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China: Shanghai, DRC Team visits Aldi stores to prepare for expansion success
Discount Retail Consulting Management naturally needed to visit during its business development trip (see also our reports on small commodity production city Yiwu and food production city Luohe ) some Aldi China store locations in Shanghai. The discount retail trend has also gained traction in China. Recently, various discount concepts have been launched and implemented by local Chinese retailers and e-commerce companies. Meanwhile, Aldi, the pioneer of global discount retai
Oct 31, 20252 min read


China: Luohe, a global hub for food production
Discount Retail Consulting's management continued their journey as part of its business development trip to China (see our previous post on Yiwu ). DRC was invited by the management of Luohe City Investment Industry-Finance Technology Company Ltd., which is part of the Central-Southern Henan Digital Industry-Finance Platform, located in Luohe, in south-central Henan Province, about 150 km south of Zhengzhou (population 12 million). Luohe is renowned for its over 7,000 food ma
Oct 30, 20252 min read


China: Yiwu, the world’s capital of non-food general merchandising goods
Discount Retail Consulting's management recently undertook a business development trip to China, including a visit to Yiwu, located about 1,000 km southwest of Shanghai. Yiwu is home to over 75,000 company booths spread across six expansive multi-level buildings, offering 2.1 million commodities that encompass nearly every conceivable type of small commodity. They provide every non-food category, catering to businesses with the most competitive prices! From clothing, home app
Oct 30, 20251 min read


China: Consumption crashes, 30,000 customers rush into new Aldi
Discount Retail Chain ALDI China opened a new store in Wuxi Economic Development District, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, on July 19. ALDI is...
Sep 17, 20252 min read


China: Meituan opens its first brick-and-mortar discount store in Hangzhou
Online Retail Chain Meituan opened its first discount store in Hangzhou, China. The discount format has the brand name is "Happy Monkey"....
Sep 8, 20257 min read


Colombia: Akitoki, the new chinese dollarstore, has arrived in Colombia
Discount Variety Retail Chain Akitoki, a Chinese 'Action' format, opened its first store, located in the north of the Capital Bogota. It...
Sep 5, 20253 min read


China: Aldi's rival Lidl has Chinese apprentices
Discount Retail Chain Lidl has not opened a physical store in China, but has welcomed its first Chinese apprentice. Beijing-based...
Aug 25, 20254 min read


China: A Distinctive Snack Retail Channel Capturing Consumer Attention
Leading Chinese snack mass retail stores Busy for You and Super Ming officially announced a strategic merger. Merely one month later, the...
Jul 27, 20253 min read


Hongkong: Wellcome celebrates its 80th anniversary
Discount Retail Chain Wellcome is reconnecting with its roots by reviving the unique hand-drawn style once used in our price posters, as...
May 16, 20252 min read


China: Aldi a big success outside Shanghai
Discount Retail Chain ALDI China is virtually "overrun" in the Chinese community of Wuxi (CN) with 7.5 million inhabitants. Full shopping...
May 7, 20254 min read


China: How a lower-tier grocer Pangdonglai is rewriting Chinese retail rules
Discount Retail Chain Pangdonlai is one of the most talked-about phenomena in China’s contested retail segment is seeing executives from across the country travelling to its stores to learn from its successes. It isn’t a glitzy new experience centre based in one of China’s megacities, but a 29-year old supermarket chain, Pangdonglai (DL). It started in a fourth tier city and has just 13 stores, all in central China’s Henan province. Many of China’s largest retail chains are t
Apr 28, 20253 min read


China: Discount retailers making mark among price-conscious bargain hunters
Product discount campaigns are emerging and showing promising development trends, becoming one of the hottest topics in the retail sector...
Apr 21, 20253 min read


China: Tiaoma increased capital by 70 million, "extreme" capital control to do low-margin business
Discount Retail Chain Tiaoma ( tiaoma ) is one of the best hard discount stores in China," a senior retail executive commented. This hard discount retail chain store headquartered in Chongqing has about 400 stores, with an average daily sales of 20,000 to 30,000 RMB per store. Yipin Fresh, the leading fresh food brand in the community, changed its Chongqing regional store to Yipin discount to compete with it. This is a typical event that Tiaoma has attracted the attention of
Apr 21, 20254 min read


China: Aldi starts second stage of expansion in China
Discount Retail Chain Aldi dares to do business in China after six years, now beyond Shanghai’s city limits. But the step is not without...
Apr 7, 20255 min read


China: Aldi a success in Shanghai expanding further afield
Discount Retail Chain Aldi China has carved out a unique space in the retail landscape in Shanghai. It offers the convenience and...
Apr 1, 20255 min read


China: Chinese retailers exploring discount in Europe
The recent visit of a second group of 17 prominent Chinese retailers and FMCG manufacturers to the Netherlands and Germany provided a...
Oct 4, 20242 min read


China: NB discounter opens for franchise
Discount model "NB", supported by Freshippo, owned by Alibaba, opens franchise model (after the Pickup format franchising) with the...
Jul 5, 20242 min read


China: Chinese retailers exploring German discount retail
A recent visit of 30 prominent Chinese retailers to Germany was a valuable opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the discounter...
May 27, 20243 min read
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