Unilever saw its personal care brands start the year strongly, but its household categories are struggling. Dove grew 8 %, setting the pace.

Fnac Darty posted a 29 % growth in the first quarter of its financial year 2025, but that would be - 0.6 % excluding the ...

French luxury group Kering has had another difficult quarter. Gucci is hardest hit: a new artistic director now has to turn ...

H&M Group owns a majority stake in Sellpy, but is also expanding H&M Pre-loved to more stores. Sofia Måhlén, Circular ...

Ikea is increasing its focus on second-hand sales. Last year, Belgian customers returned 72 % more items of furniture to the ...

Henkel has appointed Geert Luyckx as its new President Benelux, succeeding Stefan Pichler who is going to lead a British ...

Lululemon announced plans to open its first Belgian stores in Antwerp and Brussels this summer, now that insecurity is ...

After Ochama in the Netherlands, Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is now trying to launch a British online hypermarket. It is currently being tested, ahead of the full launch at the end of this year.

Several retailers have recently stopped distributing paper promotional leaflets in favour of targeted digital communication. This is a risky strategy: research shows that households that do not ...

Rituals closed the last financial year with another profit. This year, the retailer plans to continue growing in Europe and Asia, with the opening of some 260 additional shops. US import duties are ...

Heineken has suffered from a drop in beer sales and a fall in turnover in the first quarter of 2025. Meanwhile, negotiations with supermarkets remain difficult. The total volume of beer sold was 54.1 ...

In order to make even more use of economies of scale, Aldi Nord plans to purchase even more private label products and promotional products on a European scale, to improve its profitability. Aldi Nord ...