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Cencar expands loyalty programme
Carrefour’s operator in Thailand, Cencar Co, is stepping up its customer loyalty and retention programmes to better compete with rivals Tesco Lotus and the Casino-owned Big C chain.The retailer has dedicated THB50m (£937,894) towards the “Carrefour Month 2009” campaign, which will reward loyalty cardholders with discounts at 37 stores ...
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Casino hypermarket format targets women
Hypermarket operator Casino has launched a store format targeting female shoppers.Located in Montpellier, France, the Géant Casino Odysseum has a sales area of 130,000 sq ft and focuses on fresh produce, private labels, textiles, homewares and leisure categories.Signage throughout the store is designed to connect with the customer, with sections ...
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Carrefour enters Iranian market
Four months after opening its first store in Pakistan, Carrefour has entered the Iranian market via its Middle Eastern franchise partner, Majid Al Futtaim (MAF). The first hypermarket opened in Tehran. As in Pakistan, the store trades under the Hyperstar banner, rather than Carrefour.The store, which is open seven days ...
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Wal-Mart Canada opens first eco-friendly Supercenter
Wal-Mart Canada has opened its first eco-friendly Supercenter in Waterdown, Ontario.
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Hudson’s Bay Co considers IPO
Department store operator Hudson’s Bay Co is considering a public stock offering in the first half of 2011.President and chief executive Richard Baker said that although “nothing’s final”, the company was in talks over a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange. “The offering could include all or part of Hudson’s ...
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Polish retail sales continue to rise in August
Polish retail sales continued to rise in August, increasing 5.2% year on year.The increase follows a 5.7% rise in July.A stable unemployment rate of 10.8% helped drive demand. This is in sharp contrast with nearby Hungary, where unemployment continues to rise, partly due to a decline in demand for Hungarian ...
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Aldi records £39m profit in Australia
Aldi’s discount store network in Australia delivered a profit of AUD72.6m (£39.19m) last year, on total Australian sales of AUD1.85bn (£998.6m).Aldi, which entered Australia in January 2001 and recently opened its 200th store there, has been profitable for the past three years. ”We have strong expansion plans for Australia ...
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Pantaloon Retail sales up 31%
Pantaloon Retail’s net sales rose 31% to INR76.69bn (£994.8m) for the year to June 30.Net profit at the group, which is Indian’s largest retailer, plummeted from INR219.3m (£2.84m) the year before to INR100.7m (£1.3m).The decline was primarily due to rising employee costs, depreciation and interest charges.Kishore Biyani, chief executive of ...
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Rite Aid Q2 sales down 2.7%
Year-on-year sales at pharmacy chain Rite Aid declined 2.7% to $6.3bn (£3.9bn) for the second quarter to August 29.The slide was attributed primarily to store closures and non-pharmacy same-store sales. Overall, same-store sales fell 1.1% for the quarter, with a 4.9% decrease in non-pharmacy sales and a 0.8% increase in ...
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Nakumatt pulls out of project
Kenya’s largest retailer, Nakumatt, has pulled out of its project to open a second store in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.Following its market entry with a 24,760 sq ft supermarket in August last year, the retailer’s original plan had been to launch a 75,350 sq ft hypermarket at the Gateway ...
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Metro Group sees first signs of a recovery in Eastern European markets
Metro Group has said it is seeing the first signs of a recovery in its Eastern European markets. However, chief executive Eckhard Cordes also warned of tough times ahead in the retailer’s home market of Germany.He said the crisis was not over yet and pointed out that Europe’s largest economy ...
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Toys R Us to open pop-up stores in malls and shopping centres
Toys R Us is to open pop-up stores in malls and shopping centres and inside its Babies R Us shops as it tries to revive Christmas sales this year.The speciality toy retailer plans to open nearly 350 such shops in the US and Puerto Rico by early October, giving it ...
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Carrefour launches campaign
Carrefour has launched a campaign highlighting six menu ideas at less than e1 (86p) per person.Produced by Publicis, the campaign will run on TV and in the grocer’s 1,200 French stores.The menus, made using Carrefour own-branded products, are intended “to reduce the daily food bill while purchasing power is at ...
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Conforama to test smaller format called Confo Deco
PPR-owned household goods retailer Conforama is to test a new smaller format called Confo Deco, the first of which is expected to open in France in the first half of next year.Confo Deco will cover about 5,380 to 8,610 sq ft and focus on home decoration. Stores will be located ...
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NewsBlockbuster to shed stores as it rethinks strategy
US-based DVD rental company Blockbuster has announced it is planning to close as many as 960 stores in the US, representing more than a fifth of its total US stores, by the end of next year.
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Casino receives acquisition offer from Jumbo
Supermarket Super de Boer, owned by French retail group Casino, has received an acquisition offer from family-owned Dutch grocer Jumbo worth €482m.The board of Super de Boer are assessing the offer, while Casino, which owns about 57% of Super de Boer’s shares, supports the offer.If completed, the deal would represent ...
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Woolworths secures initial 5% stake in Danks
Multi-sector retailer Woolworths has secured an initial 5% stake along with its joint venture partner Lowe’s in hardware distributor Danks.The companies are set to take control of the DIY retailer following the acceptance of the AU$88m (£43m) takeover bid.An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission inquiry will examine the impact of ...
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Bharti Retail intends to become a billion dollar company by 2015
Local retailer Bharti Retail said it intends to become a billion dollar company by 2015 and is aiming to open 40 more retail outlets in the next three months.The group plans to invest up to $2.5bn (£1.5bn) by 2015 in its retail business. Bharti Enterprises vice-chairman and managing director Rajan ...
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Best Buy reports 12% increase in revenues
For its second quarter, Best Buy reported a 12% increase in revenues to $11bn (£6.7bn). Sales were lifted by the inclusion of Best Buy Europe’s revenue and gains from the addition of 170 new stores over the past year.Revenue gains were partially offset by a like-for-like sales decline of 3.9% ...
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Toys R Us introduces video game trade-in programme
Toys R Us has introduced a video game trade-in programme at its stores across the US.Gamers can exchange their used video game titles from almost any system, including classics like Intellivision or the newest platforms, for a Toys R Us gift card to the value of the trade-in. Gift cards ...