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Oman: Discounter Viva enters Oman market
Dubai-based discounter Viva (owned by the Landmark Group) announced their first store opening in Oman. After rolling out the successful...
Oct 6, 20231 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


Philippines: ADB invests US$15 million in Dali
As of the end of 2023, Dali has more than 450 retail stores and 5 distribution centers around Metro Manila. The Asian Development Bank...
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Nigeria: The new market leader is a discounter
Last weekend hard discounter Bokku Mart opened their 26th and 27th store in Lagos (Mushin area) and became the largest store chain in...
Sep 4, 20231 min read


USA: Aldi will convert a ‘significant’ number of acquired stores from Win-dixie and Harveys
Aldi’s move to acquire 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores was a power move in the Southeast territory. Aldi now appears as...
Sep 1, 20235 min read


USA: Aldi far outpaces rival Lidl in share of wallet
Discount Retail Chains Aldi and Lidl are two German grocery retail rivals on different paths in the U.S., but despite these opposing...
Aug 30, 20232 min read


Nigeria: Hard discounter Bokku Mart opens 25th store
Discount Retail Chain Bokku Mart (owned by Nigerian Atreos Ltd.) opened last weekend its 25th store in Lagos. The copy-cat of the...
Aug 27, 20231 min read


Ireland: Unlike in the UK Lidl performing better than Aldi in Ireland
Lidl and Aldi ranked fourth and fifth place with 13.8% and 12.6% respectively. Worldpanel by Kantar data for 12wks to 06/08/23 sees...
Aug 27, 20232 min read


UK: Sainsbury expands its Aldi Price Match campaign
Sainsbury’s has expanded its Aldi Price Match campaign with its ‘biggest ever’ value offering, passing on price cuts to customers as...
Aug 27, 20231 min read


USA: Trader Joe's chosen as the most innovative grocer
The American Innovation Index, based on research from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and others, listed the Trader Joe's...
Aug 27, 20232 min read


USA: Aldi opens first-ever store in Miami
Aldi opened its first store in Miami, Florida. The discount retailer has six other stores in Miami-Dade county, but this will be the...
Aug 16, 20231 min read


USA: Aldi takes over Winn-Dixie and Harvey's and acquires 400 locations
Aldi expansion has reached historical heights, as the company announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement the acquire...
Aug 16, 20232 min read


Research: Food price inflation exceeds total inflation
According to Kantar Research food price inflation continues to be a significant contributor to total inflation in most major countries....
Aug 16, 20231 min read


UK: Aldi prints 21,2% more sales
Aldi continues to grow at the highest rate at 21.2% (and this is growth on growth with +14.4% reported in the same period last year)...
Aug 16, 20232 min read


UAE: Discounter Gala opens 15th store in Dubai
Along the success of discounter Viva in the Emirates, neighborhood discounter Gala (owned by Western International Group) is working well...
Aug 13, 20231 min read


Saudi Arabia: Discounter Dukan wants to be a good neighbor
As a part of Dukan’s expansion plan, the Saudi discounter demonstrates his interests in Dukan’s neighbors by providing a customer-centered grocery shopping experience under the slogan “Your Trusted Neighbor." Dukan is the largest discount chain in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. Source: Dukan #smartdiscount #dukan #saudiarabia #ksa #discounters #growth #smartdiscount #discount #discountfoodretail #discounter #foodretail #retail #drc #consultancy #discountre
Aug 11, 20231 min read
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