US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has hired Jocelyn Wong, an executive from larger grocer Safeway Inc, as chief marketing officer. Wong, who joined Safeway in 2010 from Procter & Gamble, will report to Family Dollar president and ...
Tags: discount retailer, Marketing Chief, grocers
Spanish discount retailer Dia has announced plans to launch a neighbourhood store model across Spain under the banner Dia Fresh. The format, which focuses on consumers' demands for fresh products, will stock items such as fruit, ...
Tags: Format Stores, diet products, store openings
US discount retailer Dollar General has booked higher half-year profits after it increased sales. Dollar General reported net income of US$427.6m for the six months to 3 August, up from $303m a year earlier. Operating income was $771.5m, ...
Tags: Profits, Sales increase, candy, snacks sales
Spanish discount retailer Dia has recorded an increase in first-half profit, boosted by a "good business performance" in Iberia, Argentina and Brazil. Net earnings in the six-month period amounted to EUR61.7m (US$75.8m), an 18.5% increase ...
Tags: Net profits, Sales increase, net sales
Discount retailer Lidl has expanded its Deluxe product range in the UK. Lidl said it has doubled the number of lines in the range in preparation for the Christmas season after sales of the range increased by 200%from 2011 to 2012.The ...
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Spanish discount retailer Dia has booked an increase in profit in the first nine months of the year,boosted by growth in emerging markets. The Spain-listed company,which was spun off by France's Carrefour last year,saw its net profit ...
Tags: emerging markets, net profit, net sales
US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has hired Jocelyn Wong,an executive from larger grocer Safeway Inc,as chief marketing officer. Wong,who joined Safeway in 2010 from Procter&Gamble,will report to Family Dollar president and COO ...
UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has appointed ex-Aldi senior executive Paul Foley as international business director in a bid to drive growth overseas. Foley,who previously held a position within Iceland before moving to discount ...
Tags: frozen food, Iceland Foods, overseas, Paul Foley
UK dairy farmers this week gathered at a summit in London to air their views on recent cuts in prices to liquid milk and the implications of the cuts. In the US, PepsiCo and Müller made the much-anticipated launch of their yoghurt ...
Tags: dairy, liquid milk, yoghurt, PepsiCo, dairy farmers