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The Consumer Goods Forum Sustainable Retail Summit Review: Thursday

The Consumer Goods Forum Sustainable Retail Summit got under way on Thursday with an exhortation for Forum members to embrace the theme of the event, 'Toda...

Wholesaler Metro Announces CEOs For 'Transition Period'

Cash and carry giant Metro AG has announced that Christian Baier, the company's CFO and Rafael Gasset, its COO, will jointly assume the position of chief e...

Mission Accomplished? Olaf Koch To Depart A Much-Transformed Metro

Announcing the decision to promote then-CFO Olaf Koch to the position of chief executive back in 2011, wholesaler Metro said that the appointment symbolise...

Metro AG CEO Olaf Koch To Step Down At The End Of The Year

German wholesaler Metro AG has announced that CEO Olaf Koch will step down from the position at the end of this year. On Friday (21 August), Koch inform...

Metro Sees Signs Of Recovery, Issues More Optimistic Full-Year Outlook

Metro said that its sales have developed 'very positively' in recent weeks, leading the wholesale giant to issue an improved outlook for its full-year 2019...

Koch Looks To The Future As Metro AG Completes Real Sale

Olaf Koch, the chief executive of wholesaler Metro AG, has said that the business is eager to "capture the additional opportunities that lie ahead&quo...

Sale Of German Real Hypermarkets Is Making Progress: Metro

German wholesaler Metro said it expected non-binding offers to be made soon for its loss-making Real hypermarkets chain, with a binding offer to come six t...

Metro Sees Like-For-Like Sales Up 2.3%, But Russia Still Weighs

Wholesaler Metro AG said that its first quarter like-for-like sales were up 2.3% across the group, with Asia (+5.9%) and Eastern Europe (+6.4%) performing...