Sweden

Sweden’s ICA Sees Sales Up 2.3% In December 2018

Swedish retailer ICA has seen its sales rise 2.3% in December 2018, compared with the corresponding month the previous year. Sales on a like-for-like ba...

Sweden’s Axfood Increases Ownership In Urban Deli

Swedish retailer Axfood has increased its ownership in foodhall-cum-restaurant chain Urban Deli from 50% to slightly over 90%. Axfood was a minority inv...

ESM: A Year In Retail – Klas Balkow, Axfood, Issue 2 2018

In the run up to Christmas 2018, ESM is proud to present a recap of some of our biggest articles of the year, exclusively for Premium website subscribers....

Swedish Grocery Retailer ICA Gruppen Steps Up Investment

ICA Gruppen, the owner of Sweden's biggest supermarket chain, said on Thursday it would increase investments next year to 4 billion crowns (€390 milli...

ICA Sees Sales Rise 3.6% Year-On-Year In November 2018

Swedish retailer ICA Gruppen has reported a 3.6% increase in year-on-year sales across its stores for November 2018. The total sales for the month amoun...

Buyers Pack The Aisles At Natural Products Scandinavia & Nordic Organic Food Fair 2018

Some 4,488 attendees from 66 countries, including senior representatives from retailers including ICA, Axfood, Coop Trading, Netto, Lidl, Dansk Supermarket...

SCA Woods Inaugurates €7.6m Planing Mill In Sweden's Tunadal

SCA Woods has inaugurated its new, 80 million SEK (€7.6 million) planing mill in Sweden’s Tunadal, which will increase productivity and result i...

Organic Experts To Reveal The Latest Trends At Nordic Organic Food Fair 2018

Leading organic organisations and industry leaders have confirmed to participate in Nordic Organic Food Fair’s Organic Theatre, to be held between 14...