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Peru: Dollarcity opens its first store in Peru and plans new openings
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollarcity arrived in a historic city in the interior of the country, marking a new milestone in its expansion strategy in the Peruvian market. This move is part of its growth plan, focused on strengthening its presence in regions with high consumption potential. The commitment responds to the trend of decentralization of retail to intermediate cities, where the demand for affordable alternatives is growing. With this opening, Dollarcity reaches
Jun 122 min read


Germany: Lidl undertakes major store restructuring for Non-Food Categories
Discount Retail Chain Lidl has quietly launched a major store remodeling campaign for non-food categories in its home market of Germany. For a long time, Lidl’s non-food categories — such as general merchandise, small household appliances, and apparel — followed a classic promotional model featuring limited-time, limited-quantity spot buys rotated on weekly themes. Recently, however, Lidl announced a drastic restructuring of its store layouts. It is shifting its non-food priv
Jun 33 min read


USA: Dollar Tree reports higher first-quarter sales, raises fiscal 2026 outlook
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar Tree reported stronger first-quarter earnings and sales growth Thursday, driven by higher customer spending and improved merchandise margins, as the discount retailer raised its outlook for fiscal 2026. The company said net sales for the quarter ended May 2 rose 7.2% to $5 billion from a year earlier. Comparable-store sales increased 3.5%, fueled by a 4.5% increase in average ticket size, though customer traffic declined 1%. Results reflec
Jun 32 min read


Netherlands: Action growth continues despite global economic unpredictability
Discount Non-food Variety Retail Chain Action's net sales increased by 14% to €4 billion in the first quarter of 2026, compared to the same period last year. Like-for-like sales growth was 3.6%. Action continued to attract more customers year on year, underlining the strength and appeal of its formula. On average, 22.2 million customers visited Action stores each week during the quarter, an increase of 12.4% compared to the same period in 2025. Customers continue to value Act
May 153 min read


USA: Dollar General grows its in-store audio network
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General (DG) plans to expand an in-store audio network to about 6,000 additional locations across 48 states, the company said Monday, as part of a partnership with QSIC. DG said the rollout is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2026 and would bring the total number of stores with in-store audio capabilities to about 12,000, roughly double its current footprint. Dollar General, which operates more than 20,000 stores nationwid
Apr 151 min read


Netherlands: Action posted net sales of 16 billion euros in 2025, an increase of 16.1 % lfl
Discount Variety Retail Chain Action posted net sales of 16 billion euros in 2025, an increase of 16.1 percent compared to the previous year. The performance in France depressed the results. According to the discounter, the growth was driven by a continued increase in the number of customers'. Last year, 21.6 million consumers shopped at Action every week, compared to 18.7million in 2024. This is mainly due to the 384 stores that were opened. At the end of the year, the count
Jan 292 min read


USA: Dollar Tree gets a big boost from shoppers making over $100K
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar Tree reported that higher-income shoppers are contributing to one of its most successful recent quarters, fueling a resurgence for the retailer. The retailer saw 3 million more households shop its stores during the third quarter compared to the prior year, and about 60% of those shoppers came from households earning over $100,000, equal to the combined share of middle-income households (earning $60,000 to $100,000 at 30%) and lower-income
Dec 4, 20252 min read


Netherlands: Sales growth Action across Europe continues
Discount Variety Retail Chain Action, the non-food discounter, continued to deliver growth across Europe in the third quarter of 2025, despite softening consumer sentiment in Europe. Nine-month net sales grew to €11.2 billion, up 17.4% from 2024. Like-for-like sales growth was 6.3%, primarily driven by customer growth. Action stores once more delivered strong customer growth with an especially strong performance in Italy and Spain. Action’s summer season assortment, from picn
Nov 13, 20253 min read


China: Visit at CAA's buying center for > 100 Chinese retailers in Zhengzhou
Discount Retail Consulting Management was also invited by China Ants Alliance (CAA), after visiting various manufacturers and trading platform companies ( see also our reports on small commodity production city Yiwu and food production city Luohe and Aldi China store Shanghai ). CAA is a voluntary retail buying alliance of over 100 regional retail chains operating in 29 provinces across China, jointly operating 9,000 stores with a total annual turnover of about RMB 100 bill
Nov 5, 20251 min read


China: Exploration of Private Label Internationalization: European Retail Expert - DRC Discount Retail Consulting China Tour
Discount Retail Consulting (DRC) was also present in the media in China as a journalist followed us on our discount food and non-food private label trip to Shanghai, Yiwu, Luohe, Zhengzhou and Hangzhou. Read more: Weixin Official Accounts Platform #smartdiscount #weixin #trip #china #fmcg #nonfood #privatelabel #pl #drc #discount #retail #consulting #discountretail #discountretailconsulting #retailconsulting #google #yiwu #luohe #shanghai #aldi
Nov 3, 20251 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


Finland: Tokmanni Group expands in the Nordics
Discount Variety Retail Chain Tokmanni Group is expanding and renovating its stores across Finland, Sweden and Denmark. In Finland, the...
Sep 18, 20252 min read


Europe: LIDL launches new PARKSIDE campaign with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ralf Moeller
Discount Retail Chain Lidl brings Arnold Schwarzenegger back in the spotlight for PARKSIDE, the DIY private label brand exclusively from...
Aug 28, 20252 min read


Canada: Dollarcity to Strongly Increase Number of Stores in Latin America by 2031
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollarcity sees Latin America as a key market for the expansion of its retail stores. As part of the...
Aug 28, 20252 min read


Germany: Lidl opens a non-food variety store
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany has re-vamped a next door grocery store offering only non-food variety products. In an effort to keep...
Aug 2, 20252 min read


Poland: Aldi opens temporary non-food outlets
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Poland is launching the "Aldi Outlet" campaign specially marked zones with discounted assortment will appear...
Aug 1, 20251 min read


Netherlands: Action delivers continued growth
Discount Variety Retail Chain Action saw its net sales grow to €7.3 billion in the first six months of 2025, up 17.9% from 2024....
Jul 26, 20252 min read


Mexico: Waldo's takes advantage of knowing its consumers
Discount Variety Retail Chain Waldo Dollar Mart found a niche with the sale of opportunity products, and knowing its customers well has...
Jul 1, 20256 min read
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