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Aug 6, 20232 min readEuropeUK: Poundland brings back £1 price point on big A-brand productsDiscount Variety Retail Chain Poundland UK (owned by Pepco Group) has brought back the £1 price point on big brand family favourite...
Aug 6, 20232 min readEuropeResearch: Private label accounts for nearly 22% of global grocery spendNew research from Market Reseach company Kantar has found that private labels currently account for nearly 22% of global grocery spend,...
May 26, 20233 min readAmericasUSA: Dollar General moves to challenge proximity grocery, challenging Aldi, Target and WalmartDiscount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General (listed NYSE: DG) is trying attract shoppers beyond its core low income consumers. Dollar...
May 7, 20216 min readEuropeResearch: The food and groceries sector is becoming the new core in retail investmentThe resilience of the groceries sector and the stability of income is attracting rising investor interest. Property investors show...
Apr 20, 20213 min readAsiaAsia: Five reasons FMCG businesses should invest in AsiaResearch Institute IGD has recently published a new report looking at the growth prospects for major grocery markets across Asia over the...
Mar 5, 20212 min readEuropeGlobal grocery retail to add US$440bn in sales by 2022The global grocery retail market is on track to generate an additional US$440bn in sales between 2020 and 2022, yielding a 3.1% CAGR...
Feb 27, 20212 min readAsiaChina: Grocery market to reach US$1.62tn by 2022Market growth driven by spend rather than inflation With GDP growth ahead of inflation, the economic growth in China has been, and is...
Dec 29, 20204 min readAsiaChina: Post-Covid-19 retail landscape shifting signals the permanence of changeChina’s rebound from COVID-19 has been unique. It came faster and with more demonstrable economic tailwinds for the economy than other...