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FRANCE: Bonduelle looks for growth with revamp

11 Dec 2012

French vegetable producer Bonduelle is to put in place a new management and organisational structure to support its development and accelerate international growth.

RUSSIA: Globus secures EBRD funding for "green" hypermarkets

19 Apr 2012

German retailer Globus has secured a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to fund the building of four "green" hypermarkets in Russia.

Talking shop: Does the hypermarket format have a future?

3 Apr 2012

"Soulless sheds", "beached whales" and "blips in the history of retail" are descriptions that have recently been assigned to hypermarkets, a format that seems to have taken on the persona of a dinosaur whose days are numbered. Glynn Davis takes a look at whether this once high-flying format can be rejuvenated.

SWITZ: Migros profits drop 22% on "consumer tourism"

29 Mar 2012

Switzerland's largest retailer Migros Group has booked a 22% drop in profit for 2011, as the strong Swiss franc and "consumer tourism" hit the group's results.

FRANCE/RUSSIA: Bonduelle acquires CECAB's Russian ops

20 Jan 2012

Bonduelle has agreed a deal to buy the Russian operations of fellow French food company CECAB.