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Casino announces Morocco expansion with 210 stores
French retail giant Groupe Casino has announced it wants to open 210 convenience stores under the Franprix and Monoprix banners in Morocco over the next ten years, through a partnership with...
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Picnic joins forces with Intermarché in France
In France, Dutch online supermarket Picnic is swapping its current partner Coopérative U for Intermarché, the supermarket chain that is affiliated to the same buying alliance, Everest. Picnic’s French hubs...
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Carrefour grows in France and Brazil, lags behind in rest of Europe
Carrefour says it is rather pleased with its financial results in the second quarter and first half of the year, despite challenging conditions in Europe. Growth was driven by its...
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Food e-commerce isn’t for everyone (yet)
The democratisation of online grocery shopping is taking longer than initially expected given the worldwide hype around e-commerce. Persistent cost inflation has forced retailers to launch initiatives to curb staff...
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Casino combats out-of-stocks together with suppliers using VusionGroup technology
French Groupe Casino has started to provide real-time product availability data to suppliers of its Monoprix and Franprix banner operations via its supplier platform RelevanC. It calls the system Dispositif...
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Walmart leads annual ranking of top 50 global retailers
Két amerikai székhelyű kiskereskedelmi óriás áll az 50 legjobb globális kiskereskedő éves rangsorának élén, amely 2023 eleji működési teljesítményük alapján készült. Megőrizte első helyét a Walmart a National Retail Federation...
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Auchan, Carrefour, Intermarché team up to buy 288 Casino stores
The deal is finally done: three French retail groups team up to acquire 288 Casino stores for 1.35 billion euros. New in the endeavour is Carrefour, which takes over 26 stores. French map...
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French Retailers Auchan, Intermarché In Buying Alliance Talks
Auchan and Intermarché said they have entered talks to form a joint purchasing alliance, a week after submitting a joint bid to buy the French hypermarket and supermarket stores that...
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Monoprix To Open First Store In Belgium
French convenience store chain Monoprix is preparing to enter the Belgian market, with a store planned for the centre of Waterloo. According to a report in Belgian daily L’Echo, the...
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Lidl France Expresses Interest In Acquiring 600 Casino And Monoprix Stores
Lidl France is believed be interested in acquiring 600 stores operating under the Casino and Monoprix banners in the country, according to media reports. The discounter has sent a letter,...
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Billionaire Daniel Kretinsky makes bid for Casino
Czech nvestor Daniel Kretinsky wants to take control of the struggling French retail group Casino with a capital increase. However, the retailer itself is in talks with Intermarché about a...
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Casino To Step Up Promotions As Cost-Of-Living Crisis Weighs On French Sales
French retailer Casino vowed on Tuesday to spend more on promotions this quarter to help cash-strapped shoppers after sales at its Géant hypermarkets in France fell sharply in the fourth...
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French Retailer Casino Says It Is In Alliance Talks With Teract
French retailers Casino and Teract have begun exploratory discussions that could lead to the combination of the two groups’ distribution activities in France within a single entity controlled by Casino....
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Groupe Casino and Ocado extend partnership
Groupe Casino and Ocado Group plan to develop several e-commerce logistics centres for retailers all over France. Ocado will also introduce its in-store fulfilment solution across the French company’s Monoprix...
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Intermarché and Casino announce 5-year strategic partnership
In the next 5 years Intermarché and Casino Group will engage in a strategic partnership, primarily in the fields of purchasing, digital marketing, advertising services and the food industry. Within...
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PLMA – The latest news from Europe
Retailers keep announcing cooperation related decisions. Carrefour and Tesco took a step back in their collective private label product sourcing, because the French competition authority had problems with it. In...
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Lidl plans to open 50 new stores a year in France until 2022
Discounter Lidl plans to open 50 new stores a year in France by 2022, following its busiest year for new store openings in the country. Since 2012 Lidl has invested...
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Groupe Casino Teams Up With Beyond Meat
Groupe Casino has signed an agreement with Beyond Meat, which will see the plant-based producer’s products go on sale at Monoprix, Franprix, Géant and Casino Supermarchés as of February. The...
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Magazine: Supermarkets can use private label products as a weapon
The Private Labels Manufacturers Association (PLMA) has a monthly news programme at PLMALive.eu, called Newsdesk, and our magazine now presents to you the highlights of the October edition. In the...
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Casino about to partner with Hema and Ikea
Casino Group continues to test cooperation with other retailers. Ikea and Casino have announced they will be testing Ikea click and collect points at Géant hypermarkets. The first 4 stores...
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Casino, Metro, Auchan and DIA officially launch joint services platform
Following approval from the competition authorities, Auchan Retail, Casino Group, Metro and DIA have officially launched a new purchasing platform, called Horizon International Services. The cooperation covers 47 countries across...
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Casino sells catering business to Compass
French supermarket retailer Casino announced that it had agreed to sell its contract catering business ‘R2C’ to Britain’s Compass. The deal, which one source said was worth EUR 25-30 million,...
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A new trend: in-store greenhouses
Auchan has teamed up with Agricooltour to grow herbs and lettuce in a Torino store, which the customers can pick themselves. The 30m² greenhouse was built in November 2018. Casino...
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Casino Group: new concept store in Paris
Casino Group opened a new concept store on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, called ‘Le4Casino’. Casino’s own brands, organic and vegan products are waiting for shoppers. Visitors to the store will...
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The globalisation of retail trade
A study prepared by the Consumer Goods Forum and Planet Retail claims that retail chains are expanding at a breakneck speed. The 100 biggest chains are present in more countries...
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