Distrib-news : l'actualité de la grande distribution

Retail : News LECLERC reports success with Express banner As reported by LSA, Leclerc is opening a new Leclerc Express store in Saint Herblain near Nantes . The store stocks a range of 5,000 products and has a sales area of 1,000 square metres. 700 of...

Retail : News LAURUS 2006 net loss narrrows Casino owned Laurus in the Netherlands has this morning posted a 2006 net loss of EUR45 million (USD56.4 million), its third in a row, impacted by restructuring costs and the sale of two of its supermarket chains....

Retail : News EROSKI Online expands to south of Spain In Spain , Eroski Online has expanded its operations to Malaga province. With this new opening, Eroski is expanding its virtual store to Southern Spain , as so far it was only present in the north...

Retail : News CARULLA VIVERO 2006 net profit rise Colombian retailer Carulla Vivero has reported a 21% rise in 2006 consolidated net profit to COP29.02 billion (USD11.9 million). Sales reached COP2.28 trillion (USD940.5 million) last year compared with...

Retail : News ASDA boss predicts demise of exotic fruit and veg In the UK , Asda has reported that the company’s trial on reducing packaging on fruit and vegetables has been successful. Chief executive Andy Bond noted that sales were up slightly in the...

Retail : News WAL-MART expects no regulatory problems with Trust-Mart purchase According to Jonathan Dong, Wal-Mart China director of public relations, the retailer does not expect regulatory problems over its purchase of a stake in Trust-Mart. He said...

Retail : News Carrefour close to signing deal to enter India's vast retail market NEW DELHI (AFP) - French retailer Carrefour said Tuesday it was in talks with as many as six potential partners to open retail stores in India and could sign a deal soon....

Retail : News Wal-Mart to expand in China with stake in 101-store chain BEIJING (AFP) - Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, said Tuesday it had bought 35 percent of a 101-store hypermarket chain in China , in a dramatic bid to better reach the nation's...

Retail : News Wal-Mart in China deal, Russia next? Wal-Mart Stores has announced a deal to take over a big retailer operating in China by 2010, and a report out of Russia said the world's biggest retailer might also be looking at an acquisition there....

La grande distribution : l'actualité Staples, Inc. annonce des ventes et bénéfices records pour le quatrième trimestre et l’exercice 2006 Le bénéfice par action a augmenté de 24 pour cent au quatrième trimestre et de 27 pour cent pour l’exercice comptable....