Aug 18, 20211 min read

Germany: Penny delivers groceries straight to your home

Discount Retail Chain Penny (owned by REWE Group) will deliver groceries directly to your home. Up until now, it has not been possible to...

Netherlands: Pepco Group strong rebound in turnover thanks to growth strategy

Jul 17, 20217 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Pepco Group strong rebound in turnover thanks to growth strategy

Discount Retail Chain Pepco Group (owned by Steinhoff International and listed WSE: PCO) sums up the third financial quarter ended June...

USA: 'Real pressure on supply chains': How major players are balancing costs and speed

Jul 8, 20213 min read

Americas

USA: 'Real pressure on supply chains': How major players are balancing costs and speed

After a year of temporary closures, rapid and extreme shifts in product demand, and tidal shifts to more digital and omnichannel...

Austria: The antithesis to online shopping, discount retail, is booming

Jun 19, 20214 min read

Europe

Austria: The antithesis to online shopping, discount retail, is booming

Constantly new stores and long queues in front of the shops: discount chains such as Action and Tedi are continuing their expansion...

Jun 14, 20213 min read

Europe

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....

Research: The state of grocery in North America

Jun 10, 20218 min read

Americas

Research: The state of grocery in North America

The COVID-19 pandemic left no industry untouched. Grocers in North America, along with those in other regions of the world, served as...

Sweden: Lidl Plus App goes better than expected

Jun 9, 20212 min read

Europe

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...

USA: Five Below Adding Associate-Assisted Self-Checkout to 250 Stores

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Americas

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%...

Australia: ALDI celebrates five years in Western Australia as it reveals its latest expansion plans

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Oceania

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...

Netherlands: Lidl starts Dutch test with Eco-Score

Jun 4, 20212 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Lidl starts Dutch test with Eco-Score

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Netherlands (owned by German Schwarz Gruppe) is the first supermarket in the Netherlands to start a pilot with...

Hungary: Lidl has reached the No.1 spot!

Jun 4, 20212 min read

Europe

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...

China: Chinese discounter store Miniso is growing by one new store a day

Jun 4, 20211 min read

Europe

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 27, 20211 min read

Europe

Research: European retailers reduce the price gap of their own brands with discounters

The latest research from International Private Label Consult (IPLC) identifies a continuing closing of the price gap between European...

USA: why suppliers should be keeping a close watch on it over the next 12 months

May 25, 20214 min read

Americas

USA: why suppliers should be keeping a close watch on it over the next 12 months

Discount retail chain Lidl US (owned by German Schwarz Gruppe) announced its CEO, Johannes Fieber, will be leaving and will be replaced...

Spain: Mercadona's "revolution" in private label

May 17, 20219 min read

Europe

Spain: Mercadona's "revolution" in private label

Spanish leading supermarket chain Mercadona’s new private label policy, replacing the former “inter-suppliers” by a much wider base of...

Spain: Aldi expands its Masquefa logistics center by more than 13,000m2

May 14, 20211 min read

Europe

Spain: Aldi expands its Masquefa logistics center by more than 13,000m2

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Spain (German family owned) will begin works during the first half of this year to expand its logistics...

May 6, 20212 min read

Europe

UK: MERE gearing up to open four stores

Discount Retail Chain MERE (owned by Russian Svetofor) plans to open its first UK location in a former store location of Nisa in Preston....

Poland: this will be the year of the discounters

May 5, 20211 min read

Europe

Poland: this will be the year of the discounters

Sales in the discount channel in Poland will increase by as much as 7.9% in 2021, while in hypermarkets it will decrease by 4.8% this...

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