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French Supermarket Chain Casino Says First-Quarter Sales Remain Negative

Supermarket operator Casino said its first-quarter sales remained negative but showed a slight improvement after its convenience brands reported virtually...

Carrefour Posts Double-Digit Sales Growth In Q1, Confirms Full-Year Outlook

French retailer Carrefour has reported like-for-like sales growth of 13.5% in the first quarter of its financial year on the back of the 'sound execut...

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Casino Goes All-In On Convenience In Transformation Plan

Groupe Casino has announced details of a new 'transformation plan', which will see it focus more on the convenience channel, cut jobs, and sell underperfor...

France Orders Retailers To Display Shrinkflation

French retailers will have to notify shoppers when products have been reduced in size without a corresponding cut in prices in an effort to tackle so-calle...

Parisians Go Shopping 25% More Frequently Than French Average

Consumers in the Paris region go shopping every two days on average, or 25% more frequently than those in the rest of France, data from Kantar has shown.

Majority Of French Households Concerned About Financial Stability: E.Leclerc

Four fifths (81%) of French families are worried about the financial stability of their household, a survey by retailer E.Leclerc has found, with inflation...

Carrefour-PepsiCo Dispute Sheds Light On Key Role Of Retailers' Ad Business

Carrefour and PepsiCo's just resolved three-month price dispute has shed light on a new aspect of such negotiations which is changing the relationship betw...