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Portuguese Retailers Seek VAT Reduction On Essential Goods

The Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies (APED) has called on the government to reduce VAT on essential products.

Procter & Gamble Raises Full-Year Sales Forecast On Resilient Demand

Procter & Gamble raised its full-year sales forecast as consumer demand for cleaning and personal healthcare products remains resilient despite rising...

Europe's Fastest-Growing Categories 2022, In Association With IRI

ESM's annual Europe's Fastest-Growing Categories report, in association with IRI, examines how the biggest grocery categories were affected by two years of...

Mondi To Invest €280m In Corrugated Packaging

Packaging firm Mondi has announced plans to invest €280 million in corrugated packaging operations across four countries to boost production and impro...

Brands, Retailers Need To Look 'Beyond The Headlines' On Inflation: IRI

Retailers and brand owners need to look beyond the current headlines on inflation and adopt a different mindset to tap into rapidly changing consumer behav...

Unilever Shares Gain After Activist Investor Peltz Builds Stake

Unilever's shares rose 5% on Monday following reports activist investor Nelson Peltz has built a stake in the consumer goods maker, as its strategy comes u...

Unilever Will Not Raise Bid For GSK Consumer Arm

Unilever PLC effectively abandoned its plans to buy GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare business, saying that it would not raise its £50 billion (&...

The Post-COVID Promotional Landscape

COVID-19 has accelerated a trend that has seen promotional intensity decline since 2015, when a third of the volume of groceries in Europe being sold on de...