Retail

Sustainability 2022 – Ida Schillaci, Head of CSR, Esselunga

In the most recent edition of ESM, we spoke to a number of top executives about how they are seeking to set a high bar when it comes to sustainability. In...

Representative Groups Call On EU To Exempt Mid-Sized Firms From NIS 2 Obligations

A number of representative groups for the food retail and distribution sector have called on the EU to exempt medium-sized businesses from potentially cost...

The Consumer Goods Forum Launches Its First Annual Report

The Consumer Goods Forum has published its first annual report, outlining the achievements of its eight specialist Coalitions of Action, as well as the col...

Feeling Fantastico – ESM Meets Fantastico Group's Svetoslav Gavrilov

Bulgaria’s Fantastico Group has marked its 30-year anniversary with the opening of a splendid new flagship store in Pernik. ESM caught up with execut...

Shift To Online Likely To Reshape Retail, Real Estate Sectors: Moody's

The continued shift to online retail not only further highlights the need for online capabilities by retailers, but is also likely to affect future demand...

Italian Food Retail Market Worth €123 Billion, Study Finds

The overall Italian distribution market was worth €216.6 billion in 2020, of which modern retail accounted for €61.3 billion, a new study has fou...

An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar Launches Novum’s New Facility

Ireland's deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar inaugurated Novum's new extended LEAP™ manufacturing facility in Clonshaugh, Dublin, which will create 5...

Target Lifts Holiday Sales Forecast, Although Higher Supply Costs Loom

Target has raised its sales forecast for the holiday season, boosted by early Christmas shopping, even as the retailer grappled with higher costs stemming...