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Weak sales surprised and disappointed

Norway's state statistics bureau SSB has confirmed that holiday sales were much weaker than analysts had expected. SSB's figures follow sales reports from various...

Retailers threatened by online sales

Norwegian consumers have set off an "explosion" in online sales over the past year, and conventional retailers are responding with cries for protection. Norway's...

Cross-border trade rises again

A weaker currency means Norwegians aren't saving quite as much money as they did a year ago by driving over the border to shop...

No easy task to ease liquor sales

Efforts by Norway's new conservative government to "modernize" the state wine and liquor monopoly (Vinmonopolet), and ease some restrictions on its sales, were  met...

Latest salvo fired in grocery store wars

Two of Norway's grocery store chains announced on Friday that they were teaming up through a new joint purchasing agreement, in an effort to...

Bankruptcies rise as home prices fall

Just as real estate brokers are reporting year-on-year declines of as much as 5 percent or more on the prices of homes in Norway,...

Solberg: ‘Norway is too expensive’

Prime Minister Erna Solberg joined the chorus this week of those who believe costs and prices in Norway have reached a level that's becoming...

New day dawns for EU relations

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg promised better relations with the European Union (EU) before she was elected, and now her fellow ministers are...

Grocery officials huddle to set new prices

Annual price negotiations between grocery stores chains in Norway and food producers and wholesalers were underway this week, and raising more concerns. Dominant NorgesGruppen,...

‘Weakest krone’ since 2009

The value of Norway's currency has suddenly fallen to its weakest level since 2009, making the country's notoriously high prices slightly less startling for...
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