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Casino Group has reported positive sales growth in Q2 to record a turnover of €15.9 bn in H1 2022, up 9.8% against H1 2021. Trading profit however has fallen 13.4%, to €380m in H1 2022. France: Convenience drives the recovery as tourism returns Net sales in French retail for H1 2022 saw a 1% increase YoY, as it reported sales of €6,935m. The retailer will be buoyed by a return to sales grow...

Carrefour reports a strong performance in a challenging environment and confirms its consolidated net sales in the first half of 2022 rose 13.2% to €39,054m with like-for-like (LFL) sales up by 5.4% compared to H1 2021. Source: Carrefour Carrefour France: positive Q2 sales performance The group revealed its consolidated Q2 sales increased by 17.2% to €23,078 and LFL sales increased by ...

In a month where Lidl announced opening its 12,000 th store worldwide, we look at five recent developments that help make its growth environmentally sustainable. 1. Lockers support online retailers reduce carbon footprint Lidl France has partnered with Mondial Relay to roll-out customer collection lockers at stores. The first lockers at a Lidl store, and 1,000 th for Mondial Relay, opened...

French based retailer Intermarché has further developed its private label range to meet customer demands. Creating private label products for the future Intermarché has improved over 2,300 products from its private label range. The development will address the current purchasing power concerns of French customers, and focus on long term goals of improving nutritional content and being environ...

Carrefour announced in Paris its trialling a new initiative to reduce food waste, while also tackling inflation. Meanwhile, in Spain Carrefour-owned Supeco celebrates the launch of it 50 th store opening in the market. We also visited Carrefour Montesson, to explore how it applies refill stations throughout different product categories. Carrefour’s approach to tackling inflation and food wast...

As Casino reveals plans to rebrand the remaining Géant Hypermarkets and progresses its omnichannel business, we look at five recent developments from the retailer. 1. Géant Hypermarkets to be rebranded with a focus on fresh Casino is in the process of rebranding its 61 remaining Géant Hypermarkets under the new banner Casino Hyper Frais. Newly rebranded stores are open in Amiens, Angers and...

Following the announcement of an end to its alliance with Carrefour, Louis Delhaize has agreed a buying partnership with Intermarché A partnership to improve buying power Belgian retailing group Louis Delhaize and French retailer Intermarché have announced a five-year buying partnership; In France, the Louis Delhaize group will be supplied national brands by Intermarché In Belgium and L...

A new loyalty scheme was launched this week by French retailer Intermarché, with the aim of improving the purchasing power of customers. A targeted loyalty scheme and focus on private label The new scheme includes; Up to 10% off more than 1,800 everyday products from private label brands, on a maximum of 3 products per shop Points awarded based on purchases that can be redeemed against ...

B&M has provided a trading update for the 13 weeks between 27 March and 25 June reporting that group revenues fell 2.2%, on a constant currency basis, to £1.16 bn. Like-for-like sales in the retailer’s core UK B&M estate fell 9.1% as it had to contend with challenging comparatives versus 2021 and poor weather in 2022. April proved to be an anomaly in B&M UK’s performance In the core B&M UK ...

Carrefour operates over 13,000 stores in nine different markets. The Carrefour group continues to expand its operations and partners to provide quick commerce and food delivery services. Carrefour Brazil revealed it completed the acquisition of Grupo Big in Brazil. Meanwhile, Europe’s leading q-commerce Flink SE purchased Cajoo, who partners with Carrefour to supply its private label and other ex...