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Veropoulos Rolls Out New Store Concept In Serbia

Greek retail group Veropoulos is rolling out a new store concept for its Super Vero hypermarkets in Serbia. Following the re-opening of two stores last...

Lidl Continues To Expand In Serbia

Discounter Lidl continues to expands its presence in Serbia, following its arrival in the Balkan country just six months ago. The group’s sixth st...

Foreign Players Hold Nearly 50% Of Serbian Retail Market

Foreign companies account for close to half of the retail revenue generated in Serbia, a new study has found. Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) represen...

Serbian Government Supports Merger Of Mercator And Agrokor

The Serbian government has expressed its support over the planned merger of Slovenian retailer Mercator and its parent Agrokor. Speaking at a meeting of...

Serbian Retail Sector 'Set For Major Changes'

The recent arrival of Lidl in Serbia represents the start of a process of modernisation of the local retail sector through M&A operations and new i...

Sberbank Starts Receiving Bids For Croatia’s Agrokor

Russia’s Sberbank has reportedly received bids for its stake in Croatian food producer and retailer Agrokor. Sberbank CEO Maxim Poletayev told Reu...

Slovenia's Mercator Group Sees Turnover, EBITDA Up

Slovenia’s Mercator Group has reported a 5.4% annual increase in retail revenue in the first nine months of 2018, to €1.2 billion. In the sam...

Lidl Enters Serbia With 16 Stores

Germany's Lidl opened 16 stores in Belgrade and other cities across Serbia on Wednesday, launching the discount supermarket chain in the Balkan nation....