COVID-19

UK Consumer Spending Recovers In July As Pubs And Restaurants Reopen

British consumers spent the most last month since the country went into a coronavirus lockdown in March, as pubs, restaurants, barbers and beauty salons re...

Irish Ham Plant Halts Production After An Outbreak Of COVID-19

A ham production plant in Kildare in Ireland has suspended all processing operations after 80 staff members tested positive for COVID-19, according to a re...

Two-Thirds Of UK Consumers Nervous About Eating Out: IGD

Two-thirds of consumers (63%) in the UK are nervous about the idea of eating out, despite the easing of restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Mondi Group Sees Group Revenue Decline In First Half

Group revenue at packaging group Mondi dropped to €3.5 billion in the first half of its financial year, from €3.8 billion in 2019, due to lower a...

Cheaper Cocoa May Not Be A Recipe For Lower Chocolate Prices

Chocolate fans will not necessarily benefit from predictions of a fall in cocoa prices this year. A Reuters poll of London cocoa future...

Measuring Channel Growth Post-COVID 19: IGD

The COVID-19 crisis is likely to reshape how retail operates. Miloš Ryba, Head of Retail – Strategic Projects Insight at IGD looks at some poi...

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From France

As part of our efforts to keep you, the ESM reader, notified on the latest coronavirus-related developments in the retail and consumer goods sect...

Revived French Consumer Spending Offers Hope After Economy Plunges Record 13.8%

The French economy contracted by a post-war record of 13.8% in the second quarter, crushed by a coronavirus lockdown, although the drop was shallower than...