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AHOLD Giant-Landover green prototype store opens
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...
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PPR announces 2006 full year results
French retail and luxury group PPR (Pinault Printemps Redoute), owner of entertainment and electronics retailer Fnac, has announced its annual results for 2006. Total group revenue was up 5.9% to EUR17.9 billion (USD22.5 billion) from EUR16.9 billion...
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WOOLWORTHS (UK) releases FY2006 results
Woolworths (UK) has announced preliminary results its full year results for 2006 saying that profits were down from GBP57.7 million (USD104.9 million) in the previous twelve months to GBP21.8 million (USD40.1 million) in 2006. In relation to its retail...
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Fiche enseigne : Lidl
Retour liste des fiches enseignes Lidl Présentation : La réussite de Lidl repose sur un concept performant développé en Allemagne dans les années 1970 autour d'une idée simple : distribuer des produits alimentaires de qualité à des prix imbattables, dans...
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CVS boosts offer again for Caremark
US drugstore chain CVS has announced its “best and final” offer for its proposal to merge with Caremark. Following the close of the merger, CVS and Caremark will increase the special cash dividend payable to Caremark shareholders to USD7.50 per share....
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SAS et Teradata annoncent un partenariat stratégique
Incités par leurs clients communs, les deux leaders du marché intègrent leurs solutions et services SAS, leader de l'informatique décisionnelle et des applications analytiques, et Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), première société au monde axée sur l'optimisation...
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AHOLD Giant opens latest prototype store
Ahold owned Giant Food has unveiled its latest prototype store in Stafford County, VA. The company has opened a new full-service food and pharmacy combination store that trades as “Super Giant” and offers customers a broad selection of products and services....
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COLRUYT opens Bio-Planet in the Netherlands
Colruyt has opened its first biological supermarket Bio-Planet in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Encouraged by the constantly growing turnover figures in the three Belgian Bio-Planet branches (in Kortrijk, Gent and Dilbeek); Colruyt decided to introduce...
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SAP va dévoiler son premier progiciel en ligne
SAP va dévoiler son premier progiciel en ligne L'éditeur va donner, dans la soirée, le coup d'envoi officiel de son progiciel de gestion intégré à la demande. Connu pour l'instant sous le nom de code A1S, ce PGI est surtout destiné aux PME. La date est...
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LIDL joins compliance group
The international trade and services union UNI Commerce has revealed that discounter Lidl recently joined BSCI, the Business Social Compliance Initiative, which brings together major retailers from a large number of European countries. As part of the...
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Restructuration GB: pas de solution trouvée
La direction de Carrefour Belgium et les syndicats discutaient mercredi de l'avenir des travailleurs des seize magasins Super GB menacés de fermeture. Une solution n'a pas pu être trouvée à l'issue de l'entrevue, a-t-on appris mercredi de source syndicale....
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ITM renames e-commerce operation
Retail : News ITM renames e-commerce operation ITM has announced that the retailer will be renaming its e-commerce site, 'expressmarché' at some point over the course of 2007. This year will be one in which the retailer expects to considerably expand...
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CARREFOUR confirms two seats wanted on supervisory board
Carrefour yesterday confirmed that it has received a request for two seats on the retailer’s supervisory board from Blue Capital, a joint venture between Bernard Arnault and private equity firm Colony Capital. Carrefour "takes note of the request" and...
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CVS formally closes merger with Caremark
US drugstore chain CVS and Caremark have announced that they have formally closed their transformative merger of equals, creating the US's premier integrated pharmacy services provider. The combined company, renamed CVS/Caremark Corporation, unifies the...
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ALDI to enter Slovakia via Hofer
According to a report in the Slovakian paper Pravda, Aldi Süd is planning to enter the Slovakian market via its Austrian subsidiary Hofer. It is reported that the first stores are to be located in shopping centres planned by Alfa Development, in Bratislava,...
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ASDA boss predicts demise of exotic fruit and veg
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...
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Une plate-forme logistique pour les Galeries Lafayette
La grande distribution : l'actualité Une plate-forme logistique pour les Galeries Lafayette Le distributeur vient d'annoncer la mise en chantier d'une nouvelle plate-forme logistique de 60 000 m2 à Bussy-Saint-Georges, en Seine-et-Marne. Bâti sur un terrain...
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Strong FY for METRO
Metro Group has this morning delivered strong gains in sales and earnings in financial year 2006. Group sales rose by 7.5% to around EUR60 billion (USD75.2 billion), and EBIT climbed to nearly EUR2 billion (USD2.5 billion). Adjusted for the repositioning...
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TESCO unveils Malaysian plans
Tesco has said that it will invest close to MYR650 million (USD182 million) and hire some 3,200 people in the current financial year ending February 2008 to expand its business. The investments are for new store openings, remodelling of stores, price...
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Sarkozy veut une réforme du contrat de travail
Sarkozy veut une réforme du contrat de travail Nicolas Sarkozy a prononcé, mardi 18 septembre, un grand discours sur sa politique sociale, en ouverture d'une rencontre avec l'Association des journalistes de l'information sociale (Ajis) sur le thème "Emploi,...
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ALDATA G.O.L.D. VERSION 5.07
Les principales nouveautés incluent G.O.L.D. Vocal sur PDA, G.O.L.D. Mine pour le stockage des données, et le rappel des marchandises avec G.O.L.D. Track Aldata vient d'annoncer la sortie de la nouvelle version de son logiciel dédié à la supply chain,...
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L'actionnaire principal de Cegid envisage de vendre ses parts
ICMI, l'actionnaire principal de Cegid Group avec 19,20% du capital, a confirmé avoir engagé des discussions dans l'optique d'une cession d'une partie de ses titres Cegid Group. Le futur repreneur pourrait être un groupe de services. Cette cession pourrait...
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TESCO selects Micro Focus for global supply chain operations
Tesco yesterday selected Micro Focus to support the growth of its international operations, notably in the United States, by improving its supply chain operations. Tesco's current supply chain management system monitors and controls its entire in-store...
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ALDI Hofer cuts phone prices in Austria
Retail : News ALDI Hofer cuts phone prices in Austria With effect from the beginning of this week, Aldi Süd-owned discounter Hofer in Austria has permanently cut prices on its pre-paid mobile phone service, operated in conjunction with Yesss! Telekommunikation...
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Carrefour Belgium choisit Deskom pour dématérialiser
Carrefour Belgium choisit Deskom pour dématérialiser ses factures fournisseurs Le réseau et l’interopérabilité de la solution de Deskom permettent de mettre en place ce projet européen et transfrontalier d’envergure Paris, le 20 septembre 2007 – Deskom...