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Groupe Casino Rolls The Dice With WhatsApp

Groupe Casino is furthering its digital ambitions by teaming up with WhatsApp on a new customer ordering service. Conor Farrelly reports.

Pop Market CEO Takis Malavetas Talks Quick Commerce

Greek start-up Pop Market believes that it can potentially go head to head with major supermarket players in a few years’ time, as consumer habits ch...

FMCG Gurus Outlines Top Ten Trends For 2022

For many consumers it will be difficult to comprehend that 2022 has arrived, especially as they try to evaluate the events of the last eighteen months and...

E-Commerce Logistics In Europe: Integrate Or Stagnate

Author Roland Slegers-Leijsten has just published a new analysis of how the rise of e-commerce is likely to lead to a shift in the logistics landscape over...

Taking Centre Stage – Examining Europe's Top 10 Discounters

New research from IGD has shown that the discount channel will account for 43% of retail growth across Europe and will add €34 billion in sales f...

Notes From Africa: Twiga Foods, Tiger Brands, MB, Kingdom Exim Ghana, Tuskys

ESM is proud to launch a new weekly series, Notes From Africa, which will bring you the latest retail, consumer goods and food and beverage stories from ac...

COVID-19: Learnings From The Italian Grocery Supply Chain

Malachy O'Connor, retail consultant with International Private Label Consult (IPLC), looks at what European operators can learn from how Italian retailers...

Buyer's Brief: How To Avoid Panicking In A Global Crisis

As COVID-19 dominates the headlines, Nick Peksa investigates how the outbreak is likely to shape the retail buying environment. Coronavirus will not...