International News

8 August 2008

Russia-Jane Norman is set open four stores in Russia from next year.

4 August 2008

Australia- Coffee giant Starbucks plans to close 61 of its 85 outlets across Australia within the week.

1 August 2008

B&Q owner Kingfisher, Europe's biggest home improvements retailer, has agreed to sell its Castorama Italy business to French DIY firm Groupe Adeo for £441.1million in cash, boosting its shares.

19 February 2008

Oslo -Shoppers at one Norwegian mall can now buy cuts in their carbon footprint as they pick up their weekly groceries.

7 January 2008

Poland-Leading emerging markets property developer, Plaza Centers has today announced it has won a competitive tender for the development of a shopping and entertainment centre in Kielce, Poland.

19 December 2007

Kuwait-Kuwait’s IFA Hotels & Resorts has completed a US$300 million deal which will lead to a new hotel being built in central Manhattan, New York. The deal represents IFA Hotels & Resorts first investment into North America.

1 December 2007

Tesco could position its Fresh & Easy chain among the top 10 supermarket retailers in the United States by 2015, with sales of $10 billion (4.8 billion pounds), anyalyst TNS Retail Forward said in a report this week.

8 November 2007

California-Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, has opened its first six US stores in California.

3 October 2007

Emaar Properties PJSC, the Dubai-based property developer is to develop four mixed-use projects in Algeria at a cost of $20 billion.

27 September 2007

Tesco has announced plans to invade the United States with the opening of 48 new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets across Southern California’s Inland Empire region.