Metro Inc.

Target has opened its first stores in Canada, a highly competitive market where Walmart Canada has been growing its share rapidly....More

It looks like 2013 could be a big year for mergers and acquisitions among strategic buyers and private investors, according to industry observers — due to an easing of credit markets and to the floodgates that will open once Supervalu completes the sale of the former Albertsons banners to a private equity consortium....More

MONTREAL — Metro Inc. here, in partnership with Dunnhumby Canada, is collecting a range of loyalty and digital data that is employed to “personalize every interaction we can with customers,” said Marc Giroux, chief marketing and communications officer, Metro, in a presentation at the National Retail Federation’s Annual Conference in mid-January....More

MONTREAL — Metro Inc. here has agreed to sell nearly half of its holdings in convenience chain operator Alimentation Couche-Tard, raising speculation the retailer is positioning itself to acquire Safeway Canada....More