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French Consumer Spending Climbs In August As Shoppers Splurge In Sales

French consumer spending rose 2.3% in August, defying market expectations for a second straight month of falling expenditure, official data showed on Wedne...

Carrefour To Roll Out Sustainably Grown Potatoes

French retailer Carrefour has announced that it is to launch potatoes grown using sustainable farming methods in October across the country. The potatoe...

French Business Confidence Grew In September Despite COVID Resurgence

French business confidence rose in September to its highest level since just before the coronavirus outbreak, despite a resurgence of new cases in recent w...

E. Leclerc Winning More Shoppers Through 'Drive' Services, Says Kantar

E. Leclerc's Drive services continue to be a major contributor to its growth, with more consumers shopping online, according to the latest market share dat...

Carrefour To Recycle Single-Use Masks In France

French retailer Carrefour has launched an initiative to collect and recycle single-use surgical masks in France in a bid to limit pollution caused by disca...

E.Leclerc Replaces Plastic Bags With Reusable Hessian Bags

French retailer E.Leclerc has announced that it has replaced plastic bags from its cash registers with reusable hessian bags in all 721 stores ac...

France Fines Sugar Group Tereos €390,000 For Late Payments

France has fined French sugar and ethanol producer Tereos €390,000 ($459,000) for late payments to suppliers, according to a filing published by a sta...

Carrefour Announces Partnership To Drive E-Commerce Capabilities

Carrefour has announced plans to bolster the 'productivity and profitability' of its e-commerce capabilities, following the signing of a strategic partners...