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Portugal: Biedronka owner only believes in growth
Discount Retail Chains Biedronka and ARA's owner Jeronimo Martins pointed out that EBITDA exceeded EUR 2 billion, the company paid over...
Mar 213 min read


Colombia: Tiendas D1 becomes market leader
Discount Retail Chain Tiendas D1's owner the Valorem Business Group, announced its 2024 operating results, which highlight its...
Mar 142 min read


Colombia: Insights from Hard Discount 2024
The Discount Retail Chain phenomenon keeps brands, traditional supermarkets and local shopkeepers (tiendas) awake at night in Colombia....
Jan 72 min read


Colombia: Discounters will exceed 4,200 stores soon
Discount Retail Chain D1 initially appeared in 2009, and little by little two more competitors joined that, together, have changed the...
Dec 8, 20243 min read


Colombia: Tiendas Ara receives US$120 million loan from IFC for logistics expansion
Discount Retail Chain Tiendas ARA, got a sustainability-linked loan of up to US$120million from the International Finance Corporation...
Nov 25, 20242 min read


Colombia: How Tiendas Ara revolutionized the Colombian market
Discount Retail Chain Tiendas Ara revolutionized the Colombian market in just 11 years. In a decade, Tiendas Ara has managed to position...
Aug 4, 20244 min read

Colombia: Portuguese owned bulk discounter Bodega del Canasto opens 49th store in Colombia
Discounter Bodega del Canasto (owned by the Portugese Jeronimo Martins group) opened 6 stores in 2023. Source: Bodega del Canasto...
Jul 30, 20231 min read

Poland: Colombian products reaching the Polish market by Biedronka
Colombian products reach the largest retail chain in Poland. Biedronka will have a week dedicated to Colombian products such as hammocks,...
Jun 9, 20233 min read

Colombia: discount keeps on growing rapidly
The evolution of discount stores in Colombia is growing swiftly. In the meanwhile, also the 3rd discount player, Isimo, is aiming for 600...
Jun 6, 20231 min read

Colombia: In less than 15 years, hard discount stores revolutionized the supermarket business.
Discount Retail Chains D1, ARA, Olympic or Jumbo, increase their competition in Colombia to serve consumers looking for the lowest...
May 11, 20236 min read

Portugal: Jerónimo Martins' profits grow 59% between January and March
Jerónimo Martins, owner of discount retail chains ARA in Colombia and Biedronka in Poland, saw net income rise across the group to 140...
May 4, 20233 min read


Colombia: Ara discounter results over 2022
Discount Retail Chain Ara (owned by Jeronimo Martins), which is in Colombia and has just celebrated 10 years of operations. Ara said that...
Mar 24, 20231 min read

Portugal: Jerónimo Martins sees inflation boost profits
Portugal's second-largest retailer, Jerónimo Martins (owner of discount retail chains Biedronka in Poland and Ara in Colombia), has...
Mar 23, 20232 min read

Colombia: a new 1-billion-euro investment-boost for discounter ARA will create 3,000 jobs
More investment in Colombia! The group behind Tiendas Ara reported that over the next five years they expect to open 3,000 new jobs and...
Mar 16, 20232 min read

Colombia: Bulk discounter Bodega del Canasto opens 44th store
Bodega del Canasto (owned by the Portugese Jeronimo Martins group) started the new year by opening the 44th store (in city of Orito) and...
Feb 5, 20231 min read


Colombia: Discounters D1 and Ara making their position stronger amid top 35 Colombian companies
The hard discount stores D1 and Ara are strongly positioned among the largest companies in Colombia – despite the decline of discounter...
Nov 27, 20223 min read


Colombia: Discounter Ara opens its 1000th store in Cartagena, Colombia
After almost 10 years of presence in Colombia, through its brand Ara, the Portuguese company Jerónimo Martins opened this week its...
Nov 27, 20222 min read


Panama: The Mathematician behind Discount Retail Chains D1 and Justo y Bueno success
Panama: The Mathematician behind Discount Retail Chains D1 and Justo y Bueno success
Jun 5, 20201 min read
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