Carrefour Marinopoulos will face the Competition Committee at the end of April this year, according to reports in the local press. Carrefour Marinopoulos will defend itself against charges of violating competition   read more...

Russian retailer Mosmart has appointed Sergei Kushakov as a new CFO of the company. Sergei Kushakov was working as Operations Director for Detskyi Mir. He is already the third Financial Director   read more...

In the light of the new Russian trade law which has come into force on Feb this year, X5 is going to reduce and restructure its product range, CEO Lev Khasis revealed. This will result in a reduction in supplier   read more...

Tesco is planning to revamp its Polish hypermarkets so they look more like their UK equivalent, Tesco Extra, in an effort to reinvigorate its business in Poland, The Grocer reported. Tesco also plans to introduce   read more...

Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl in the Czech Republic recorded a profit of CZK906 million (USD53.0 million) in the fiscal year 2008/2009 ended 28 February 2009, against a CZK52.5 million (USD2.6 million)   read more...

UK retailer Tesco is to create a line of recycled clothing for its Florence and Fred clothing range in collaboration with an ethical fashion label. The collection, called From Somewhere to F&F and which   read more...

Dutch retail group Ahold has this morning reiterated its mid-term targets to achieve a net sales growth of 5% this year, mainly from identical sales growth, and a retail operating margin of 5%. Speaking   read more...

French retailer Casino reported EUR26.75 billion (USD37.19 billion) net sales for 2009, a 1.2% decrease on the EUR27.08 billion (USD39.62 billion) it reported for 2008. It posted 1.21 billion trading profit   read more...

Germany-based Metro Group has announced that Zygmunt Mierdorf, a member of the Management Board of Metro since 1999, is leaving the company’s board effective 2 March 2010. On 26 February   read more...

Wal-Mart’s UK subsidiary Asda has taken delivery of 150 new refrigerated trailers from Schmitz Cargobull, Logistics Manager reported. The trailers will operate out of Asda’s regional distribution   read more...

Wal-Mart-owned Asda’s Chief Executive Andy Bond said it hasn’t become “boring” and is approaching 2010 in an aggressive mood with a raft of new initiatives, Retail Week reported. Bond outlined a “new   read more...

Tesco-owned Dobbies is set to unveil a new model store at the beginning of next month in Aberdeen as part of ambitious plans to quadruple the number of shops to 100 over the next 10 years. The Dobbies   read more...

PepsiCo has announced that it has completed the $7.8 billion strategic acquisitions of its two largest bottlers, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. and PepsiAmericas, Inc. With the completion of the mergers   read more...

Tesco’s Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has made a series of store changes due to customer feedback and the US economy, Store Design & Planning Director Steve Ryder told Frozen Food Digest   read more...