All France articles – Page 19
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Carrefour to increase private labels
Carrefour chief executive Lars Olofsson has confirmed that he wants its private labels in France to account for 40% of its turnover, up from 25% currently. For this aim, more than 1,500 new products will be launched before the end of the year with the packaging being revamped.Furthermore, consumers will ...
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Boulanger receives approval for acquisition
Consumer electronics retailer Boulanger has received the approval of the competition authorities for its acquisition of Metro Group’s Saturn stores in France. The purchase price of the transaction has not been made public. In order to get the approval of the competition authorities, HTM Group, the owner of Boulanger, has ...
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Carrefour and Pixmania sign strategic agreement
Carrefour and Dixons Retail-owned Pixmania in France have signed a strategic agreement in the non-food product segment. Under the agreement, Pixmania will develop and deliver a multichannel website in a number of European countries for Carrefour’s non-food offer.Pixmania will also support a marketplace platform for Carrefour customers to access a ...
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GallerySuper markets
Food retail store design thinking says that supermarkets lack character and that if elements of traditional markets can be put into them, all will be well. But is this viable? John Ryan reports
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NewsKesa forecasts slashed as costs rise
Anglo-French electricals group Kesa, which last week posted full-year results and confirmed it may sell UK chain Comet, is on broker Shore Capital’s sell list.
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French competition authorities approve Saturn's 34 acquisitiion
The acquisition of Metro Group-controlled Saturn’s 34 Saturn consumer electronics stores in France has been approved by the French competition authorities with conditions. The chain is to be sold to HTM Group, the operator of the Boulanger banner, and is due to take effect today.HTM will take over existing staff, ...
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GalleryCarrefour, Aubervilliers, Paris
All too often, you get to see a ‘concept’ store from which you are told ‘learnings’ will be extracted
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ITM sales up 4% to £30bn
Grocer ITM has grown sales 4% for 2010 to reach nearly E35bn (£30bn) as a result of a strong international performance. Sales in France grew 1.6%. As part of its three-year plan, ITM intends to grow sales per square metre 15% and an extensive remodelling programme will be completed by ...
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Princesse Tam Tam opens new store concept in Paris
Fast Retailing-owned lingerie chain Princesse Tam Tam has opened a new store concept in Paris. The 645 sq ft store opened in the Rive Gauche district on the Rue de Sèvres.The store is equipped with light-coloured parquet floors and simple white walls, while video screens are dotted throughout the store. ...
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Carrefour's Promocash to be rolled out to 20 stores this year
Carrefour’s new Promocash concept is to be rolled out to some 20 stores this year following successful trials in Lille, Macon and Rouen, it is understood.The new Promocash concept emphasises fresh food and the non-food product offer and has a modernised wine cellar.Promocash has also enhanced its ecommerce offer, which ...
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PPR up 7.5% to £12.3bn
Luxury goods and retail company PPR reported total group revenue from continuing operations was up 7.5% to €14.6bn (£12.3bn) in the 2010 fiscal year, from €13.6bn (£11.5bn) in 2009.Recurring operating income was up 23.5% to €1.53bn (£1.29bn) from €1.24bn (£1.04bn) in 2009.
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LVMH jumps 19% to reach £4.6bn
Luxury goods and specialist retailer LVMH’s retailing arm recorded revenue growth of 19% in 2010 to reach E5.4bn (£4.6bn), and posted a profit of E388m (£332m), up 38% on 2009.Travel retail operator DFS posted a strong performance attributed to the rise in international travel, notably among Asian tourists.Beauty chain Sephora ...
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GalleryAesop, Merci Paris
Sometimes it really is tempting to believe that the best visual merchandising and, perforce, the best shops, tend to be the outcome of large cheques being signed.
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Galeries Lafayette Christmas sales rise 10%
Galeries Lafayette posted a sales rise of 10% on the year over the 2010 Christmas period. The Paris flagship store in Boulevard Haussmann recorded an increase of 17%, while sales at other stores rocketed 8%.
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AnalysisReinventing the Planet
The world’s second biggest retailer, Carrefour, is trying to reinvent the hypermarket. John Ryan visits Lyon in France to find out how
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PPR enters talks with South African Steinhoff International Holdings
Luxury and retail group PPR has entered into exclusive negotiations with South African Steinhoff International Holdings over the sale of its shares in Conforama. The transaction is worth about E1.2 bn (£1bn) in cash. In November 2009, PPR announced that it was planning to sell off its retail division including ...
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Carrefour Express opens
Carrefour is to open its new pilot convenience store format Carrefour Express today in Caen. The concept - which will be opened in towns and rural areas - has a sales area of between 1,075 sq ft and 2,690 sq ft and will offer about 3,500 SKUs. Carrefour Express has ...