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Ahold Delhaize opens AIR Lab in Delft
Date: 2019-10-20 14:16:02

Ahold Delhaize organised a three-day inaugural event for its AI for Retail (AIR) Lab in Delft in the Netherlands. The lab is an extension of the company’s AIR Lab in...

Metro invests in Swedish company Matsmart
Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:42

Metro AG has announced that its investment fund LeadX Capital Partners invested in Matsmart, a Swedish online business specialising in food waste reduction. Matsmart buys surplus production and overstocks from companies...

Conad Centro Sud formed with the merger of cooperatives
Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:40

Conad PAC 2000A and Conad Sicilia have agreed to merge to form Conad Centro Sud, a group with a total turnover of EUR 4.5 billion and a market share of...

Sainsbury’s to sell 100-percent free-range eggs only from April 2020
Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:38

UK retailer Sainsbury’s has announced that it will only sell eggs sourced from free-range farms as of April 2020. The decision to switch to 100-percent free-range eggs will help in...

Tesco plans to hire 9,000 extra workers for the Christmas period
Date: 2019-10-20 14:04:03

Tesco announced in August that it would make 4,500 people redundant, but now the company says it will recruit 9,000 extra staff for the Christmas period. The seasonal customer service...

Lidl offers medical benefits for part-time workers too
Date: 2019-10-20 14:04:00

Lidl US is going to invest up to USD 9 million in order to provide medical benefits for all of its part-time workers. The company announced that from 1 January...

Debenhams introduces autism- friendly shopping
Date: 2019-10-20 14:03:58

Debenhams has started a new campaign with the National Autistic Society, to encourage other retailers and businesses to hold autism hours. On 8 October, between 11:00 and 12:00, the department...

Croatian food company Fortenova starts to sell non-core businesses
Date: 2019-10-20 13:59:38

Croatian food group Fortenova Grupa, formerly known as Agrokor, puts four units – including two tourism agencies, Atlas and Kompas – up for sale as it starts to get rid of non-core...

Kroger and Walgreens stop selling e-cigarettes
Date: 2019-10-20 13:51:01

Kroger Co and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc have announced they stop selling e-cigarettes at their stores, as there is heightened regulatory scrutiny of the product, following reports of lung disease...

Gousto to create 700 new jobs in the UK in 3 years
Date: 2019-10-20 13:50:59

British online recipe box company Gousto will add more than 700 jobs over the next 3 years, as there is growing demand for food services that send precise ingredients for recipes directly...

New beauty concept by Carrefour
Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:12

Carrefour has opened the first in its new chain of beauty stores, Sources. The new store is located in Le Marais, Paris. To support the new concept, the retailer has...

Walmart’s Sam’s Club offers healthcare services
Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:10

The Sam’s Club business line of Walmart has teamed up with Huma and 98point6 to launch the ‘Care Accelerator’ programme, which offers a series of healthcare plans to members. The...

Walgreens starts on-demand delivery service
Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:07

Walgreens has joined forces with delivery company Postmates, to launch a new on-demand delivery service to shoppers in New York. Orders can be placed via the Postmates website or mobile...

FrieslandCampina and United Dairymen of Arizona enter into partnership
Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:54

FrieslandCampina has announced a partnership with American dairy cooperative United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA). With this step the objective is to increase the production of lactoferrin, a special ingredient required...

Edeka’s first organic supermarket opens in Hamburg
Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:37

German retailer Edeka has launched its first organic supermarket in Hamburg-Altona, under the name Naturkind. The supermarket offers a selection of fresh regional and seasonal organic food items. The store...

Spar opens its 150th Express store in Utrecht
Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:33

Spar Netherlands has opened its 150th Express store in Eemnes, in the province of Utrecht. The new store caters to the immediate or daily shopping needs of modern consumers in...

Lidl launches online shopping in Slovakia
Date: 2019-10-20 13:28:15

Slovakia has become the latest country where Lidl has launched an online store, but currently the site is non-food only. Lidl has been continuously accelerating its e-commerce developments. Since the...

Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland
Date: 2019-10-20 13:23:56

Until 2020 Aldi Süd plans to open 80 new stores in Italy, 600-800m² shops with dedicated sections for fruit and vegetable, wine, food and baked goods. In Switzerland the retailer...

Italy’s illycaffè wants to conquer the USA
Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:02

Illycaffè currently operates 23 units in North America and in the next 5 years they intend to open 200 new cafés in the USA. For illycaffè the US market accounts...

Kroger opens its first ‘food hall’ concept store
Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:00

Kroger has opened a 4,800m² store in the centre of Cincinnati, which features a 650m² dedicated food hall on the 2nd floor, seating up to 200 guests. By offering a...

