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French baby store chain Orchestra Prémaman is going to fall back on the French-speaking part of Belgium, closing all stores in the Dutch-speaking part. "We have never been able to make a breakthrough there", founder Pierre Mestre admits.

The potential sale of Lipton by Unilever is attracting a lot of interest: six groups of investors are already considering an offer, including the parent company of chocolate producer Barry Callebaut.

The new owners of Dutch retailer Hema are already looking to sell their chain - and they are not very subtle about it. CEO Tjeerd Jegen says he will not accept just anyone.

Stop & Shop, Ahold Delhaize's biggest chain in the United States, has cancelled the acquisition of King Kullen, often named America's oldest supermarket chain. This is largely due to the coronavirus crisis.

The European Commission has formulated concerns regarding the acquisition of eyewear retailer GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica, fearing the resulting group could become too powerful as the French-Italian group is already an important producer of eyewear.

Le Pain Quotidien's American locations have a new owner: Aurify Brands, manager of fast food restaurants, will become master franchiser and will therefore manage the formula separately from the Belgian group.

Belgian fashion group FNG wants to delay payments of interests and debts of its bonds, causing concerns and speculations as its CEO Dieter Penninckx has suddenly left as well.