Czechia

Czech Inflation Starts To Ease, Stands At 16.7%

Czech headline inflation eased to 16.7% year-on-year in February, reinforcing the view that surging price growth is moving past a peak as the central bank...

Rohlik Group's Tomáš Čupr Talks Online Grocery

Tomáš Čupr, founder and CEO of Rohlik Group, talks to ESM about the online grocer's eagerness to both drive profitability and deliver a winni...

Hungary's Retail Sales Drop By 3.9% Y/Y In December As Inflation Bites

Hungary's calendar-adjusted retail sales dropped by 3.9% in December after an annual 0.6% rise in November, as food sales plunged and an end to a governmen...

Metro Strengthens Partnership With E-Grocery Firm Kosik

Wholesaler Metro has strengthened its cooperation with e-grocery firm Košík, which operates in Czechia and Bulgaria.

Czechia Amends Consumer Protection Act, Strengthens Consumer Rights

Czechia has amended its consumer protection act to ensure better protection of vulnerable groups of customers when concluding contracts over the phone, 'do...

Billa Czechia Appoints New COO, Sales Director

The Czech arm of Austrian food retail chain Billa has appointed Andreas Jüterbock as its new chief operating officer and Petr Dupal as its sales direc...

Czech Farm To Cull 220,000 Chickens In Country's Largest Bird Flu Outbreak

Czech authorities are preparing to destroy up to 220,000 hens on a poultry farm in the west of the country after bird flu was discovered there last week, i...

Online Grocer Rohlik Group Expands Leadership Team

Online retailer Rohlik Group has announced the expansion of its leadership team, with the promotion of Rohlik Czechia chief executive Olin Novák to...