Distrib-news : l'actualité de la grande distribution

The chief executive of Tesco’s Malaysian operation, Chris Bush, has said that the retailer hopes to have 40 hypermarkets in the country within five years. There are plans to expand by between five and eight stores in Malaysia every year. The retailer...

Yesterday, German discounter Lidl opened for business in Slovenia opening 15 stores nationwide. According to Gregor Kosi, the sales director at Lidl’s Slovenian subsidiary, the plan is to open another ten stores shortly. Like in all other markets, Lidl...

Commenting on the declining sales of Casino owned Leader Price in France, Jean-Michel Duhamel has attributed this to the slow down of investment into the chain and new product assortments which have not expanded over the past year or so. The retailer...

Speaking at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona yesterday, the chief executive of Carrefour, José Luis Duran, said that "a new Carrefour is taking shape,” and that he was confident in the company’s growth platform. He also said that Carrefour is open...

As reported by Piata, Carrefour Romania is accelerating its expansion in the country with an extra EUR60 million (USD79.1 million) to its budget to support the extension of the hypermarket network in 2008. The investment is necessary for building a further...

Dans une interview aux « Echos », le président de la Fédération des entreprises du commerce et de la distribution (FCD) met en garde les candidats à l’élection présidentielle sur le problème des bas salaires. Il estime « qu’il ne faudrait pas que des...

Alliance Boots et J Sainsbury ont tous les deux cherché à éloigner les sociétés de capital investissement qui les convoitent en publiant des mises à jour de leurs perspectives s’apparentant à des documents de défense. Financial Times (ft.com), 29/03/2007,...

Woolworths a annoncé que son bénéfice annuel avant impôts avait reculé à 16 millions contre 61,5 millions précédemment, tandis que son chiffre d’affaires à périmètre constant s’est tassé de 6,6 % et que sa dette a augmenté. Financial Times (ft.com), 29/03/2007,...

L'action du distributeur suédois de vêtements H&M gagne 15 % depuis le début de l'année, quand celle de son concurrent espagnol Inditex (marque Zara) avance de 11 % et que le cours de l'américain Gap cède près de 9 %. H&M a r&alisé au cours du premier...

According to unconfirmed reports in Indonesia, citing the Minister of Agriculture, Anton Apriyantono, Metro Group is to launch in the country via its cash & carry format with investments of USD500 million. No timeframe for the launch has been provided....