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Norway's Consumer Confidence Hits Four-Year Low, But Better Than Feared

Norway's consumer confidence fell to a four-year low in the second quarter as the coronavirus outbreak caused a surge in unemployment and a sharp decline i...

Autonomous Robot Usage Extends To Daytime As Retailers Adjust To New Cleaning Demands

Robotic floor scrubbers are increasingly being used during daytime hours to help retailers keep up with heightened cleaning demands in wake of the COVID-19...

Brazilian Retail Tycoon Diniz Praises Local Supermarkets' Response

Brazilian retail veteran and Carrefour SA board member Abílio Diniz has said that retailers in Brazil were faster than those in some European countr...

German Abattoir Restarting Work After Coronavirus Shutdown

German abattoir and meat processor Westfleisch has said it is to resume production at its plant in Coesfeld which was closed earlier in May after an outbre...

Massmart's Sales Hit By South Africa's Coronavirus Lockdown

South African retailer Massmart said that sales in the 19 weeks to 10 May fell 11.9%, hit by a five-week coronavirus lockdown that prevented the company fr...

Ontex To Produce 80 Million Protective Face Masks Per Year

Personal care firm Ontex has announced that it has built the capacity to produce 80 million surgical face masks per year, at its facility in Eeklo, Belgium...

Czech Republic Sees Service Industry Sales Decline Due To COVID-19

Sales in the service industry in the Czech Republic saw a 4.3% year-on-year decline in the first quarter of 2020, according to data from SOCR ČR, the...

Coop Italia Introduces Solutions For Socially Distanced Shopping

Coop Italia has introduced two new technological solutions to maintain physically distanced shopping in its stores during the coronavirus crisis. Kiosk...