Now playing Next no comment Protests in Brazil after black man beaten by supermarket security People protested in a Carrefour supermarket in Rio de Janeiro after the death of a Black man beaten by white security guards at another branch in Porto Alegre. The killing has sparked outrage on social networks and overshadowed Brazil's Black Consciousness Day, a holiday in several states. 21/11/2020
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Now playing Next Business Series European court rules size doesn't matter in supermarket ads European Court of Justice rules on a case involving Carrefour and Intermarché over comparisons in adverts between prices in different sized retailers. 08/02/2017
Now playing Next Business Series Saddled with 1.3 billion euros of debt, Greek retailer Marinopoulos gets bankruptcy protection Greece's biggest supermarket chain, Marinopoulos, has gained protection from its creditors from an Athens court while it restructures. It has debts of 1.3 billion euros, half to banks and half to supp 01/07/2016
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