Sweden

Sweden's ICA Sees Like-For-Like Sales Up 4.1% In July

This July, Swedish retailer ICA posted a 4.1% like-for-like increase in sales, of SEK 10.49 billion (€1.01 billion), excluding VAT. The retailer po...

Swedish Wheat Crop May Fall 40% This Year Due To Heatwave

Sweden's wheat harvest could fall by more than 40 percent on the year, hit by dryness and a heatwave, the head of the grain unit of giant Swedish farm coop...

Sweden's Axfood Posts 2.5% Increase In Consolidated Net Sales

Swedish retailer Axfood has said that consolidated net sales amounted to SEK 12.2 billion (€1.18 billion) in the second quarter of its financial year,...

Sales Up In June Across Sweden's ICA Group

Swedish retailer ICA Group has announced a 4.3% increase in sales year on year across its stores for the month of June 2018. Overall, sales in ICA store...

Arla Foods Appoints Heléne Gunnarson As Vice-Chairman

Arla Foods has appointed Helène Gunnarson as its new vice-chairman, following after the recent nomination of Jan Toft Nørgaard as the company...

Swedish Retailers Anticipating Midsummer Boost

Swedish grocers expect sales during Midsummer week to total SEK 7.5 billion (€730 million) this year, about 14% higher than a typical shopping week, a...

Sweden's Coop Appoints Head Of New Sustainability And Quality Unit

Swedish retailer Coop has appointed Charlotte Szczepanowski as the head of its newly formed sustainability and quality unit. The creation of the new uni...