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Supermarkets lose ground to hypermarkets in big cities
The first half of the year brought market share increases only to hypermarkets and discount stores, formats that have seen the fastest expansion, reveals a study by market research company G...
Retailers speed up store openings
International food retail networks want to open around 30 supermarkets and hypermarkets in the last quarter of 2008 by investing over 400m euros, in a bid to make up for delays.
Lespagnol, Carrefour: We will expand as fast as we can
Patrice Lespagnol, who has been at the helm of Carrefour Romania since April, said in one of his first public appearances that his current priority is expansion of the two networks operated...
Summer in hypermarkets: fewer customers, but more purchases
Amid cooler temperatures compared to last year, with fewer hot periods, this summer did not see sales peaks for beverages, ice creams or air conditioning units in hypermarkets, but major cha...
Electronics among the best sellers in hypermarkets
Electronics and home appliances are the second-leading product category in the majority of networks in terms of sales value, left behind only by foods, which take up over 60 to 70% of the sh...
Carrefour speeds up expansion with 7 hypermarkets a year
Carrefour is expanding its hypermarket network in Romania by 7 stores a year and expects to reach around 40 stores by 2012, according to a report released by Hyparlo, a division of the Frenc...
Half a billion euros aimed at hypermarkets this year
On the domestic hypermarket segment Carrefour is the market leader in terms of sales, while Real boasts the largest number of stores, and Auchan the largest number of shoppers. However, ther...
Auchan targets 20 hypermarkets by 2010
"Auchan's expansion in Romania will end only when I retire," Regis Mougel, the 45 year-old French CEO of the Auchan hypermarket network in Romania, says jokingly. Mougel estimates that there...
Traditional home appliances retailers challenged by hypermarkets and online stores
Amid strong market growth, the three retail networks that specialise in electrical home appliances and electronics - Altex, Domo and Flamingo, are beginning to face competition not only from...