Against a challenging economic backdrop, accelerating food inflation and an increasingly competitive market, retailers in Belgium are raising the visibility of their price-focused investments for shoppers. We look at recent initiatives from Carrefour and Colruyt in the country. Carrefour freezes prices on 20,000 products The retailer said it was reacting to the second lockdown in Belgium an...

As Carrefour sells a stake in its Market Pay payments platform and acquires the Bio c’Bon organic specialist chain in France, we look at how the retailer is focusing on its core to drive long term growth. Carrefour acquires organic specialist as it expands in fast growing category After a protracted sales process, Carrefour has acquired the Bio c’Bon organic specialist chain for €60m. Bio c...

Following on from its strong Q3 results announcement , we look at five initiatives from the retailer’s operations in Europe as it looks to build on its strong foundations and continue its recent sales momentum. Carrefour adds health-focused personalisation tool online in France… After announcing plans to launch the service in July , Carrefour has launched its personalisation service i...