Coronavirus

Campbell Warns Of Challenging Quarter As Winter Storm Disrupts Production

Campbell Soup Co expects current-quarter sales to be pressured due to supply chain disruptions caused by a major winter storm and deep freeze that eng...

Retail And Wholesale Vital To Europe's Recovery: EuroCommerce

EuroCommerce director-general Christian Verschueren has emphasised that retail and wholesale play a pivotal role in driving Europe's economic recovery and...

UK Shopper Numbers Rise For Fifth Straight Week Despite Lockdown

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain increased by 6.8% last week versus the previous week, a fifth straight week of uplift despite the...

Czechs Drop Shop Reopening Plan Amid COVID Surge

The Czech government dropped plans on Friday to open all retail shops from next week due to a surge in coronavirus cases as hospitals struggle with a conti...

UK Consumers Most Confident Since Pandemic Struck: GfK

British consumers are their most confident since the COVID-19 pandemic struck almost a year ago, buoyed by hopes that the country's fast COVID-19 vaccinati...

Johnson & Johnson Files COVID-19 Vaccine Application With US FDA

Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. health regulators to authorise its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, and it will apply to European a...

India's Tea Output Drops In 2020, Lifts Prices To A Record High

Indian tea production in 2020 fell 9.7% from a year ago due to heavy flooding and coronavirus movement restrictions, lifting average prices by nearly a thi...

East African Breweries Sees Recovery Gaining Pace In Second Half

East African Breweries expects sales to recover from a coronavirus-induced slump in its second half to June, its outgoing chief executive said, as nations...