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Bolivia: Mexican discounter Tiendas 3B kicks off in Bolivia
Discount Retail Chain Tiendas 3B, owned by Anthony Hatoum and PE Group Quilvest Capital Partners, was launched in the capital of Santa...
Jan 8, 20242 min read


USA: Private label penetration rates at Family Dollar grow
Private brand sales continue to grow at Family Dollar and the retailer is on pace to hit its penetration rate target of 20% by 2026,...
Jan 2, 20243 min read


USA: Dollar General to ‘Get Back to Basics’ as it refocuses store, supply chain, and merchandising
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General (listed NYSE: DG) CEO Todd Vasos is looking to refocus the company’s efforts amid a...
Dec 12, 20233 min read


Tiendas Neto reaches agreement to finance its expansion into new markets
Discount Retail Chain Tiendas Neto, a Grupo Salinas company, announced a strategic expansion agreement to new markets, including the...
Nov 30, 20232 min read


USA: Aldi named Retailer of the Year
Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA looked to make a big splash with inflation-battered consumers by introducing price cuts on everything the...
Nov 15, 20237 min read


Colombia: ARA expands with more than 300 stores and a new distribution center
Discount Retail Chain Tiendas Ara, owned by the Portuguese listed group Jerónimo Martinss, already has 38 stores open in the department,...
Nov 13, 20234 min read
Germany: Schwarz expands its vertical integration within the bread category
Schwarz Produktion, owned by Lidl's mother company Schwarz Group, wants to acquire the ARTiBack GmbH from Halle in Germany. At the moment...
Nov 10, 20231 min read


USA: Aldi's 'No Frills' approach is helping it dominate the US Market
Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA (German family owned) has been growing at a rate of about 100 stores per year since the 2008 recession. In...
Nov 9, 20232 min read


USA: Walmart and Aldi promise to Lower Prices on Holiday Essentials
Holiday shoppers will be grateful to hear that Walmart and Aldi are lowering prices on essential groceries for Thanksgiving and...
Nov 9, 20231 min read


Germany: Schwarz Group invest in Aleph Alpha AI
Discount Retail Chain Lidl's mother the German Schwarz Group sees that technology is fundamentally changing everyday life, society and...
Nov 6, 20232 min read


Germany: Tailwind Shipping Lines key to Lidl's 'hard discount' policy
Discount Retail Chain Lidl's (owned by the German Schwarz Group) controls via its shipping company Tailwind Shipping Lines its...
Nov 6, 20232 min read


USA: Why is Aldi so cheap and successful?
See video report from Wall Street Journal: Why Is Aldi So Cheap and Successful? | WSJ The Economics Of - YouTube...
Nov 4, 20231 min read


USA: Aldi launches new website
Discount Retail Chain Aldi USA (German family owned) launches after months of development and tests “with a select group of customers”...
Nov 1, 20232 min read


USA: Consumer trust in private brands continues to grow
The Food Marketing Association reveals price isn't the only reason shoppers are buying more store brand products. In recent years...
Oct 4, 20233 min read


Workshop: DRC as guest-speaker at the Discounter Boom event
On Tuesday October 17th DRC will be hosted by Retail Cities at the third annual Discounter workshop. In this year’s workshop, the main theme is “Discounter Boom”. Discounters produced very strong topline sales growth in 2022 and early 2023. This is creating a new set of opportunities and challenges for the discounters themselves. At the same time, it creates challenges for suppliers and service providers around forecasting volumes, allocating resources, remaining in stock,
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Workshop: DRC guest-speaker at the annual Retail Cities' Discounter Event
On Tuesday October 17th DRC will be hosted by Retail Cities at the third annual Discounter workshop. Retail Cities, led by Ray Gaul, organizes this workshop, designed for suppliers and service providers who have product listings in at least one country with either Aldi or Lidl, or both, and wish to expand and improve continually at an international level. In this year's workshop, the main theme is " Discounter Boom ". The workshop is to answer the most difficult questions f
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Germany: DRC's Handelsblatt interview - Schwarz Group Global Strategy
Discount Retail Chain Lidl's owning Schwarz Group CEO Gerd Chrzanowski was personally interviewed by Florian Kolf, a respected German Handelblatt retail journalist. DRC was asked by Handelsblatt to provide comments on the developments at Lidl. "Lidl bremst gerade etwas die Expansion. Das Unternehmen ist in einer Konsolidierungs-phase“, beobachtet Marc Houppermans, Discount-Expert der Branchenberatung DRC Discount Retail Consulting GmbH . Investiert werde eher in Logistikeffi
Oct 2, 20231 min read


Mexico: The significant growth of discount stores after Covid
Discount Retail Chains Tiendas 3B, Neto, Waldo's, Mi Super Bara and Willys went from 2,180 stores in 2019 to about 3,300 stores this year....
Sep 28, 20233 min read
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