COVID-19

How Retail Is Planning For A Future After COVID-19: Analysis

Livio Martucci, Solutions Vice President, IRI Italy examines the impact of COVID-19 on the Italian retail and consumer landscape, as well as revealing the...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Wednesday 20 May

COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further afield...

Finland's Kesko Sees Sales Decline In April

Finnish retailer Kesko has reported a 2.5% year-on-year decline in sales from continuing operations, to €902 million, for the month of April 2020....

Frozen Food, Alcohol Remain High On Purchase List As COVID-19 Epidemic Continues

Sales remain elevated for the Frozen Food and Alcohol segments, while non-food categories are seeing softer growth than in weeks past, according to the lat...

Perekrestok Extends Express Delivery Across Moscow

X5 Retail Group has announced that its Perekrestok banner has extended its express delivery service to all areas of Moscow within the Moscow Ring Road....

Extra-EU Trade Declines In March Due To Pandemic: Eurostat

International trade in goods in the EU declined to €228 billion in March 2020, from €252 billion in January, due to the implementation of restric...

EU Trade Pact To Support Vietnam's Coronavirus Recovery: World Bank

A free trade agreement with the European Union set to soon be ratified by Vietnam should boost the Asian nation's economic recovery from the coro...

Walmart's Same-Store Sales Rise 10%, Online Revenues Surge

Walmart Inc's first-quarter US comparable sales rose 10% and the retailer reported a 74% rise in online revenue as stockpiling of groceries and other stapl...