Tesco tests checkout-free shopping
Date: 2019-10-20 12:56:07

Tesco has invested in Trigo Vision a checkout-free start-up company, to test cashierless technology at its Tesco Express store. Trigo Vision’s technology will make it possible for Tesco app users to...

Green light for the merger of Extreme Digital and eMAG
Date: 2019-10-20 12:52:55

On 17 October 2019 the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) approved of the merger of Extreme Digital Zrt. and eMAG (the Hungarian affiliate of eMAG that forms part of the South...

Everything, no matter from where
Date: 2019-10-20 12:46:29

On 14 October Ecommerce Hungary organised a conference on mobile apps. Because of the digitalisation and mobile first trends, today’s shopping habits are characterised by the ‘buying everything, no matter...

E-commerce is growing fast
Date: 2019-10-20 12:39:52

GfK has done a major online survey on the digital consumption habits of Hungarians in 2019. The answers given in the 1,500-respodent study have revealed that the number of regular...

Hungarian businesses have discovered online marketplaces
Date: 2019-10-20 12:33:25

GKI Digital’s estimation is that there are more than 4,500 enterprises in Hungary (mainly SMEs) that have some kind of connection with selling at online marketplaces. Net sales by these...

Magyarvíz takes steps to protect the environment
Date: 2019-10-20 12:04:39

Lajosmizse-based Magyarvíz Kft. is one of the biggest players in the Hungarian mineral water market. The company has reduced the weight of PET bottles, so in comparison with 2017, 10-12...

Smart malls are coming
Date: 2019-10-20 11:55:43

Between 2019 and 2020 about 4.4 million square metres of new mall floor space will be created in Central and Eastern Europe, which will answer the challenges of retail in...

Consumers show interest in small neighbourhood shops
Date: 2019-10-20 11:48:36

A survey by Miutcánk – done with 850 internet users in early October in connection with the #ibuyitlocally campaign – points out that the majority of consumers, 95 percent like...

GKI’s business confidence index hits a nadir
Date: 2019-10-20 11:40:41

In October the GKI business confidence index decreased less than the margin of error, still it hit an almost 3-year nadir. Business expectations have been worsening since the beginning of...

Coca-Cola plans to use bottles made of paper and waste collected from the seas
Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:18

As part of the World Without Waste initiative that the company announced last year, Coca-Cola has teamed up with Danish paper bottle start-up Paboco. Paboco’s goal is to be the...

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Ahold Delhaize opens AIR Lab in Delft Date: 2019-10-20 14:16:02

Metro invests in Swedish company Matsmart Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:42

Conad Centro Sud formed with the merger of cooperatives Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:40

Sainsbury’s to sell 100-percent free-range eggs only from April 2020 Date: 2019-10-20 14:09:38

Tesco plans to hire 9,000 extra workers for the Christmas period Date: 2019-10-20 14:04:03

Lidl offers medical benefits for part-time workers too Date: 2019-10-20 14:04:00

Debenhams introduces autism- friendly shopping Date: 2019-10-20 14:03:58

Croatian food company Fortenova starts to sell non-core businesses Date: 2019-10-20 13:59:38

Kroger and Walgreens stop selling e-cigarettes Date: 2019-10-20 13:51:01

Gousto to create 700 new jobs in the UK in 3 years Date: 2019-10-20 13:50:59

New beauty concept by Carrefour Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:12

Walmart’s Sam’s Club offers healthcare services Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:10

Walgreens starts on-demand delivery service Date: 2019-10-20 13:43:07

FrieslandCampina and United Dairymen of Arizona enter into partnership Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:54

Edeka’s first organic supermarket opens in Hamburg Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:37

Spar opens its 150th Express store in Utrecht Date: 2019-10-20 13:33:33

Lidl launches online shopping in Slovakia Date: 2019-10-20 13:28:15

Aldi plans to expand in Italy and Switzerland Date: 2019-10-20 13:23:56

Italy’s illycaffè wants to conquer the USA Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:02

Kroger opens its first ‘food hall’ concept store Date: 2019-10-20 12:58:00

Tesco tests checkout-free shopping Date: 2019-10-20 12:56:07

Green light for the merger of Extreme Digital and eMAG Date: 2019-10-20 12:52:55

Everything, no matter from where Date: 2019-10-20 12:46:29

E-commerce is growing fast Date: 2019-10-20 12:39:52

Hungarian businesses have discovered online marketplaces Date: 2019-10-20 12:33:25

Magyarvíz takes steps to protect the environment Date: 2019-10-20 12:04:39

Smart malls are coming Date: 2019-10-20 11:55:43

Consumers show interest in small neighbourhood shops Date: 2019-10-20 11:48:36

GKI’s business confidence index hits a nadir Date: 2019-10-20 11:40:41

Coca-Cola plans to use bottles made of paper and waste collected from the seas Date: 2019-10-20 11:37:18