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19 April 2013
In separate statements, Netherlands-based Albert Heijn and Rewe in Austria have highlighted the positive sales performance of their organic private label ranges. Rewe sees expansion of ja! Natürlich Rewe said that sales of its ja! Natürlich organic private label brand had grown by 3.6% in Austria, to €323.3 million in 2012, following on from 7% growth in the previous year. The retailer said...
18 April 2013
M&S has announced that this year it will open six pilot Simply Food stores in the Netherlands - its first outside the UK - as part of a multi-channel package of investments in the country. M&S to pilot Simply Food at BP forecourts The first Simply Food store is set to open at a BP Forecourt in Utrecht in September, followed by five further pilot stores in Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht by Nov...
18 April 2013
Carrefour has reported consolidated sales of €20.8bn for the first three months of the year, up 1.3% at constant rates. Sales dropped by 1% in France excluding fuel, although the encouraging trend in food performance continued at the group's domestic hypermarkets. Hypermarkets post stable performance in France The economic environment in France remains challenging and poor weather added furt...
18 April 2013
Metro owned Marche Adonis has opened its first store in the Toronto area. This represents the first phase of the ethnic food retailer’s expansion outside of the Montreal area. Tailoring the offer for the local market Metro acquired a 55% stake in Marche Adonis in 2011. The ethnic food retailer, which specialises in fresh and Mediterranean products and prepared meals, also operates five st...
18 April 2013
Turkey-based discounter A101 has announced annual results for 2012 and set out its expansion plans for the year ahead. Retailer’s sales break TRY2 billion mark A101’s chief executive, Erhan Bostan, said that in 2012 sales had reached TRY2.1 billion (€886.7 million) from the company’s 2,032 stores. 2013 to see further growth Bostan went on to say that A101 was aiming to add a further 450...
18 April 2013
Austria-based Pfeiffer has announced plans to expand its Unimarkt chain in 2013. Retailer to invest €15 million in additional stores Pfeiffer said that it will aim to open 20 Unimarkt stores in 2013, 18 of which will be rebranded Zielpunkt stores, with the final two being new. The retailer also said that it would it would operate the deli counters in the new stores itself, despite its ex...
18 April 2013
Croatia-based Plodine has announced plans to add further stores in the short term to build on its successful recent performance. 2012 saw good store and sales growth During the year, Plodine opened four new supermarkets, adding just over 11,000 sq m of new selling space, which helped to drive sales growth of just over 6%. At the end of its financial year, Plodine generated sales HRK2.9 billio...
18 April 2013
With Tesco reporting UK sales up 1.8% to £48.2bn for its 2012/13 financial year and LFL sales showing an improving trend in H2, we examine the progress the retailer made against its six part UK plan to 'Build a Better Tesco' and what we can expect going forward from 2013/14. 1. Service & Staff: improvements across all metrics This area was set out as the biggest part of the retailer's si...
18 April 2013
Wesfarmers has released Coles' Q3 results for the 12 weeks to 24 March 2013, with sales up 6.4% to AU$8,351m. Food and Liquor sales up 6.6% to AU$6,491m Despite overall food and liquor price deflation of 1.3% in the quarter, like-for-like (LFL) sales grew 5.3% in Q3. Coles saw strong volume growth, with customers benefiting from the retailers continued focus on fresh food quality, a better...
18 April 2013
Casino has reported a 33.7% rise in consolidated sales for the first quarter, driven primarily by the full consolidation of GPA in Brazil. Sales from total continuing operations reached €11,681m, with French sales down 4% and international sales up 73.6%. Price drops in France Casino continued the price cutting policy it initiated in Q4 through the first three months of the year, and stated ...