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Casino Group and Intermarché are to co-operate in purchasing for national brands, starting with negotiations for 2015. Partnership only covers national brands, in France According to Casino's statement, the partnership "aims to optimise the two partners' purchases and, at national level, to improve services offered to suppliers, on leading brand goods produced by multinational groups, in b...

The convenience channel is growing apace around the world. Mexican convenience retailer Oxxo is targeting expansion in the Colombian capital; Total is trialling a new forecourt format in South Africa; 7-Eleven is diversifying strategy across Asia-Pacific and America; Australia's leading retailers Coles and Woolworths are considering expanding into convenience - these are just a few of the recent ...

From time spent analysing the latest FMCG developments in Brazil in September, in-store as well as with retailers and suppliers across three states, we share our top trends from the market. 1. Longer-term optimism over the economy A lot has happened over the past 12 months. There's always a lot going on in Brazil, but the last year has been exceptionally busy. The World Cup brought plenty o...

As Spinneys announces plans to export its private label globally, Qatar’s Al Meera confirms its expansion plans, while Casino’s Tunisia-based and Carrefour’s UAE-based franchisees reveal growth strategies of their own, we round-up news from retailers in Middle East and North Africa. Spinneys aiming to drive growth for ‘100 plan’ strategy As part of the retailer’s ‘Spinneys 100 plan’ – which...

As Carrefour exports its Éco discount corners into the country, Casino’s Cdiscount extends its reach into Belgium and Leader Price’s franchisee discusses expansion plans, we round-up news from the market. Cdiscount extends delivery to Belgium Casino-owned Cdiscount has announced that as part of the internationalisation of its offer it will be delivering to the Flanders region of the country. ...

We look at how retailers across Latin America have fared in the second quarter, reviewing expansion plans and other news, including some great stores we have seen in the region. Improving sales trends continue in second quarter Walmex achieved net sales growth of nearly 4% for the first half. Investment in e-commerce is ongoing, and Walmex is implementing changes to address problems at...

Éxito has reported a 5.4% increase in operating revenues for the first half of 2014, driven by factors including performance of its omnichannel strategy. Operating profit for the half year was up 8.2%, with an EBITDA increase of nearly 5%. Giving customers choice pays off for Éxito  During the half, the retailer added five new bricks and mortar stores, to reach 474 in Colombia and 54 in Ur...

In challenging market conditions, Casino's local operator in Thailand reports improving sales in the second quarter. Sales growth fueled by store openings; brief return to positive like-for-likes Big C announced sales of THB 31.1bn in the second quarter, up 3.8% year-on-year. Following a brief return to positive like-for-likes in April, the impact of the military coup and curfew resulted...

France-based Casino has announced second quarter results saying that it had benefited from organic sales growth of 6.5%, with total group sales reaching €11.9 billion, driven by the performance of its international operations. France: improvement at Géant hypermarkets aids second quarter Casino highlighted the progress it was making in its home market. Although organic sales contracted by 0...

Casino-owned, Brazil-based GPA has announced second quarter net sales rose by 13.4% to BRL15.2 billion (USD6.8 billion), aided by a positive calendar impact, continuing high inflation in the country and the addition of 116 new stores in the last year. Food outperforms for GPA GPA said that while net sales for the total business rose by 13.4%, they were up by 14.5% at its food businesses, Mu...