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Italy's Crai Reports 9% Growth In Turnover

Italian retailer Crai has reported a 9% annual growth in turnover for 2016, increasing to €5.8 billion. The supermarket chain experienced an increa...

Success For Carrefour’s Local Milk Project In Italy

Carrefour Italia has seen a 10% growth in sales over the past year for its local milk promotion initiative. Launched one year ago, the 'Piemunto' p...

Crai Launches 'Crai Extra' Supermarket Format In Italy

Italian grocery retailer Crai has announced the new 'Crai Extra' format for large supermarkets with areas from 800 to 2,500 square metres. Besides the t...

Italy’s Crai Codè Takes Over 70 Prestofresco Stores

Italian grocery retailer Crai Codè has acquired 70 stores belonging to the Prestofresco supermarket chain in the Piedmont, Lombardy and Liguria regi...

Leader Price Postpones Italian Launch To End Of 2017

French discount chain Leader Price is set to announce its first entry into the Italian market by the end of 2017. The original plan was to open the firs...

Auchan-Sma Breaks Italian Purchasing Alliance With Sisa

Auchan-Sma has broken off its purchasing alliance in Italy with Sisa, effective from 1 January 2017. A long-term purchasing agreement had been effective...

Italy’s CRAI Relaunches Pellicano Supermarket Chain

Italian retailer CRAI Group has acquired the Pellicano supermarkets chain from Lombardini Group. The company will kick off a strategic relaunch with the...

Crai And Coralis To Develop Synergies In Italian Market

Italian grocery retailers Crai and Coralis have signed a multi-year collaboration agreement, with the goal of developing synergies on commercial and manage...