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Galeries Lafayettes
15/04/2024

Galeries Lafayette divests from Carrefour

Galfa, the company owned by the Moulin family, owners of Galeries Lafayette, is no longer the largest shareholder in the retail giant Carrefour. The company has just partially disposed of its stake by selling 25 million shares and transferring 3.5% of its capital to the Carrefour group. Here are some explanations from the experts at […]

Lidl dans le cloud
06/03/2024

Lidl is moving into the Cloud

The German discounter has its sights set on technology. Through its parent company, the Schwarz Group, Lidl wants to become a “national cloud champion” in Germany. Here are some insights from the experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions. The German business daily Handelsblatt named him “Visionary of the Year”. In […]

Casino
29/01/2024

The mass retail sector is consolidating

The mass retail sector is undergoing a paradigm shift. After 2023, a year marked by rising food prices and the collapse of the giant supermarket chain Casino, new developments are on the horizon. Here are some explanations from the experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions. It all started with the […]

Biocoop Magasin bio
02/10/2023

In supermarkets, organic food is no longer in demand

Between January and July 2023, organic product sales in supermarkets fell by 13%. Under the impact of inflation, supermarket shoppers are rethinking their consumption habits. These changes are having an adverse effect on the organic sector. The experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions, explain. According to data from the Circana […]

Hypermarché
18/09/2023

Mass retail: the superstore model in search of a reboot

There has been a lot of activity in the retail sector in recent months. Carrefour’s acquisition of Cora and Match – owned by the Louis Delhaize group – and the serious difficulties of the giant Casino have raised questions about the relevance of the superstore business model. Experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in […]

Cora devient Carrefour
20/07/2023

Carrefour takes over Cora

A new move in the highly dynamic mass retailing sector. The giant Carrefour has just acquired Cora and Match, two brands of the Louis Delhaize group. The experts at AURIS Finance, a consultancy specialising in mergers and acquisitions, take a closer look at this latest move on the market. €1.05 billion. This is the amount […]

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