Distrib-news : l'actualité de la grande distribution

Retail : News AHOLD Giant-Landover “green” prototype store opens At the end of last week, Ahold Giant Food in the USA opened its latest prototype store, a full-service, food-and-pharmacy combination "Super Giant" in Urbana , MD , that the retailer characterises...

Retail : News COLES in UK on roadshow According to unconfirmed reports in the Australian press, the chairman of Coles Group, Rick Allert, has taken the sale roadshow of the retailer to the UK for talks with potential buyers ranging from Tesco and Carrefour...

Retail : News LIDL opens new DC in Germany In Germany , Lidl has opened a new regional distribution centre located in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt to supply its stores in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony . The 125,000-square-metre warehouse will employ...

Retail : News NETTO starts automated ordering Edeka-owned discount retailer Netto has started automated ordering based on demand forecasts for its distribution centres. According to Lebensmittel Zeitung, the discounter has deployed the software “Gold...

Retail : News SAINSBURY bidders give themselves a deadline According to reports in the Sunday newspapers, the private equity consortium presently considering a bid for Sainsbury will decide within eight days whether to abandon the bid or to launch a former...

Retail : News TESCO challenge on sustainable stores In an interview in Retail Week, Tesco’s project manager of environmental services, James Dorling, has said that the retailer’s concept of sustainable, low emission stores is constantly evolving. Each...

Retail : News WAL-MART faces labour challenge in Philippines As reported in the Financial Times, Wal-Mart is being accused of failing to respond to anti-union violence at one of its supplier’s factories in the Philippines . The Worker Rights Consortium,...

Retail : News WHOLE FOODS aim to stay ahead of Wal-Mart One of Whole Foods Market’s goals is to “keep innovating to stay ahead of Wal-Mart,” according to the company’s chief operating officer Walter Robb. In an interview with The Oregon, Robb said, “We...

Retail : News WOOLWORTHS Australia may buy back shares The chief executive of Woolworths in Australia , Michael Luscombe, speaking on television over the weekend, has said that the retailer may offer a massive share buyback next year if the group’s acquisition...

Retail : News WOOLWORTHS (UK) chairman to step down in June Woolworths has announced that its chairman, Gerald Corbett, will step down from the board on June 6. The company has said that Mr Corbett will be replaced by Richard North, who has been a member...