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Norwegians Stock Up On Beverages, Tobacco On Cross-Border Trips: Study

Norwegian consumers tend to stock up on soft drinks and mineral water, alcohol, tobacco and confectionery when shopping cross-border, according to a new st...

NorgesGruppen Earmarks NOK8.5m For 2020 Environmental Fund

Norwegian retailer NorgesGruppen has set an upper limit of NOK 8.5 million (€860,000) for its environmental fund for employees for the year 2020. T...

ESM: A Year In Retail – Iceland Enters Norway: Cool As Ice, Issue 2, 2019

Things are heating up in the Norwegian retail market, with the arrival of a new player, frozen-food retailer Iceland. ESM spoke to Geir Olav Opheim, its ch...

Rapid Growth In Border Trade 'Worrying', Says Norwegian Food Sector Head

Norwegian consumers spent a total of NOK 17.6 billion (€1.74 billion) overseas in the 12 month period from Q4 2018 to Q3 2019, a statistic that the CE...

Norway's Orkla Appoints New EVP And CFO

Norwegian food giant Orkla has named Harald Ullevoldsæter its new executive vice-president and chief financial officer, effective from 1 March 2020....

Arneg Group Acquires Controlling Stake In Plug-In Norge

Arneg Group has announced that its Arneg Nordic division has agreed to purchase 70% of the shares in Plug-In Norge AS. As a result, Vibocold Plug-In N...

Norwegians Shopping In Sweden More, Spending Less In Home Market

Norwegian consumers are crossing the border into Sweden more often, while also spending less in domestic supermarkets, new data has found. The data, fro...

Norgesgruppen Sees 2.5% Increase In First Half Revenues

Norwegian retail conglomerate Norgesgruppen has posted operating revenue of NOK 43.89 billion (€4.37 billion) in the first half of its financial year,...