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Economic sentiment in Germany and the euro area has improved significantly, according to a ZEW survey
Instead of deteriorating, the economic sentiment index improved unexpectedly sharply, reaching a 16-year high in Germany and a 5-year high in the euro area – according to the August survey...
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Albert Heijn offers home delivery service in Belgium
In Belgium Albert Heijn has launched a home delivery service for groceries ordered online or through the retailer’s app. The service will be available to around 85,000 households in 10 towns and...
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Uber Eats: 30-minute delivery from Asda stores
Asda is launching a test period with Uber Eats from its stores in Leeds and Birmingham. Customers will be able to order – with no minimum spend – from more...
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Carrefour to open first store in Andorra
Carrefour is going to open its first hypermarket in Andorra, following the signing of a franchise agreement with Groupe Pyrénées, the principality’s leading retail enterprise. The planned 6,000m² store will...
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M&S: 950 workplaces are in danger
Marks & Spencer has confirmed that 950 jobs are at risk – the company plans to reduce store management and head office roles. This step is hoped to result in...
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Coop Denmark takes food waste reduction measures to another level
Coop Denmark has started cooperating with Stop Spild Lokalt to step up the donation of surplus food in order to reduce wastage. Stop Spild Lokalt is a voluntary organisation that distributes...
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Pernod Ricard partners with Ojo de Tigre Mezcal
Pernod Ricard has announced that it has entered into a partnership with premium mezcal brand Ojo de Tigre. This move will help the spirits company to strengthen its position in mescal –...
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Debenhams is up for sale
Debenhams is reportedly going forward with a plan that could see a change of ownership after the retailer fell into administration for the second time within a year. Investment bank Lazard...
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Morrisons: 4-day working week with a small catch
Morrisons is about to ‘shake up’ its head office working practices by introducing 4-day weeks – although staff will still be required to work one Saturday per month. The move...
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Free grocery delivery by Amazon in the United Kingdom
Amazon is scrapping grocery delivery charges for its Prime customers in the United Kingdom. Amazon Fresh orders over GBP 40 will be delivered for free to UK Prime subscribers –...
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Dobbies and Sainsbury’s team up
Dobbies has started an exclusive partnership with Sainsbury’s to bring a range of food and grocery products to the former’s garden centres. The partnership commenced at Dobbies’ Edinburgh garden centre,...
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Lidl: Sustainable store and daycare facility in one
German discounter Lidl has started building a sustainable store with a daycare facility in Bietigheim-Bissingen. The upper floor of the store will house a 1,400m² daycare centre with modern facilities and...
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Cherkizovo Group to buy chicken processing facility from Cargill
Russian meat producer Cherkizovo Group is buying a chicken processing facility from Cargill. The move will help the group to increase its share of value-added products and strengthen its presence among partners...
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New shopping trolley cleaning machine kills bacteria
Asda is testing a shopping trolley cleaning machine that is said to kill 99.9 per cent of bacteria in 15 seconds. The new high-tech device uses electrostatically charged mist to...
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John Lewis and Co-op extend click-and-collect partnership
John Lewis extends its click-and-collect partnership with Co-op to over 500 stores by the end of summer. As part of this 400 new Co-op stores will be added to the...
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Albert Heijn opens salad bars in stores
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn plans to introduce salad bars in approximately 100 stores before the end of 2020. The decision follows a successful pilot project in several stores. Albert Heijn’s salad...
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Walmart-Yahoo cooperation makes new type of grocery shopping possible
‘Groceries from Walmart’ is the name of the programme that allows Yahoo Mail users to browse, add to cart, and buy essential groceries from Walmart within Yahoo Mail. To improve...
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Home office comes out of the coronavirus pandemic as a winner
Digiméter, a joint survey by Reacty Digital and Smart Commerce Consulting has revealed that in mid-March the pandemic situation made Hungarian SMEs move in the direction of home office work...
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Arla Foods-Starbucks cooperation is 10 years old
When Arla Foods and Starbucks joined forces in 2010, they started out in 3 markets. Today products are sold in more than 43 countries in the EMEA region. The Starbucks...
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Promotion of the year 2019 awards handed over
DRINK category, GOLD MEDAL: Coca-Cola HBC Magyarország Kft. and Rewart Kft.: Win festival experiences! Shoppers who bought any small-size Coca-Cola product in the 12-week campaign period could enter daily prize...
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Germans quit traditional retail units the most
Last year the private consumption of retail goods dropped 1 percent in the EU-27. On average European Union consumers spend 29.9 percent of their money in classic stores. In this...
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GKI’s consumer confidence index worsened a little in August
After taking a plunge in April, GKI’s consumer confidence index kept growing, although at a slower pace. In this period the index climbed back 60 percent from the April drop....
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Decreasing pig prices
NAIK AKI PÁIR data reveal that on the 31st week the price of summer apple was HUF 320/kg, 10 forints more than a year earlier. Buyers had to pay HUF...
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More dishwasher use than manual washing-up
The washing-up category has seen a dynamic growth, mainly driven by the ever-increasing penetration of dishwashers. Customers prefer premium products, and ingredients, as well as environment-friendly nature of each product...
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SPAR Ireland supplier buys biogas-fuelled delivery vehicles
BWG Foods – a supplier of SPAR in Ireland – has introduced two biogas-powered delivery vehicles to its fleet. This step aims to increase the use of biogas in the company’s increasingly...
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Auchan invests in online operations
After a successful trial with the delivery company in Portugal and Ukraine, Auchan has said it is set to formalise its partnership with Glovo in these two countries – plus...
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Lidl plans to open one new store per week until Christmas
Lidl has announced ambitious plans to open 25 new stores in the next six months – one store per week – creating up to 1000 new jobs in the United...
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Talks restart for selling Asda
Asda’s parent company Walmart has restarted talks over the potential selling of a stake in the grocery retailer. The step comes more than a year after its failed merger with...
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Dutch group DSM and France’s Avril to start making plant protein from 2022
Dutch nutrition company Royal DSM and French agri-food group Avril will start making rapeseed-based protein for the food industry in 2022. They have formed a joint venture called Olatein in...
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Poundland starts e-commerce pilot
Pepco-owned Poundland has commenced a new transformation programme that features changes to stores, pricing and product selection – including an e-commerce pilot. Poundland is testing an online delivery service from...
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