Distrib-news : l'actualité de la grande distribution

Lidl in Slovenia has launched a series of four different TV spots anticipating its market entry on 29 March. In the commercials, a national football player, as well as pretend customers from Oslo, London, Barcelona and Austria, accentuate the discount...

In Germany, Edeka is to launch an interactive online campaign targeted at younger consumers to support its corporate identity campaign "We just love food" (Wir lieben Lebensmittel) . Aimed at 20- to 39-year-old customers, Edeka has put the media agency...

Carrefour has denied recent press reports stating that more of its senior managers may leave the company after chairman Luc Vandevelde was forced to resign last week. In a statement Carrefour said that it formally denies the rumour that chief executive...

Auchan has launched @Jumbo, its first online operation in Portugal. The retailer has invested EUR1.5 million (USD1.9 million) in this operation, which will trade under www.jumbo.pt. The online supermarket, which has been launched in the greater Lisbon...

Speaking at an industry conference, the chief executive of Asda, Andy Bond, has offered independent retailers the use of the company’s recycling facilities. Asda is trialling a recycling scheme with independents in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, that if successful...

The chief executive of Asda, Andy Bond, has told Retail Week that he wants to launch the retailer’s general merchandise offer online within the next three years. "In two to three years, we will have our whole general merchandise offer online. A lot of...

Asda has entered the cut-price home telecoms market, offering its new service under the Asda Calltime brand through its Asda.com website. Customers can register online or through one free telephone call, for what is described as a 'value for money, simple...

In Spain hypermarket chain Alcampo (owned by Auchan) has reported that it has increased its Fairtrade sales by 76% during 2006, selling 127,100 units with a total value of EUR234,600 (USD296,601). Alcampo has been offering Fairtrade products since 2002,...

G.O.L.D. Vocal, progiciel dédié au support des processus de préparation et d'inventaires dans l'entrepôt, est dorénavant disponible sur PDA. Aldata, fort d'une expérience de plusieurs années dans l'utilisation de cette technologie, acquise dans la logistique...

Après les grands comptes, les PME françaises pourraient se lancer dans l’externalisation lointaine de leur informatique. C’est en tout cas ce qu’espèrent les sociétés de conseil en offshore, qui tentent de lever les dernières barrières. (08/03/2007) Offshore...