UK: Lidl swings back to profit, will it maintain its position as UK grocery’s star performer?

Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK has bounced back to profit this year, swinging from a £76m loss to a £43.6m pre-tax profit, as it...

Europe

Nov 25, 20244 min read

Colombia: Tiendas Ara receives US$120 million loan from IFC for logistics expansion

Discount Retail Chain Tiendas ARA, got a sustainability-linked loan of up to US$120million from the International Finance Corporation...

Americas

Nov 25, 20242 min read

Ireland: Aldi's pre-tax profits dip but sales up 3.4%

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Ireland has reported higher sales figures for 2023 but lower profits for the year. Aldi Ireland said its sales...

Nov 25, 20242 min read

Netherlands: Action is now worth more than AHOLD after profit jump

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action is already worth around 32 billion euros. This is more than the parent company of Albert Heijn,...

Nov 17, 20243 min read

Turkey: Şok Marketler continues its steady growth

Discount Retail Chain Şok Marketler continued its steady growth in the first 9 months of the year and reached a turnover of 142.7 billion...

Europe

Nov 11, 20242 min read

North Macedonia: KAM to boost sustainability efforts with €6m EBRD loan

Discount Retail Chain KAM Market has received a €6 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to...

Nov 8, 20242 min read

North-Macedonia: KAM Market opened the doors of the largest logistics centre

Discount Retail Chain KAM Market has opened a new logistics center in Skopje after an investment of 12 million euros ($12.6 million). On...

Nov 8, 20242 min read

Poland: Biedronka wants to take over the stores of a large Slovak retail chain

Discount Retail Chain Biedronka, owned by Portuguese Jeronimo Martins, plans to open its first stores in Slovakia as early as autumn...

Oct 29, 20242 min read

Poland: offline discounters lead the market

Discount Retail Chain in Poland operate only in the offline channel, they are well known and taking the hearts and wallets of Poles by...

Oct 29, 20241 min read

Poland: History of Netto Poland

Discount Retail Chain Netto Poland celebrates its 29th anniversary in Poland. The first store was opened in 1995 in Szczecin, and...

Oct 11, 20243 min read

Italy: ARD discount aims for the future between digital innovation and new assortment range

Discount Retail Chain ARD Discount introduced a new app to stay closer to customers, with direct contact through which you can take...

Oct 10, 20242 min read

USA: Dollar stores surge across the U.S., while CVS shutters stores

Discount Retail Dollar stores continued to open rapidly across the U.S. in the second half of August 2024, with Dollar General and...

Americas

Sep 14, 20241 min read

Philippines: Robinsons Enters Into Hard Discount Retailing

Discount Retail Chain O!Save, founded in 2021, currently has over 300 stores in the Philippines. “We just opened our 300th store a few...

Sep 13, 20242 min read

Germany: Aldi expands online shop with drugstore category products

Discount Retail Chains Aldi Süd and Nord have jointly concentrated mainly on non-food in their online shop. Now the discounters are also...

Sep 10, 20242 min read

UK: ALDI announces £800M investment in Britain after record sales last year

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK has announced its largest ever package of annual investment to accelerate its expansion across Britain. ...

Sep 10, 20243 min read

Research: Bolivian neighborhood stores, discount chains and markets compete on prices

A study requested by EL DEBER from the firm Zoomin Group revealed that in Santa Cruz de la Sierra there is a competitor that faces...

Sep 10, 20245 min read

UK: Where will Aldi open its new stores in London

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK is set to open three more supermarkets in London as part of an £800m plan to ramp up expansion across the...

Sep 10, 20242 min read

UK: Most influential women in the UK world of discounting

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK finally broke the long-held dominance of the ‘big four’ supermarkets. Much as Aldi might argue its...

Aug 24, 20244 min read

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