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USA: Five Below to open 200-plus stores, convert 400 locations to higher-price format
Discount Variety Retail Chai Five Below (listed NASDAQ: FIVE) has laid out ambitious store plans for 2023. The tween and teen discounter...
May 4, 20232 min read

Poland: Woolworth will enter Poland this year
Discount Variety Retail Chain Woolworth bets on the Blix Group. The first Woolworth store will be opened in Poland in May this year,...
May 2, 20232 min read


USA: Aldi reveals big US growth plans
Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA (German family owned) is the fastest-growing grocer and will have 2,400 locations by end of 2023 Following...
May 2, 20232 min read


Poland: Poundland-owner Pepco sales jump as shoppers seek value
Discount Non-food Retail Chain Pepco Group (listed WSE:PCO) has reported a 22.8% increase in first-half revenue, driven by strong demand...
Apr 20, 20231 min read

Sweden: Rusta reaches 200 stores and wants to grow further
Discount Home and Leisure Retail Chain Rusta from Sweden (privately owned) celebrates the opening of the 200th store in Kerpen (near...
Apr 20, 20232 min read


Germany: Aldi discounter advertises with permanent price drop for F&V
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Germany (German family owned) wants to fight inflation with a large-scale marketing campaign. Consumers will...
Apr 19, 20232 min read

USA: Cash strapped consumers
Research of the Retail Cities team is currently asking the important question, “How are consumers who live pay-event to pay-event doing...
Apr 18, 20232 min read

Germany: What would Germany be without Aldi?
The Albrecht brothers made history with the invention of the discounter. And the high inflation even increases the attractiveness of...
Apr 6, 20233 min read


Germany: the future strategy of Penny
Discount Retail Chain Penny (owned by the German REWE Group) has benefited for years from being more innovative than the rest of the...
Oct 31, 20224 min read

Research: Grocery store prices aren’t coming down anytime soon
Grocery prices climbed 13.5% in August from the year before, the highest annual increase since March 1979, according to government data....
Oct 4, 20224 min read

Ukraine: ATB continues to reopen stores in occupied territories
Discount Retail Chain ATB Corporation (owned by the Ukrainian business men Borys Markov and Hennadiy Butkevyc) has announced that it is...
May 23, 20222 min read

France: Système U Boasts The Most Eco-Friendly Private Label Range
Système U's private label selection is the most eco-friendly in France, a new study has shown, with some 27.2% of the retailer's own...
Sep 24, 20211 min read


USA: Five Below Q2 earnings more than double; on track to open 170 - 175 stores this year
Discount Variety Retail Chain Five Below (listed on NASDAQ: FIVE) is on track to end the year with 1,200 stores. Five Below has opened...
Sep 18, 20212 min read
Research: Edeka, Lidl, Aldi or Rewe? Which discounter and supermarket is really ahead in Germany
The market leadership in stationary food retailing has been fiercely contested for years. A current ranking by the EHI Retail Institute...
Sep 18, 20212 min read


France: Russian hard-discounter "Mere" to open three stores in October 2021
Discount Retail Chain Mere (owned by the Russian Schneider family) deploys to Spain and prepares for France. Mere is the translation of...
Sep 6, 20211 min read


UK: Lidl launches new vegan range from just 99p and includes pizzas, ice cream and fish fingers
Discount Retail Chain Lidl (owned by the German Schwarz Group) has announced they are launching a vegan range to help more shoppers...
Aug 19, 20212 min read

Denmark: Aldi launches new advertising universe in search of more revenue
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Denmark (German family owned) continues to struggle with prejudice and a worn-out image at home. A new...
Aug 19, 20213 min read

Russia: Russian Aldi: How Svetofor Store Owners Build a Retail Network in Europe
Brothers Sergey and Andrey Schneider, owners of the Svetofor chain, have opened more than 50 stores outside of Russia in four years. How...
Aug 18, 20215 min read
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