Sweden

Sweden's ICA Sees Sales Up 2.9% In December

Swedish retailer ICA has posted a 2.9% increase in sales in December 2019, compared to the same period the previous year. Like-for-like sales at the bus...

Norwegians Stock Up On Beverages, Tobacco On Cross-Border Trips: Study

Norwegian consumers tend to stock up on soft drinks and mineral water, alcohol, tobacco and confectionery when shopping cross-border, according to a new st...

Sweden's ICA To Invest SEK 4bn In 'Consolidating Its Strengths'

Swedish retailer ICA Gruppen has announced plans to implement a series of 'prioritised step changes', which will result in capital expenditure of around SE...

Rapid Growth In Border Trade 'Worrying', Says Norwegian Food Sector Head

Norwegian consumers spent a total of NOK 17.6 billion (€1.74 billion) overseas in the 12 month period from Q4 2018 to Q3 2019, a statistic that the CE...

Coca-Cola Switches To Recycled Plastic For PET Bottles In Sweden

Drinks group Coca-Cola has announced that it would start using PET bottles in Sweden made only of recycled plastic in a first step towards expand...

Hemköp Names Simone Margulies As New President

Sweden's Hemköp, a part of the Axfood Group, has announced the appointment of Simone Margulies as the new president of Hemköpskedjan AB, effectiv...

Ardagh Group Designs Limited Edition Bottles For Absolut Vodka

Ardagh Group has announced that it has designed limited-edition Absolut Vodka bottles made of recycled glass. The design, dubbed 'Absolut Comeback', aim...

Sweden's ICA Sees Like-For-Like Sales Up 3.9% In October

Swedish retailer ICA has posted a 3.9% increase in like-for-like sales across its store portfolio for the month of October, with overall sales up 4.2% in t...