Tag "Spanyolország"
Hungarian investor sells retail park in Spain
Hungarian-owned GESTOR REAL ESTATE has successfully sold the Mazarrón Park retail complex in Spain to French real estate fund Epsilon 360° SCPI in an off-market transaction. The centre, located on...
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Alcampo Invests In Robotics And AI For Online Shopping
Spanish supermarket chain Alcampo has invested €19.4 million in a highly automated warehouse equipped with robots and AI to enhance its online shopping service. The company has unveiled its Customer...
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EU Olive Oil Supply To Swell As Spanish Crop Recovers From Drought
Olive oil supply in Europe is set to rise sharply in the year ahead as top producer Spain recovers from drought, though it was unclear if households hurt by record...
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Private labels are enjoying unprecedented popularity
According to EY’s latest Future Consumer Index, inflationary pressure and the cost-of-living crisis have had a significant impact on consumer preference for private label products. This article is available for...
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Eroski customers saved more than EUR 33m in the first half of the year
With discounts on more than 5,700 products, Spanish retail chain Eroski has saved shoppers a total of more than EUR 33m in the first half of 2024. More than 50%...
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Carrefour Spain Invests Over €84m in Price Reduction Initiative
Carrefour Spain is investing over €84 million this year in a series of price reductions to support its customers amidst cost-of-living concerns. From September, Carrefour has reduced prices on 2,500...
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Lidl Spain To Implement Nutri-Score On All Products by 2026
Lidl Spain is reinforcing its commitment to consumer health by pledging to implement the Nutri-Score labelling system on all its products by 2026. This system, which uses a colour-coded scale...
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Spanish Regional Chains Outperform National Competitors
The Spanish grocery market is showing signs of stabilisation after five years of upheaval caused by the pandemic, inflation, and supply chain disruptions. According to Kantar, the top four chains...
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DIA To Invest €200m In Meat From Spanish Suppliers In 2024
DIA will purchase meat worth €200 million from Spanish suppliers in 2024 as part of its commitment to focus on regional livestock. The initiative is part of DIA’s commitment to...
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Aldi Expands Organic Offering In Spain
German discounter Aldi has seen a significant increase in organic product sales in Spain over the past two years. One in five Aldi receipts now includes organic items, and the...
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Mercadona, Carrefour Lead Supermarket Rankings In Spain
Mercadona and Carrefour emerged as top retailers in Spain in terms of market share for July despite experiencing some decline. Mercadona’s market share stood at 26.8% (down 0.2 percentage points...
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Record tourism in Spain: a blessing and a curse for local communities
July 2024 was a historic month for tourism in Spain: never before have so many tourists visited the country as this month. According to the data of the Spanish statistical...
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Mercadona Earmarks €150m For Next Round Of Price Reduction
Spanish retailer Mercadona plans to invest €150 million in lowering the prices of a range of products to help consumers save on their grocery baskets. The latest initiative will see...
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‘TikTok Shop gears up for launch in Ireland and Spain’
TikTok Shop is reportedly set to launch in Ireland and Spain in October, with other European countries following next year. TikTok, the international subsidiary of Chinese company ByteDance, launched TikTok...
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Market share of Chinese platforms in Spain reaches 34%
One in three (34 percent) of online purchases in the first half of this year in Spain were placed on Chinese platforms, such as Alibaba, Temu or Shein. The market...
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Private Label Purchasing On The Rise In Spain, Says Dia
Six in ten Spanish shoppers (60%) say that they are purchasing more private-label products in a bid to save money, a new study by retailer Dia has found. In addition,...
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There are protests against mass tourism in Spain
In several major cities in Spain, including Barcelona and Malaga, thousands took to the streets as part of a wave of protests against over-tourism. The demonstrators drew attention to the...
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Carrefour Eyes Acquisition Of Uvesco In Spain
Carrefour is exploring the acquisition of Spanish food distributor Uvesco Group from PAI Partners, according to media reports. PAI Partners owns a majority stake in Uvesco, which operates the BM...
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Spain removes VAT on olive oil to boost flagging industry
Following a cut to 5% from an original 10% last year, the government has announced the tax will be 0% from 1 July. Spain is attempting to come to the...
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Aldi Sees Highest Growth In Market Penetration Among Spanish Supermarkets
Spain, with an increase of 2.1 percentage points between May 2023 and May 2024, according to data from Kantar. Close to four out of 10 families in Spain trust Aldi...
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Alcampo, Eroski And Consum Ramp Up Store Openings in Spain
Several supermarket groups are ramping up store openings in Spain, despite a slowdown in the overall market. Retailers including Alcampo, Eroski and Consum aim to expand their reach and grab...
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The price of olive oil may increase significantly
Olive oil prices have soared to record levels, caused by a shortage of “liquid gold” and extreme weather due to climate change, plunging the industry into crisis. This essential food...
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Food inflation slowed down in France and accelerated in Spain
In April, the annual inflation rate in France slowed to 2.2%, down from 2.3% in March, as reported by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee). Conversely,...
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Coviran wants greener footprint
Spanish retail cooperative Coviran is aiming to expand the use of renewable energy throughout its supply chain, in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint and make its network more...
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Alcampo’s private label range grew by 5% last year
Spanish hyper- and supermarket chain Alcampo launched around 281 private label food, drug and perfume products last year, which meant a 5% rise in its private label assortment compared to...
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Bigger private label product selection in Spanish Makro stores
More than 400 private label items have been introduced by Makro Spain in the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The company already offers over 6,000 SKUs under its Makro Chef/Metro Chef, Professional,...
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Spain’s Grupo Alimentario IAN buys local olives producer Interoliva
Spanish canned vegetables and ready meals maker Grupo Alimentario IAN has bought local prepared olives processor Interoliva. The sum of the deal was not disclosed. CEO, Alejandro Martínez, said the transaction would...
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Inflation accelerated in Spain in March
In Spain, the annual growth of consumer prices accelerated to 3.2 percent in March, following the 2.8 percent in February, in accordance with the previously announced data, according to the...
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Dia earmarks EUR 150m for promotion in 2024
Spain’s Dia is earmarking EUR 150m for promotion and discounting in 2024. As part of this, the retailer will make weekly offers on more than 200 products, on which Club...
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Covirán Makes Products Healthier To Help Fight Obesity
Spanish cooperative Covirán has completed the reformulation of 176 private-label products, as part of the retailer’s goal to offer healthier options and fight obesity. The launch of the new products...
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