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Jun 14, 20213 min read
Belgium: MERE expands to Belgium
Discount retail chain MERE (family owned by Schneider) has announced its arrival in Belgium and wants to challenge Aldi and Lidl there....

Jun 11, 20212 min read
Denmark: Flying Tiger Steps Up Global Expansion and Opens 200 New Stores
Flying Tiger Copenhagen (privately owned by Treville) is a variety discount retail chain that sells everything from teapots to games at...


Jun 11, 20211 min read
Sweden: Dollarstore expands further
Discount Retail Chain Dollarstore's (privately owned) new central warehouse of 55,000 square meters will soon be open for operation and...


Jun 9, 20213 min read
Spain: MERE, the Russian ‘hard discount’ similar to the start-up model of Lidl and Aldi
Discount Retail Chain MERE (owned by Russian Torgservis and managed by Svetefor) is a Russian ‘hard discounter’ similar to the initial...


Jun 9, 20218 min read
USA: How Dollar General Is Disrupting Grocery
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General plans to continue expanding its Dollar General Market format, with around 16,000 square feet...


Jun 9, 20212 min read
Sweden: Lidl Plus App goes better than expected
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Sweden's Plus App and customer club have gotten off to a better start than expected. "Compared to other...


Jun 8, 20213 min read
France: Aldi's progress in France
Discount Retail Chain Aldi France (German family owned) has completed almost half of the transformation plan of the Leader Price which it...


Jun 8, 20212 min read
Poland: Lidl will deliver purchases from the e-shop to InPost parcel machines
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Polska (owned by the German Schwarz Gruppe) plans a double-digit increase in the range of products offered in...


Jun 8, 20212 min read
USA: Five Below Adding Associate-Assisted Self-Checkout to 250 Stores
Discount Retail Chain Five Below (publicly listed NYSE: FIVE) said it will add Associate Assisted Self-Checkout (ACO) to be in over 60%...


Jun 8, 20215 min read
USA: Lidl's now or never strategy
Discount Retail Chain Lidl US (owned by the German Schwarz Gruppe) CEO Michal Lagunionek, the discounter’s fourth U.S. chief executive in...


Jun 8, 20212 min read
Australia: ALDI celebrates five years in Western Australia as it reveals its latest expansion plans
Discount Retail Chain ALDI Australia (German family owned) celebrates its five-year anniversary in Western Australia, looking back at the...


Jun 7, 20214 min read
Germany: New German headquarters-good service for Lidl employees
Discount Retail Chain Lidl's (owned by the German Schwarz Gruppe) new German headquarters in Bad Wimpfen is intended to increase...


Jun 4, 20212 min read
USA: Dollar stores are starting to offer fresh food
Dollar Discount Retail Store chains are starting to offer fresh groceries at some stores after years of criticism that they don't provide...


Jun 4, 20212 min read
Hungary: Lidl has reached the No.1 spot!
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Hungary (owned by the German Schwarz Gruppe) beat everyone in 2020 and irrespective of the fact whether one...


Jun 4, 20211 min read
China: Chinese discounter store Miniso is growing by one new store a day
Chinese discount variety retail chain Miniso (public compan traded at NYSE: MNSO) accelerated its expansion plan during the pandemic,...


May 31, 20213 min read
Russia: Magnit to acquire Dixy business with 2,651 stores
Russian Retail Chain Magnit PJSC (MOEX and LSE: MGNT; the Company), one of Russia’s leading retailers, announces it has reached an...
May 26, 20218 min read
Russia: Lidl prepares for its market entry?
Last week has been very eventful. We observed a kind of redistribution of the Russian retail market, initiated by several industry...


May 26, 20212 min read
Germany: Penny starts new super discounter format
Discount retail chain Penny (owned by the German REWE Group) wants to get more market shares from Aldi and Lidl. To this end, the company...
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