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Netherlands news

17 January 2013
Netherlands-based Ahold has said in a trading statement that net sales rose by 5.1% in its fourth quarter, at constant exchange rates, to reach €7.8 billion. Strong performance seen in Netherlands and US The company said that in the US , during the fourth quarter, sales were up by 4.3%, in dollar terms, to reach US$6.1 billion (€4.7 billion). Comparable sales were up by 2.8%. At Ahold USA ...
03 January 2013
Coop Netherlands has announced that it grew sales by 4.4% in 2012, with gross sales reaching €907 million during the year. Performance boosted by new stores The company said that its sales had been boosted by the addition of new stores, 13 of which were new and a further 54 acquired from Jumbo, following on from the latter’s purchase of C1000. Coop Netherlands said that it would continue to...
02 January 2013
Speaking to Netherlands-based newspaper Financieele Dagblad, Daniel Ropers, Bol.com’s chief executive, has said that the results of Bol.com’s pick up counters in Ahold stores have been ‘encouraging’. ‘Results above expectation’ Ropers was quoted as saying: “We expected that 2-3 percent of the orders would be collected at Albert Heijn . That is already at 5-6 percent.” The success of the firs...
02 January 2013
Jumbo Group has announced its sales for 2012, saying that its performance was boosted by good like-for-like sales growth, which the company said was above the market average, an increase in store numbers and the takeover of C1000. Integration of C1000 ‘decisive’ The company said that sales through Jumbo branded stores leapt by 31.7% to €3.2 billion, driven by like-for-like sales growth of 2...
02 January 2013
Netherlands-based Sligro has said that it enjoyed sales growth of 1.9% during 2012, taking total sales to €2.5 billion. The company’s performance was driven by its food retail arm, which grew sales by 2.7% during the year. Fourth quarter sales were flat The company stated, as part of its preliminary results announcement, that during its fourth quarter sales were broadly flat, growing by only ...