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Glass Half Empty: Italy, France Seek Wine Output Cut To Prop Up Prices

Leading producers Italy and France are looking to slash premium wine output from the upcoming harvest to shore up prices after the coronavirus pandemic ham...

Campari First Half Sales Down 11% As Italians Drink Fewer Aperitifs

Sales at drinks group Campari fell 11.3% on a like-for-like basis in the first half as the coronavirus crisis hit southern Europe and its home market in It...

Private Label Sees Growth In Italy During Lockdown

One of the few positive effects of the COVID-19 lockdown period in Italy was a double-digit growth in sales of private label products, a study has found....

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From Italy

As part of our efforts to keep you, the ESM reader, notified on the latest coronavirus-related developments in the retail and consumer goods sect...

Pam Panorama Opens 'Safe' Convenience Store In Turin

Italy's Pam Panorama has opened a new Pam Local convenience store in Turin, which it has described as a 'safe store', in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Italy's Amadori Sees Turnover Up, Limited COVID-19 Impact

Italian agri-food group Amadori closed its 2019 financial year with a turnover of €1.3 billion, up 3.9% year-on-year. This marked the third st...

Coop Italia Invests €100m Towards Customer Support Measures

Coop Italia is allocating an additional €50 million towards customer support measures during the COVID-19 lockdown easing process. This amount is o...

Italian Wine Sector Bracing For Drop In Turnover This Year

Some 63.5% of companies operating in the Italian wine sector expect sales to fall this year, compared to 2019, with more than two-fifths (41.2%) expecting...