The Spanish FMCG market arrives at the Christmas campaign with weak growth and showing signs of cooling. In the year to 1 November, sales in volume have grown by 0.7% compared to the same period in 2025, while the average price has grown by 1.9%. However, in the last four weeks analysed, demand has weakened, with a decline in volume of 0.2%, while inflation has increased by 2.1%. Fresh products have registered the highest price increase, 2.8%, and have sustained a volume grow

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action was unhappy to see Lidl go after its prices. The Dutch discounter took legal action to stop its rival’s comparative advertising, seeking penalties of up to €100,000 per infringement. But after reviewing 33 advertisements, the court has handed it a setback. Lidl has won its case against Action, which had challenged its price-comparison advertising. Action set out to silence Lidl, yet it is the Dutch discounter that has now come away empty-h

Aldi has doubled the pace at which the German supermarket chain is opening stores in China this year, aiming to have 150 outlets across the country by the end of 2026, according to the chief executive officer of its Chinese business. Aldi China expects to open around 60 stores this year, roughly twice the number as in previous years, Jacqueline Chen said in a recent interview with Yicai. Aldi has more than 10,000 outlets in over 10 countries. It entered the Chinese market in

Discount Retail Chain Lidl has opened its first logistics centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the municipality of Kiseljak, an investment worth over 250 million marka ($141.7 million/127.8 million euro), the local unit said on Thursday. Spread over 64,000 square metres, the centre is the largest logistics facility in the country and will supply Lidl’s first stores in Bosnia, which are due to open in the first half of 2027, Lidl Bosna and Hercegovina said in a LinkedIn articl

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action, the non-food discounter, grew strongly in the first half of 2026 as more customers visited the stores and price reductions had an effect. Net sales rose by 14% to € 8.3 billion. Like-for-like sales grew by 3.6%. On average, 22.7 million customers visited an Action store per week, an increase of 12% compared to last year. The store network was expanded to 3,423 stores in 15 countries. To support continued growth, Action created 4,464 new j

Discount Variety Retail Chain B&M, Britain’s largest variety discounter with 799 UK stores, has long been a masterclass in discount retailing. Built from a small northern chain into a national powerhouse by Simon Arora and his brothers, the retailer delivered consistent profitability, until recently. In the year to March 2026, B&M’s sales climbed from £5.57bn to £5.78bn, yet pre-tax profit halved, dropping from £431m to £227m. The same £204m gap, moving in opposite directions

DRC Discount Retail Consulting is pleased to once again invite European FMCG suppliers with an interest in exporting to China to our upcoming Chinese retailer & Distributor supplier event. Date: Monday, November 30th Location: Dorint Kongresshotel Düsseldorf, Selikumer Straße 25, 41460 Neuss Admission: Free of charge, with preregistration This is an opportunity to connect directly with Chinese retailers and distributors and explore how your products could find a place on Chin

Narrow aisles, fewer shelves, and plenty of house-brand items: this Loblaw store feels cosier but still offers enough variety for a grocery run. Loblaw’s Danish chief executive, Per Bank, brought a little bit of Europe with him three years ago when he moved here to run the country’s largest grocery chain. “Small discount stores ... I would probably say that’s some of the things I brought to Canada,” Bank said, sitting in the backroom of a small-scale Toronto No Frills on a br

Discount Retail Chain Bara added 112 net stores between July and September, reached 898 establishments and increased its same-store sales by 10.3%. Tiendas Bara increased its total revenues by 44.1% during the third quarter of 2026 (July-September), compared to the same period in 2025, according to FEMSA's earnings report. The discount chain also recorded an average growth of 10.3% in same-store sales. José Antonio Fernández Garza-Lagüera, CEO of FEMSA, noted that the company

Discount Retail Chain AL Market supermarket chain operating in Azerbaijan has updated its logo and store format design. AL Market company has unveiled a new logo and changed the visual appearance of the brand. "Al Market" has been operating since 2012. The network, which is part of the Azersun Holding group of companies, is one of the first companies in Azerbaijan to introduce a discount supermarket model. And gets increasingly competition of OBA the other discounter format.

Discount Retail Chains Lidl and Aldi are the only large supermarket chains that manage to contain inflation in packaged foods, with prices that remain stable or even fall compared to the previous year. According to Worldpanel data, inflation in this category stands at 1.6% in the first nine months of the year, although the differences between distributors are significant. Lidl and Aldi lowered them by 0.6% and 0.3%, respectively, reflecting an evolution below the sector avera

Discount Retail Chain A101's retail media structuring MEDYA101 opens in-store and out-of-store touchpoints to brands' communication, offering shoppers the opportunity to reach them close to their purchasing decision. Supporting the access power provided by 5.5 million daily store visits with 18,000 front-of-checkout screens, MEDYA101 aims to increase the number of external screens from over 1,500 to 3,000 by the end of the year. With the addition of 500 new digital screens to