Distrib-news : l'actualité de la grande distribution

Retail : News $3.3 BILLION BID TO BUY HYPERION SOLUTIONS ADDS TO SOFTWARE MAKER'S BIG ACQUISITIONS Three years, 30 deals, well over $20 billion spent. Oracle's $3.3 billion acquisition of Santa Clara software maker Hyperion Solutions, announced Thursday,...

Retail : News US : DIY market worth nearly £8bn in 2006 DIY Superstores have found growth in whole room solutions, according to GfK Marketing Services GfK has revealed that the total DIY market declined by 1.9 per cent in value in 2006, compared to a...

Retail : News Argos set to enter India Argos has announced plans to enter India later this year after signing a franchise agreement with a joint venture company owned by Shopper's Stop and Hypercity Retail India. The stores, named Hypercity-Argos, are...

Retail : News Wal-Mart acquires stake in Chinese retailer Wal-Mart is buying a 35 percent stake in a company that operates Trust-Mart, a major Chinese discount chain, as international competitors battle for position in China 's rapidly growing retail...

Retail : News Could Torex Retail be acquired? Torex Retail lies in a quagmire of confusion, mis-reporting and poor representation. The announcement that two non-executive directors will leave the company has done nothing to help the myriad of problems...

Retail : News Kingfisher not out of the water yet Kingfisher finally managed to turn things around at its UK business with B&Q delivering an increase in like-for-like sales for the first time in eight quarters. By Glynn Davis This was undoubtedly good...

Retail : News M&S rules out Sainsburys bid....for now Marks & Spencer was last night forced to issue a statement ruling out a bid for the supermarket chain J Sainsbury after a comment by chief executive, Stuart Rose At a retail conference yesterday, Stuart...

La grande distribution : l'actualité Distribution : Sainsbury fait saliver... ... Le secteur de la distribution reste sous tension outre-Manche, toujours porté par la spéculation sur le devenir de l'enseigne Sainsbury. La presse évoquait ainsi le week-end...

La grande distribution : l'actualité Le cabinet Gartner place Capgemini au deuxième rang des prestataires de services informatiques en termes de chiffre d’affaires pour le secteur « utilities » Paris, New-York, le 28 février 2007 – Capgemini, un des leaders...

La grande distribution : l'actualité Oracle se renforce sur le décisionnel en s'offrant Hyperion Stratégie - Le géant américain du logiciel jette son dévolu sur le spécialiste californien du logiciel décisionnel, Hyperion. Une opération qui renforce son...