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French Q2 Online Retail Sales Up 5.3%: Fevad

Online retail sales in France rose 5.3% year-on-year to €25.9 billion ($30.75 billion) in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic spurred remote s...

French Crop Growers Warn Farms At Risk After Harvest Setbacks

Poor harvests this year in France are expected to push most grain growers into the red and could put some farms in less fertile regions out of business, fa...

Paris Gourmet Grocer Fauchon Faces COVID Crunch From Lack Of Tourists

Since its start as a grocery pushcart, the Fauchon delicatessen has been on the same spot in central Paris for 134 years where it was buffeted by two World...

French Consumer Prices To Rise By 0.2% Year-On-Year In August: INSEE

France’s consumer price index (CPI) is expected to rise by 0.2% in August 2020, after a 0.8% growth in the previous month, according to provisional e...

Weather-Hit Crop To Cut French Wheat Exports By Nearly 40%: Agritel

A sharp fall in France's soft wheat harvest this year due to adverse weather throughout the crop cycle will reduce exports from the European Union's larges...

E. Leclerc Continues To Set The Pace In France, Kantar Data Shows

Market leader E. Leclerc continues to be the pacesetter in the French grocery market, according to the latest data from Kantar, with the Ivry-sur-Seine bas...

French Consumer Confidence Holds Steady In August

French consumer confidence held steady in August as unemployment fears eased further in the euro zone's second-biggest economy, a survey from the INSEE sta...

France’s Casino Group Disposes Of 5% Equity In Mercialys

French retailer Casino has announced the 'additional and definitive' disposal of 5% of Mercialys equity through the Mercialys total return swap (TRS). T...