Colombia’s Grupo Éxito has invested around COP4 bn (US$1m) in renovating six stores under its Super Inter banner. The stores are in the south western region of Valle del Cauca, five in the city of Cali and one in the town of Jamundí. Source: Grupo Éxito As a result of coronavirus, Super Inter is focused on providing safe shopping environments for its customers. It has implemented var...

Rapid delivery services have been present in Latin America for around a decade, although the most successful start-ups launched in 2014 and 2015. Through a range of providers customers can order fast-food, restaurant meals, groceries, medicine, and more and have these delivered by courier in under an hour. Evolving region creating opportunity for rapid delivery services Latin America’s ci...

Grupo Éxito (part of French retail group Casino) has reported net sales of COP2.9 tn (US$744m) for Q1. This represents sales growth of 9.4%, or 5.3% ex-COVID-19. Same-store sales (SSS) grew by 9.6% in the quarter. Grupo Éxito has seen positive sales growth over the last 18 months, which has been largely driven by the solid performance of its latest store formats, as well as omnichannel growth....