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UK Retailer B&M Sees Full-Year Profit Rise By 25% To £229.3m

British discount retailer B&M European Value reported a 25% rise in full-year profit on Wednesday, saying its cheaper offer was winning over custom...

Price Cuts, Freight Costs Pressure Costco's Margins, Shares Slip

Warehouse club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. reported third-quarter results that topped analysts' estimates, but price cuts and higher freight costs weig...

Spar International Posts Global Sales Of €34.5bn In Full-Year 2017

Spar International, the world's largest food retail voluntary chain, has announced global retail sales of €34.5 billion for full-year 2017. The res...

Strong Adhesive Sales Make Up For Henkel Delivery Woes

German consumer goods firm Henkel reported on Wednesday that strong first-quarter organic sales from its adhesives business helped compensate for falling l...

ICA Gruppen Posts 'Slightly Weaker Than Expected' Q1 Sales Growth

Swedish retailer ICA Gruppen has reported a 5.8% increase in its consolidated net sales, amounting to SEK 27,181 million (€25,703 million), for the fi...

Sainsbury’s ‘Delivering At Pace Across The Group’: Full-Year Results

British retailer Sainsbury’s posted an H2 profit increase of 11%, it announced in the release of its full-year financial results for 2017/2018 on Mon...

France's Groupe Casino Posts 3.1% Rise In Q1 Sales

French supermarket retailer Casino posted a 3.1% rise in first-quarter sales on Tuesday, reflecting strong sales at its Géant Casino hypermarkets an...

Primark Owner AB Foods' First-Half Profit Held Back By Sugar

Associated British Foods on Tuesday reported a 1% fall in first-half profit, with a resilient performance at its Primark fashion business offset by a previ...