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May 15, 20231 min readEuropeTurkey: BİM announces Q1 resultsDiscount Retail Chain BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. (listed BIST: BIMAS) has reported a net income of 1.35 billion Turkish Liras for the...
May 12, 20231 min readEuropeNetherlands: Action is growing fast everywhereDiscount Variety Retail Chain Action (owned by PE investor 3I group) achieved a turnover growth of 36% in the first quarter. In the first...
May 4, 20233 min readEuropePortugal: Jerónimo Martins' profits grow 59% between January and MarchJerónimo Martins, owner of discount retail chains ARA in Colombia and Biedronka in Poland, saw net income rise across the group to 140...
Mar 27, 20232 min readEuropeGermany: Lidl wants more returnsDiscount Retail Chain Lidl Germany (owned by the German Schwarz Group) is now pursuing a new strategy under the new CEO Kenneth McGrath,...
Mar 23, 20232 min readEuropePortugal: Jerónimo Martins sees inflation boost profitsPortugal's second-largest retailer, Jerónimo Martins (owner of discount retail chains Biedronka in Poland and Ara in Colombia), has...
Mar 23, 20231 min readEuropeNetherlands: Discount chain Action makes more than billion euros in profitDiscount Variety Retail Chain Action (owned by 3i Group) posted an operating profit (EBITDA) of €1.2 billion in 2022. This is 45% higher...
Jan 27, 20233 min readEuropeNetherlands: Action store engine running at full speed: opening one every other dayDiscount Non-food Retail Chain Action (owned by the 3iGroup), increasingly chooses locations just outside the inner cities, in the...
Mar 8, 20212 min readEuropeGermany: Interview Lebensmittelzeitung DRC Discount Retail Consulting GmbHMr. Houppermans, why are #Aldi and #Lidl in Germany currently lagging behind those of the major supermarket operators in terms of their...