UK supermarket Tesco has unveiled a new project inviting schoolchildren on day trips to farms, manufacturing plants and retailers to highlight the full farm to fork process.
Canadian retail sales advanced 0.6% in November 2013 to $41bn, fourth increase in five months, according to the recent report released by Statistics Canada.
UK retail sales growth slowed at a faster than expected pace at the start of the year and is likely to remain modest next month, according to the monthly survey by the Confederation of British Industry.
First-quarter net earnings grew 25% for Starbucks Coffee Co. Howard Schultz, chairman, president and chief executive officer, pointed to on-line sales as a reason for the growth.
Mercadona has maintained its position as the most valued retailer in Spain, according to the latest KAR (Key Audience Research) survey from leading market research company IPSOS.
Kroger Co. said Tuesday that Jay Cummins has been named president of the Smith’s Food & Drug Stores division, and Joe Fey has been named to succeed him as president of Kroger’s Mid-Atlantic division.
Mexican retail sales at stores open at least a year will rise 1.7 percent this year after barely rising in 2013, the country's biggest retail trade body said on Tuesday.
This year the group will open about ten shops abroad. For development, Monoprix relies on Casino, 100% owner of the brand since buying the shares owned by Galeries Lafayette.
Russia's No. 2 food retailer X5 Retail Group said promotions, better product selection and marketing drove sales growth at the end of last year, boosting its shares on Thursday on hopes it can sustain the turnaround.
In 2012, Auchan agreed to buy 54 Real hypermarkets in Poland, together with 37 other branches of the chain across Central Europe, in a 1.1 billion Euro deal.
Russian food retailer O'Key predicted on Wednesday that its 2014 revenue growth would not exceed last year's, adding to evidence of flagging consumer confidence.
Europe's fourth biggest retailer, Germany's Metro AG has confirmed speculation which surfaced in late 2013 that it is to list 25% of its Russian cash and carry business.
Carrefour Romania managed to obtain on Thursday the cancellation of insolvency procedures previously asked in court by one of its suppliers, which argued the retail chain owed them EUR 180.000
PriceSmart's profits for the first quarter of 2014 climbed to US$21.432 million, the company said in a statement to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2014.
Fujisan, a regional supermarket chain headquartered in the prefecture of Hiroshima, the southwestern part of Japan held its third American fair on June 22 and 23, 2013.
