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Croatia's Fortenova Group Sees Retail & Wholesale, Food Sales Down In H1

Croatian business conglomerate Fortenova Group said that net sales revenues in its Retail & Wholesale division fell by 3.9% in the first half of th...

Aldi Arrives In Milan, Opening Two Stores

Aldi Italia has opened its first stores in Milan, unveiling two outlets – one near the city's Central Station and the other in the Giambellino a...

South Africa's Massmart Ups Cost-Saving Target As Loss Widens

South African retailer Massmart Holdings Ltd has raised its three-year cost saving target to 1.9 billion rand ($113 million) as it seeks to halt...

Discounter Format Drives Growth At Russia's O'Key Group In First Half

Russia's O'Key Group saw sales at its Da! discounter chain grow by close to a third in the first half of its financial year, which helped lift the group's...

X5 Expands Logistics Infrastructure With New Facility In Tatarstan

Russia’s X5 Retail Group has announced that it has opened a new distribution centre in the Republic of Tatarstan in the Volga region. The 18,...

Portugal's Sonae MC Posts Double Digit Growth In First Half

Sonae MC, which operates the Continente chain in Portugal, has posted 11.5% growth in sales in the first half of its financial year, citing the 'extraordin...

Ocado Ropes In Rolls-Royce Executive To Replace Long-Time CFO

British online supermarket and technology group Ocado has announced that Duncan Tatton-Brown will step down as chief financial officer after eight years in...

SPAR Switzerland Adds Eco-Friendly Truck To Its Fleet

SPAR Switzerland has announced that it has added a fully electric truck to its fleet that will transport food products from its central warehouse to stores...