European Retail Round Table

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European Retail Round Table
AbbreviationERRT
Merged intoEuroCommerce
Formation1999; 26 years ago (1999)[1]
Dissolved2020; 5 years ago (2020)
TypeTrade association
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium[2]
Region served
Europe
Websiteerrt.org (archived)

The European Retail Round Table (ERRT) was a Brussels-based association that brought together the chief executives of major European retail groups to engage with EU institutions on single market, competition, sustainability and supply-chain issues.[3] It merged into EuroCommerce in November 2019 and ceased operations in 2020.[4]

History

ERRT was active by 1999 and was based at Square de Meeûs 35, Brussels.[5][6] Its policy work addressed the European single market for retail, including digital and cross-border issues, as set out in a 2015 position paper to the European Commission.[7]

In 1999 ERRT convened a GMO working group (chaired by Lucy Neville-Rolfe of Tesco) and, in consultation with EuroCommerce, issued a discussion paper on GMOs in food setting out retailers’ views on labelling and risk communication. The paper supported an EU-wide labelling regime (including derivatives and additives), a very low threshold for adventitious presence, validated testing methods, and segregation/traceability along the supply chain; it also reported several large retailers removing GM ingredients from own-brand products in response to consumer concerns.[8]

ERRT was a founding association behind The Supply Chain Initiative (2013), promoting fair-trading practices across the food supply chain;[9] worked with the Commission and EuroCommerce on the Retail Forum for Sustainability and the Retailers’ Environmental Action Programme (REAP);[10] and acted as secretariat to the Timber Retail Coalition (Carrefour, IKEA, Kingfisher, Marks & Spencer), which advocated EU rules on legally and responsibly sourced timber.[11] Under the Retail Forum for Sustainability, ERRT coordinated the voluntary Retail Agreement on Waste and published a 2016 report summarising signatories’ actions to prevent and reduce waste across operations and supply chains.[12]

On 7 November 2019, ERRT and EuroCommerce announced that they would merge their activities, with ERRT's functions integrated into EuroCommerce; ERRT ceased operations in 2020. [13]

Members

CompanyMembershipNotes
Ahold Delhaize1999–2020As Royal Ahold until 2016, when merged with Delhaize Group.
C&A1999–2018
Carrefour1999–2016
Delhaize Group1999–2016Merged with Royal Ahold in 2016.
Dixons Group1999–2009Rebranded as DSG international in 2005; now Currys plc.
Kingfisher plc1999–2012
Marks & Spencer1999–2019
Metro AG1999–2019
J Sainsbury1999–2005
Promodès1999Merged into Carrefour in 1999.
Tesco1999–2018
El Corte Inglés2000–2020
IKEA2000–2019
Gruppo Coin2002–2004
Asda2004–2017
Inditex2005–2020
H&M2006–2016
Mercadona2006–2019
Auchan2013–2016
ICA Gruppen2013–2020
Jerónimo Martins2013–2020
Lidl2013–2019
Dansk Supermarked2014–2016Company now known as Salling Group.
Ceconomy2017–2020Spun off from Metro AG in 2017.

See also

References

  1. ↑ European e-Business Report 2002/2003 (PDF) (Report). European Commission – eBusiness W@tch. March 2003. p. 157. Retrieved 8 November 2025. References include "ERRT (European Retail Round Table) (1999): Retailing in Europe: A dynamic force driving employment opportunities."
  2. ↑ "Data Privacy Policy – The Supply Chain Initiative". SupplyChainInitiative.eu. Retrieved 8 November 2025. "The European Retail Round Table (ERRT), Square de Meeûs 35, B-1000 Brussels".
  3. ↑ "ERRT Position on the EU Single Market" (PDF). European Commission. December 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "European Retail Round Table". LobbyFacts. Retrieved 8 November 2025. "No longer registered as of 31 Jan 2020."
  5. ↑ European e-Business Report 2002/2003 (PDF) (Report). European Commission – eBusiness W@tch. March 2003. p. 176. Retrieved 8 November 2025. Lists "ERRT (1999): Retailing in Europe: A dynamic force driving employment opportunities."
  6. ↑ "Data Privacy Policy – The Supply Chain Initiative". SupplyChainInitiative.eu. Retrieved 8 November 2025. "The European Retail Round Table (ERRT), Square de Meeûs 35, B-1000 Brussels".
  7. ↑ "ERRT Position on the EU Single Market" (PDF). European Commission. December 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Discussion paper on genetically modified organisms in food (PDF) (Report). European Retail Round Table. 1999. pp. 2, 5–11. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "The Supply Chain Initiative". EuroCommerce. Retrieved 8 November 2025. EU-level associations include ERRT and EuroCommerce.
  10. ↑ "Retail Forum for Sustainability: 10 years of cooperation" (PDF) (Press release). EuroCommerce. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Timber Retail Coalition". Sustainable Forest Products (WRI/WBCSD directory). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  12. ↑ ERRT Retail Agreement on Waste — Report (PDF) (Report). European Retail Round Table. 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "EuroCommerce and the European Retail Round Table to join forces" (Press release). EuroCommerce. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2025.