Hypermarket

Small grocery stores contribute approximately 10% to Bulgaria's GDP. For the first time in a decade, traditional trade is outpacing the growth of modern trade, reversing a long-standing trend that had led to the closure of 10,000 family-owned stores in recent years.

Large supermarket companies are now fighting the battle for greater market shares in hypermarkets, as contrary to forecasts that this category would suffer due to inflationary pressures, it is growing at a much higher rate than the overall growth in the sector.

Under the threat of a possible protest issued by non-food hypermarkets  yesterday, the authorities decided to open them. Health Minister Kostadin Angelov announced that this will be written down in an order he will make public today. It will require stores to provide 8-10 sq m of shopping area per each customer.

The Online Marketing Research Agency JTN conducted a national-representative survey on April 20-24 on the consumer behavior trends in the conditions of COVID-19. It aims to outline major changes in customer behavior and attitudes.

China's online giant Alibaba can acquire part of the German Metro trade chain operations on the Chinese market. This is what unnamed sources of Reuters say.

Sklavenitis, the leading Greek supermarket chain, is planning to open a number of store where the emphasis will be on fresh products while another project foresees the showcasing of small Greek producers.

Evacuation in a metropolitan hypermarket in Mladost.

Because of a bomb alert shortly before 18 hours, customers were asked to leave the building and abandon their carts.

The second mall in terms of revenue in Bulgaria - The Mall on Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. is for sale, read the notification sent to the Commission for Protection of Competition at the end of 2016.

HomeMax is the new name of the Bulgarian business of Austrian hypermarket chain bauMax.

bauMax sold its network of eight stores in Bulgaria to local investor Haedus JSC in September 2014.

BELGRADE/ABU DHABI - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic conferred on Sunday in Abu Dhabi with Managing Director of the LuLu Group Yusuff Ali, who voiced interest in including Serbian food products in the offer of the UAE's leading hypermarket chain.