Retailing

Report: Mercator to merge certain activities with Konzum

Ljubljana – Dnevnik reports on Tuesday that after the Slovenian retailer Mercator had been transformed from a joint stock company into a limited liability company at the beginning of the month, the procedure has been launched in the region to merge certain business functions of Mercator and the Croatian retail chain of Konzum.

Tesco supermarket warns on profit as inflation bites

Britain's biggest retailer Tesco yesterday warned that soaring inflation would bite into future profit, causing its share price to slide along with those of rival supermarkets.

Tesco said underlying profit was expected to drop in its current financial year after it jumped by more than one third in 2021/22.

Wall Street Shares Collapse because of Ukraine

Shares of Wall Street collapsed today amid growing fears of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, AFP reported. Markets ignored the good results of Walmart and other companies.

Price of Gold with a Max. Value since June

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.8 percent, a loss of more than 620 points and ended at 34,312.03 points.

Development ministry intercedes for Lidl to drop suit against poor elderly woman caught shoplifting groceries

It took the intervention of Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis for Lidl, the German international discount retailer chain, to drop a lawsuit against a destitute, elderly woman who on 12 February was caught stealing food, meat and cheese reportedly worth 30-40 euros, at the chain's store in Ilion, Western Athens

H&M profit soars as sales return to pre-pandemic levels

Swedish low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB said yesterday that its net sales in local currencies have increased by 8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 56 billion kronor ($6 billion) back at pre-pandemic level with the full year net sales increasing by 6 percent to 199 billion kronor ($21 billion).

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