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France-based Casino is sustaining its pace of innovation, both in-store and online. With COVID-19 changing shoppers’ behaviours the retailer has launched a new banner, #Home, and is evolving its online offer. Casino adds #Home to its range of banners… Continuing its trialling of new banners and concepts, local trade publication LSA has launched a new banner, #Home, with the opening of its f...

As Casino’s Monoprix banner looks to double its turnover in 10 years and its Ocado built automated warehouse begins to support deliveries for other Casino-banners, we round up news from the retailer. Monoprix aims to expand in Europe through franchising Monoprix has announced it wants to expand into several European markets by franchising its brand with locally based companies who share its...

The French Competition Authority body has approved the purchase of 554 Leader Price stores (owned by Casino) by Aldi. For the Casino Group the sale is part of its ongoing debt reduction plan, which will enable it to focus on its other more profitable banners, such as Monoprix and Franprix. Aldi France to reach more than 1,400 stores and €5.5 bn turnover The purchase of 554 Leader Price stor...

Casino-owned Monoprix has opened its first unstaffed store, under the Monop’ Box brand. The store is being trialed at the retailer’s headquarters, with Monoprix noting that the technology used by the store also able to be scaled up to its wider estate. The retailer said the Box will be repositioned from its headquarters to a site accessible by the public as part of a ‘live’ test. Contactles...

France-based Casino reported consolidated net sales up by 10.4% (same-store basis) in Q2 driven by strong demand across France and Latin America due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the group saw a net loss of €87 m during the first half of the year, mainly due to increased costs.   France: same store sales growth +6.0% driven by convenience and supermarkets Total net sales decreased by 5...

Casino-owned Cnova generated gross merchandise volume (GMV) of €1.05 bn in Q2 2020, a rise of 23.5% on the same timeframe in 2019 and growth of 24.8% in organic terms. Net sales were €556.0m, a rise of 18.6% in total and by 16.9% in organic terms. The share of sales accounted for by its marketplace rose to 46.3% in 2020, versus 40.1 % in the previous year. Performance accelerated in Q2… Cno...

As it looks to strengthen its presence in proximity formats and in the online and digital arena, we round up news from the retailer. Casino extends Deliveroo partnership Casino is set to extend the reach of its partnership to further brands, which will see it added to a further 1,500 by 2021. The two companies have been working together in relation to several of Casino’s banners, Franprix s...

Following a soft launch, which has been running since the end of March, Monoprix has introduced its new service, Monoprix Plus. The service, which is initially only available in part of Île-de-France, adds to the retailer’s existing offer, enabling shoppers to click and collect orders at one of its stores, enjoy same day delivery, with Monoprix Express, and next day delivery, through Monoprix ...

Brazilian retailer GPA (part of the French retail group Casino) has reported gross revenue of BRL15.9 bn (US$2.8 bn) for Q1 2020. This represents a significant increase of 15% year-on-year (YOY). Its strong performance is largely driven by the maturation of cash and carry stores opened over the last 24 months, combined with a positive sales uplifts from optimising its core estate. Core estat...

Casino France is accelerating its digital transformation. We look at the retailer’s strategy to create an innovative digital solution to enable it to offer shoppers a more personalised experience. Driving footfall, thanks to personalised and digital communication In France, one of the strongest drivers of in-store traffic are the weekly printed flyers, which highlight offers and promotions....