South America – Page 4

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    Grupo Pão de Açúca to roll out Extra Supermercado fascia

    2010-08-12T11:08:00Z

    Grupo Pão de Açúcar is to convert 170 CompreBem and Sendas supermarkets to a new fascia Extra Supermercados, by the end of 2011. 16 stores have already been converted, comprising 10 CompreBem in São Paulo and six Sendas in Rio de Janeiro.The retailer plans to convert 61 stores by the ...

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    CVS Q2 revenues increase by 3.7%

    2010-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Drugstore operator CVS reported revenues in the group’s retail pharmacy segment increased 3.7% in the second quarter to $14.3bn (£9.7bn), with total same-store sales increasing 2.1% over the prior year.Pharmacy same-store sales increased 2.9%, helped by continued growth of its Maintenance Choice prescription offer. Front store same-store sales increased 0.4%, ...

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    LVMH to acquire 70% of Brazil’s Sack’s

    2010-07-07T16:09:00Z

    France-based luxury and specialty retail group LVMH is to acquire a 70% stake in Sack’s, a leading online retailer of fragrances, cosmetics and toiletries in Brazil.The operation will form part of the group’s beauty store operation, Sephora, and the acquisition will mark Sephora’s entry into the Brazilian market.Sephora is expected ...

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    D&S rolls out 600 new private-label products

    2010-04-28T13:44:00Z

    Walmart’s Chilean division D&S has rolled out more than 600 new and reformulated private-label products, including the debut of Walmart’s Great Value private-label range in the country.According to D&S, the Walmart private-label range has been imported “to have a better range of products at a great price” in the food ...

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    Carrefour to invest up to £40m in Argentina

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Carrefour will invest as much as ARS250m (£40m) in its stores network in Argentina this year as supermarket sales recover.The retailer, which operates under banners including Dia in the country, invested ARS1.25bn (£202m at current exchange rates) in stores growth between 2006 and 2009, and will add 23 stores to ...

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    Cencosud sales down 11% to £6bn

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Chilean retail conglomerate Cencosud reported an 11% decrease in net sales to CLP5.33 trillion (£6bn) in 2009, while net profit dropped 38% compared with the previous year to CLP96bn (£108m).The retailer, which runs fascias including hypermarket chain Jumbo, attributed its drop in sales and profit to an unfavourable exchange rate, ...

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    Government seeks control of Casino Group Venezuela operations

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    The Latin American country hopes to acquire majority control of Casino Group’s operations in Venezuela.President Hugo Chavez announced that negotiations, following the expropriation order he issued to Casino last month, have led to Casino offering to sell 80% of its shares in the corporation Cadena de Tiendas Venezolanas (Cativen).Casino operates ...