FRANCE: WHAT WOMEN WANT

Article Abstract:

According to a survey which Secodip carried out in 2000, 40.3% of women want smaller neighbourhood supermarkets and 9.5% want to see greater possibilities of purchasing from their homes. The leading criteria of choice among supermarkets and hypermarkets for French women are quality (59.3%), product quality (41.7%, lowest prices (31.1%), choice of products and brands (28.5%), and the ease of parking (22.3%). French women want to save time and make the most of their day. They are increasingly demanding services from retail chains such as loyalty cards, and magazines and catalogues sent to their homes. Half of French women think that the French economic situation will be better in the next two years.

Marketing

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FRANCE: CREMONINI'S GUSTO RESTAURANT CHAIN

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Cremonini, which will operate the food service on the Eurostar as of 1 June 2000, has opened its first restaurant in the Gusto chain in Lyon. This unit has 575 square metres of floor space, making the biggest which the group will open in France. The others will range from 50 square metres (corners in shopping centres, to places which offer 50 to 100 products. The group is going to invest FFr 100mn in opening 100 restaurants within five years. The average bill will be FFr 45, and the group expects to make a turnover of FFr 6mn.

Eating places, Restaurants & Food Service, Food Services and Drinking Places, Cremonini

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FRANCE: TRAINING INVESTMENT FOR POINT.P

Article Abstract:

In the French building sector, Point P, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain Distribution Batiment, has opened a staff training college at Arles, France, in a EUR 460,000 investment. The company recruited 2,000 staff in 2000.

Labor force information, Building Materials, Retail, Building Material and Supplies Dealers, Lumber and other building materials

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