Following developments in France, Italy, Netherlands and Germany, we round up developments from buying alliance across the region. Carrefour and Tesco reduce scope of joint private label buying According to reports in France-based trade publication LSA, following on from a similar step from the Horizon purchasing group, Carrefour and Tesco have committed to limiting the scope of their joint...

Seizing the current “small and beautiful” retail trend in the country, Carrefour launched its first fresh food community store in Shanghai on 30 September. Fresh food and community focused store Situated at No. 1157, Zhonghua New Road, Shanghai, the store occupies an area of approximately 430 square meters. The store carries around 3,000 SKUs, with a focus on fresh products. The range of...

As Crai plans to continue its expansion plans throughout 2020 as Carrefour and Decathlon launch a partnership to offer shoppers more sport and well-being products in Milan and Esselunga releases H1 results, we round up news from the market. Esselunga sees sales advance slightly in H1 Esselunga said sales rose 0.9% to €4.06 bn in the first half of the financial year, helped by the opening of...