Chile
Companies
Chile's soft drinks association ANBER has reported that soft drinks sales in the country declined by 1.7% during the first six months of 2009 in line with a drop in discretionary...
2009-06-15Companies
Chile's fourth largest department store chain Empresas La Polar has agreed to study a merger proposal from Omega, the parent company of supermarket chain Supermercados del Sur. Omega's...
2009-06-09Companies
Chilean retail group Cencosud has reported that its sales in the first quarter of 2009 increased by 11.8% to reach CLP1.33trn (US$2.3bn). However, a large proportion of this increase...
2009-05-11Companies
Chilean beverage firm Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU) has reported mixed sales figures for the first quarter of 2009. The firm, which operates principally in Chile and Argentina,...
2009-04-09Companies
The chairman of Chile's largest supermarket operator D&S has said that the firm may not enter Peru this year as originally planned. Chairman Felipe Ibanez told reporters at a...
2009-04-03Companies
Colombia's largest processed food producer Grupo Nacional de Chocolates will pursue acquisitions in Peru and the Caribbean this year according to the company's Chief Executive Officer...
2009-03-20Companies
Chilean retail group Cencosud has reported that its sales in 2008 leapt by 48.8% to reach CLP6.13trn. This growth was fuelled by rising consumer affluence across the region and an...
2009-02-12Companies
The world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores has announced that its tender offer for Chile's leading supermarket operator D&S has been successful. Wal-Mart has so far managed...
2009-01-26




