Aug 19, 20232 min read

Poland: Biedronka goes green

Discount Retail Chain Biedronka Poland (owned by Portuguese Jeronimo Martins) is the largest retail chain in Poland. With such a scale of...

USA: Dollar General set to build massive distribution center in Arkansas

Aug 19, 20231 min read

Americas

USA: Dollar General set to build massive distribution center in Arkansas

Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General (listed NYSE: DG) is planning on building a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center in...

USA: Aldi is buying 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets

Aug 17, 20233 min read

Americas

USA: Aldi is buying 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets

Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA (German family owned) is acquiring Winn-Dixie and other grocery stores in the Southeast in a move to...

USA: Grocery Outlet reaches milestone, 1st quarter to hit US $1 bn. in net sales

Aug 9, 20232 min read

Americas

USA: Grocery Outlet reaches milestone, 1st quarter to hit US $1 bn. in net sales

Discount Retail Chain Grocery Outlet (listed on the US Nasdaq: GO) is the fast-growing West Coast discounter. It's net sales increased by...

Turkey: BİM publishes 2022 Sustainability Report

Aug 9, 20231 min read

Europe

Turkey: BİM publishes 2022 Sustainability Report

Discount Retail Chain BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. (listed BIST: BIMAS) aims to meet 25% of its total electricity consumption with...

Research: Living with and responding to uncertainty – The State of Grocery Retail 2023

Aug 6, 20231 min read

Europe

Research: Living with and responding to uncertainty – The State of Grocery Retail 2023

For the European grocery sector, 2022 was all about inflation and growing consumer price sensitivity. This led to the biggest decrease in...

Vietnam: Mr DIY enters with its first store

Aug 6, 20231 min read

Asia

Vietnam: Mr DIY enters with its first store

Discount Variety Retail Chain Mr DIY (listed at XKLS: MRDIY) has launched its first brick-and-mortar store in Vietnam, as it accelerates...

North Macedonia: Lidl enters with its first store

Aug 6, 20231 min read

Europe

North Macedonia: Lidl enters with its first store

Discount Retail Chain Lidl North Macedonia (owned by the German Schwarz Group) enters the North Macedonian market with the construction...

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Poundland brings back £1 price point on big A-brand products

Discount Variety Retail Chain Poundland UK (owned by Pepco Group) has brought back the £1 price point on big brand family favourite...

Research: Private label accounts for nearly 22% of global grocery spend

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Europe

Research: Private label accounts for nearly 22% of global grocery spend

New research from Market Reseach company Kantar has found that private labels currently account for nearly 22% of global grocery spend,...

Netherlands: Customers more often opt for PL and discounters know that groceries remain expensive

Jul 31, 20232 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Customers more often opt for PL and discounters know that groceries remain expensive

The prices of our groceries will remain at a high level in the coming months. As a result, consumers are buying more and more creatively....

Germany: AI reduces food waste for retailers

Jul 24, 20231 min read

Europe

Germany: AI reduces food waste for retailers

In a 2021 study, the UN estimated that 17 per cent of total food produced for human consumption goes to waste at the retail and consumer...

Germany: Discounters conquer organic food business

Jul 24, 20233 min read

Europe

Germany: Discounters conquer organic food business

There are more and more cheap organic food on the shelves of supermarkets even the discounters outdo each other with offers. Are organic...

Jul 24, 20236 min read

Asia

Thailand: Success story of Mr DIY

It is not easy for overseas retail chains to enter the Thai market and grow rapidly. MR.D.I.Y., a major home furnishing and repair...

Germany: Pepco plans to conquer Germany, 17 stores in a few weeks

Jul 24, 20232 min read

Europe

Germany: Pepco plans to conquer Germany, 17 stores in a few weeks

Discount Textile Retail Chain Pepco (listed on the WKN: PCO) is planning a dynamic expansion on the German market. It intends to have...

Netherlands: Action valuation up more than €2 billion in six months

Jul 24, 20233 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Action valuation up more than €2 billion in six months

Discount Variety Retail chain Action (owned by PE 3iGroup) does not appear to be affected by inflation or an impending recession. Higher...

France: Lidl France interested in acquiring 600 Casino and Monoprix stores

Jul 20, 20232 min read

Europe

France: Lidl France interested in acquiring 600 Casino and Monoprix stores

Discount Retail Chain Lidl France (owned by the German Schwarz Group) is believed be interested in acquiring 600 stores operating under...

Ireland: Aldi is committed to reducing the amount of plastic in its 160 Irish stores

Jul 20, 20232 min read

Europe

Ireland: Aldi is committed to reducing the amount of plastic in its 160 Irish stores

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Ireland (German family owned) has announced plans to remove coloured plastic caps from its milk cartons in a...

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