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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 133 min read


China: Zhengzhou; visit at CAA's buying center for > 100 Chinese retailers
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 51 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 31 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 301 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 182 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 282 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 282 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 22 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 11 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 262 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 16 min read


Qatar: LOT Value Shop opens at LuLu
Discount Retail Variety Chain LOT – The Value Shop has officially opened its doors at LuLu Hypermarket, Barwa Madinatna, Doha offering an...
Apr 302 min read


Germany: Aldi is giving up its online shop
Discount Retail Chains Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord operated together as part of a joint venture in the online shop. But the joint online shop...
Apr 12 min read


Poland: Non-food discount chains are experiencing an impressive boom
Polish Discount variety Retail Chains are developing at an impressive pace. According to market research company PMR analyses, at the end...
Mar 52 min read


Poland: Lidl makes revolutionary changes in Lidl APP
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Polska has announced significant changes in the functioning of its Lidl Plus loyalty app. From 5 March 2025,...
Mar 52 min read


Germany: Lidl rolls-out new non-food in&out category lines
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany recently introduced the new non-food product worlds. Lidl in Germany has always tested new concepts...
Feb 161 min read


Germany: The 4 largest Germany's discount variety chains
Discount Retail non-food variety Chains are growing significantly and have recently chased sales away from the classic food discounters...
Dec 20, 20246 min read


Belgium: Lidl rolls out ambitious non-food strategy
Discount Retail Chain Lidl wants to significantly increase the share of its higher margin non-food in & out category with a share of 7%...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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