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South African food retailer Shoprite’s profit up 12%

Bloomberg Shoprite Holdings Ltd. full-year earnings rose 12 percent, in line with analyst estimates, as Africa’s largest food retailer boosted market share in its home market of South Africa and continued to expand elsewhere in the continent. Headline earnings per share, which exclude one-time items, were 10.07 rand a share in the 12 months through June, the Cape Town-based company ...

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Turkish discount retailer Sok plans an IPO in 2018

Reuters Turkish discount retailer Sok is planning an initial public offering in 2018, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that Turkey’s IPO market may be coming back to life. Sok, with more than 4,700 stores and 21,000 employees, is one of Turkey’s biggest discount retailers, selling groceries, fresh produce and household items. It is 39 ...

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TUI’s Air Berlin interest confined to safeguarding own staff

Bloomberg TUI AG wants to safeguard the jobs of 700 of its employees staff who work planes leased to ailing Air Berlin Plc and isn’t interested in rescuing the insolvent carrier. Europe’s biggest holiday company, which disclosed last week that it would engage in talks following the insolvency filing, doesn’t plan to pick up assets and is neutral on what ...

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