 14.3% year-on-year decline in net sales revenue (at constant currency) to $2.5 billion (€2.1 billion) in the second quarte...

Irish Retail Sales Up 3.5% Year-On-Year In June

Irish retail sales rose 3.5% year-on-year in June, the first annual increase since the coronavirus lockdown, as pent-up demand led to large increases in ma...

Campari First Half Sales Down 11% As Italians Drink Fewer Aperitifs

Sales at drinks group Campari fell 11.3% on a like-for-like basis in the first half as the coronavirus crisis hit southern Europe and its home market in It...

Majority Of Visitors To Attend Fruit Attraction 2020, Survey Finds

In a survey carried out by IFEMA, 68% of domestic visitors and 58% of the international guests have already planned their visit to this year's edition of F...

German Competition Regulator To Examine Acquisition Of Real By Kaufland

German competition regulator Bundeskartellamt has initiated the main test procedure for examining the acquisition of up to 101 Real locations from SCP Reta...