This year’s Danish E-commerce price has been awarded Aarstiderne, which since 1999 has provided organic food to customers’ doors.
Coop Denmark introduces one of the world’s most successful concepts in food over the past 10 years, Italian Eataly. First it will replace Irma as the big market in the… Read more »
From the autumn it will be possible for all customers to pay with their mobile phone when shopping in 1,200 stores in Kvickly, Super, Dagli’Brugsen, Fakta and Irma. It is the result… Read more »
Apoteket has taken over from Apotek Hjärtat as player in eight locations around the country. The new pharmacies were opened on Friday.
Lars Appelqvist, CEO of Löfbergs since 2008, will become the new chairman of the Swedish Food Federation. He succeeds Göran Holm, who served in the post for six years.
Dagrofa has recruited Jan Helleskov as new communications director. The former Bang & Olufsen director will have overall responsibility for the company’s internal and external communications, including the management of their own… Read more »
Willys becomes the first Swedish discount chain to open food sales online. The strategy is to offer the same prices as in store and primarily deliver through pick up stations.
Denmark’s largest chain converts døgnNetto chain to yellow Netto. ”døgnNETTO has worked really well and had great progress last year, but today consumers will have access to the entire Netto… Read more »
ICA has so far increased its sales this year by 3.5 percent. Due to an early Easter, store sales decreased by 0.8 percent n April compared with the corresponding month last year.
Runar Hollevik becomes the most powerful director in Norwegian retail. He will succeed Tommy Korneliussen as CEO of Norgesgruppen who quits this year – and therefore decide over about half… Read more »
Today starts the rebranding of Statoil petrol stations in Europe. The first inauguration takes place in Sweden when Statoil Länna / Skogås outside Stockholm becomes Circle K. However in Norway the launch is postponed… Read more »
Kesko’s net sales for the first quarter of the year were at the same level as in the previous year, the operating profit increased and the return on capital employed… Read more »
Hemköp has in a few days time announced its two largest investments for this year and next. This week opened a new concept in Solna Centrum. The next year comes a large investment… Read more »
According to Statistics Finland’s retail trade flash estimate, the sales of retail trade decreased by 0.3 percent in March from March 2015. Over the same period, the volume of retail… Read more »
A pilot project from ICA aims to develop a future way to shop for groceries online. With a digital lock installed on the door, the customer can get their food delivered all… Read more »
Lidl has presented its new store identity in Finland – switching colors from blue to grey, introducing wider corridors and re-located departments but also improved facilities for the staff. The new look… Read more »
Dagrofa thanks its Gestus brand for a strong growth in sales of private label products. With Gestus as a spearhead sales of its own brands grew by 10 percent in 2015 . ”The… Read more »
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority has granted Kesko permission to acquire Suomen Lähikauppa, but with an obligation to sell 60 stores to competitors.
ICA’s sales the first quarter of 2016 improved with strong March- and Easter-sales, reaching 5.1 percent. Hypermarkets continue to be the strongest performer in the Group.
SuperBrugsen has just begun the refurbishment and conversion of three stores in Copenhagen into a new concept, the new supermarket-convenience-brand Brugsen will open at the end of the month.
Dansk Supermarked Group (Danish Supermarket Group) will annually invest 2 billion DKK in the construction of new stores, refurbishment of existing and further development of the company’s e-commerce platforms. In 2016 more… Read more »
Coop Danmark is working hard to double the sales of organic food before 2020. Now t’s going to try to do it in two weeks. All1,200 stores are participating and some of… Read more »
Social supermarket Matmissionen is now looking for new premises after the fire in the premises, in Rågsved in southern Stockholm.
Dagrofa campaign “Choose Danish – you buy, we give”, has sent more than 1.5 million DKK back to producers in Danish agriculture.
Bilka has set the concept for the future – starting in Tilst. The store re-opening on Saturday is the new and modernized version of the hypermarket, aimed to compete with discount chains… Read more »
The Finnish retail sales grew by 2.3 per cent year-on-year in February. Especially the grocery trade boosted the numbers by a 4.1 percent increase in volume.
Netto Denmark increases the number of stores that never close. Now two stores open in North Zealand.
The border trade does not suffer from a weaker Norwegian currency. In Charlottenberg the retail trade has so far this year increased by over 20 percent. “When the Norwegian krone… Read more »
The Finnish state-owned alcohol monopoly-chain Alko will start e-commerce this year. The aim is to offer the full range. “Our customers can use our services precisely in those channels where… Read more »
The Swedish Cooperative Federation, KF, reports a profit after tax of just over one billion SEK for 2015. ”It is gratifying that we can now show such good results of… Read more »