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Metro Kicks Off China Unit Sale, Likely To Fetch €1.76bn Valuation: Sources

Wholesaler Metro AG has kicked off the sale of its China operations by calling for bids, in a deal that would value the business at as much as $2 billion (...

Metro Removes Single-Use Plastic From Canteens

Wholesaler Metro AG has announced that it will no longer use single-use plastic utensils in the canteens of its Düsseldorf headquarters. The group...

Metro Launches Operations In Myanmar With Virtual Store

German wholesaler Metro has announced that it has launched operations in Myanmar with a virtual store that will offer customers efficient digital ordering...

Metro Aims For Deal To Sell Real Hypermarkets In April Or May

German wholesaler Metro is aiming to sign a deal to sell its loss-making Real hypermarkets chain in April or May, chief executive Olaf Koch said. Metro...

Casino, Metro, Auchan, DIA Officially Launch Horizon International Services

Auchan Retail, Casino Group, Metro and DIA have officially launched a new purchasing platform, Horizon International Services, following approval from the...

Metro Intends To Sell Real Hypermarket Business 'As A Whole'

Wholesaler Metro has said that it still intends to sell its Real hypermarket business 'as a whole', despite suggestions in the German media that Kaufland m...

Metro Sees Like-For-Like Sales Up 2.3%, But Russia Still Weighs

Wholesaler Metro AG said that its first quarter like-for-like sales were up 2.3% across the group, with Asia (+5.9%) and Eastern Europe (+6.4%) performing...

ESM: A Year In Retail – Olaf Koch, Metro AG, Issue 5 2018

In the run up to Christmas 2018, ESM is proud to present a recap of some of our biggest articles of the year, exclusively for Premium website subscribers....