LOS ANGELES, CA, August 27, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- For those that have begun looking into data storage options for their own personal use or to resell for their own business, it will not take much for this task to become expensive as ...
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Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
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John Rishton, the former chief executive of Dutch retailer Ahold, is set to take a seat on Unilever's boards of directors, the consumer goods giant said today (17 December). Rishton, who was Ahold boss between 2007 and 2011, will be put ...
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US retailer Supervalu, battling to revitalise its business, has decided to close around 60 stores. Supervalu, which has a network of about 4,400 outlets across the US, said it would shut the "under-performing or non-strategic stores" in ...
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Ahold has booked a 3% drop in net income during the first quarter of 2012 as the retailer invested in price cuts in the face of weakening consumer sentiment in Europe and the US. First-quarter net income fell 3.1% to EUR282m (US$352m), ...
Sweden-based retailer ICA, in which Dutch retail giant Ahold owns a majority stake, has reported higher half-year profits. ICA, which has stores in Sweden, Norway and in the Baltic, booked net income of SEK776m (US$117.2m), up from ...
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US food manufacturers including PepsiCo, Mondelez International and Hershey have closed offices and factories as Hurricane Sandy moves closer to the country's eastern seaboard. Nestle and Unilever have also confirmed some of their US ...
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Dutch retailer Ahold has booked a decline in operating profit as investments in pricing hit margins. The company booked an 11% increase in sales, which rose to EUR1.6bn (US$9.67bn) as its strategy to lower prices resulted in higher ...
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Dutch retailer Ahold has said it expects to see its margins recover in the Netherlands after conceding they were "weaker than expected" in the first half. Ahold this morning (22 August) booked an increase in first-half profits but its ...
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Spanish retailer El Corte Ingles is to join buying alliance AMS Sourcing. The retailer will join Netherlands-based AMS from 1 January, it announced today (31 July). Bert Swartsenburg, AMS managing director, said: "We are more than happy ...
Ahold today (4 September) admitted it is weighing up the options for its stake in ICA, the Sweden-based retailer. The Dutch retail giant owns 60% of ICA, which has stores in Sweden, Norway and the Baltic states. Ahold said it wanted to ...
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Dutch retailer Ahold is to team up with US meats firm Vantage Foods on a processing project in Pennsylvania. Ahold, which owns chains including Stop & Shop and Giant Food in the US, will build a plant in Lower Allen Township in ...
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Ahold USA has divided its marketing and merchandising roles into two, appointing Erik Keptner to the newly-created post of EVP, marketing. The move is designed to provide "better support" to Ahold USA's local retail divisions, focusing on ...
Dutch retailer Ahold has said it will step up its moves to cut costs in a bid to fuel further investment in the business. Ahead of a meeting with analysts in the US, the group said it will up its cost savings from EUR350m (US$454.7m) to ...
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Ahold has said it plans to mechanise large parts of the supply chain for its Albert Heijn subsidiary, while also streamlining supply lines for perishable foods. The firm said today (7 September) that it will invest heavily in Albert ...
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