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Many stores ready to open on Sundays

With a new Conservatives-led government promising more individual freedom and market liberalization in Norway, the country's biggest grocery chains say they're gearing up to...

Fashion chain hits the right mood

Moods of Norway, with its trademark tractor logo, has chugged its way over rugged terrain to billion-kroner sales and two US superstores. The fashion...

Cash ban call rejected

Government officials and consumers alike are rejecting a proposal to change Norwegian law so that hotels and restaurants could legally refuse to accept cash...

More merchants accept euros

Norway has turned down membership in the European Union (EU) twice and firmly sticks by its own strong currency, the krone. That hasn't stopped...

Store opening hours enter campaign debate

City leaders in the Conservative-run cities of Oslo and Bergen want to allow stores to open for business on Sundays, and the Conservative Party...

Grocery chain ICA wins a reprieve

The Norwegian government has temporarily approved a controversial purchasing agreement between struggling grocery store chain ICA Norge and the rival NorgesGruppen, which dominates the...

Grocery chain deal could be illegal

The future of the ICA grocery store chain in Norway was uncertain this week after Norway’s competition authority Konkurransetilsynet ordered a temporary suspension of a...

Grocery importers to step up control

Several of Norway’s largest grocery store chains plan to increase testing and step up control of their own imported products after Europe's horsemeat scandal...

Horsemeat scandal reaches Norway

UPDATED: NorgesGruppen, Norway's largest grocery wholesaler and retailer, announced Friday that it had found horsemeat in frozen lasagne it imports to Norway under the...

More stores may open on Sundays

Norway's Labour Party is clearing the way for a re-evaluation of the country's laws restricting opening times for retail stores. Since Labour leads the...
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