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Coop Italia Reports Strong Sales In 2023

Coop Italia and its member cooperatives achieved an overall turnover of €16.4 billion in its financial year 2023, reflecting a 2% increase compared to...

Coop Italia Launches Over 200 New Pet Food SKUs

Italian cooperative and retailer Coop is launching 200 new SKUs across four pet food lines.

Coop Italia Pledges To Reduce VAT Rate On Sanitary Pads

Coop Italia has pledged to absorb a recent VAT increase on sanitary pads in Italy, and has reactivated a campaign to reduce the tax rate on these and other...

Coop Italia Launches New Low Cost Private Label Line

Coop Italia has launched a new budget private-label range under the Spesotti brand, which the retailer says offers significant savings on everyday ite...

Consumption Declines In Italy, Discounters Gain Market Share

Consumption in Italy continues to decline, while the discounters are gaining market share, with the food industry still reluctant to lower prices, accordin...

Coop Alleanza 3.0 Divests Real Estate Portfolio For €50m

Coop Alleanza 3.0, the largest of the consumer cooperatives in the Coop Italia network, has sold a portfolio worth €50 million to Real Estate Spv Proj...

Francesco Pugliese Stepping Down As Conad CEO

Francesco Pugliese is stepping down from the role of CEO of Italian retailer Conad after 12 years in the post, having been with the business since the earl...

European Retailers Honoured In PLMA International Salute to Excellence Awards

Retailers including REWE Group, Dirk Rossmann, Md S.p.A, Coop Italia, Aldi Netherlands, A.S. Watson and Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland were among the big...