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Germany: Black Friday at Aldi
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Germany (German family owned) had some bargains in store for Black Friday 2021. The top deals in the stores...
Nov 28, 20212 min read
UK: Lidl NI hails 'impressive' 24% rise in turnover
Discount Retail Chain Lidl (owned by the German Schwarz Group) increased turnover in Northern Ireland by almost a quarter in the period...
Nov 28, 20212 min read


Germany: Schwarz Gruppe takes over cyber security specialists
The Schwarz Group (owner of discount retail chain Lidl and supermarket chain Kaufland) and the Israeli IT security company XM Cyber...
Nov 23, 20211 min read


South Africa: Pep owner sets its sights on local manufacturing as supply chain woes continue
Discount Retail Chain Pepkor (owned by Steinhoff International) has begun working on sourcing its products locally following supply chain...
Nov 23, 20212 min read


USA: why Dollar General was named Progressive Grocer’s Retailer of the year
Food and consumables accounted for 77% of Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General’s annual sales last year of US$33.7 billion. The...
Nov 16, 20219 min read


Australia: How Aldi has changed the face of grocery retailing and the way we shop
Twenty years ago, on January 25 2001, a virtually unknown German supermarket chain quietly opened its first stores in Australia. The two...
Nov 16, 20214 min read


Poland: Action is still at the beginning of our expansion
Discount Variety Retail Chain Action Poland (owned by 3iGroup) sees Poland as an important market, we see a great potential for further...
Nov 16, 20214 min read


UK: Aldi bids for iconic Superbuys middle aisle to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) have officially bid to add their 'Specialbuys' to the Oxford Dictionary to cement...
Nov 16, 20212 min read


Ireland: Dealz announces first distribution centre
Discount Retail Chain Dealz Ireland (owned by Pep&Co) is opening its first distribution centre in Ireland, at Clonee in Co Meath,...
Nov 16, 20212 min read


UK: Poundland to launch first-ever national TV campaign
DIscount Retail Chain Poundland UK (owned by Pep&Co) will launch its first-ever national TV advertising campaign following a significant...
Nov 14, 20212 min read


Netherlands: Action stores sell nearly 5 billion worth of stuff in nine months
Discount Retail Chain Action (owned by 3i Group) have sold 4.8 billion euros (US$5.8Bn) worth of stuff in the first nine months of this...
Nov 14, 20211 min read


Switzerland: Lidl's fruit and vegetable warehouse is inaugurated
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Switzerland (owned by the German Schwarz Group) inaugurates the new logistics building right next to the...
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Russia: Fix Price introduces new price categories in stores throughout Russia
Discount Retail Chain Fix Price introduces new price levels for the sale of goods, 59 rubles (US$0.83) and 79 rubles (US$1.11), while...
Oct 31, 20211 min read


Poland: LfL Biedronka sales up by 7.8 percent. The chain targets 100 new stores in 2021
Discount Retail Chain Biedronka (owned by Jeronimo Martins) achieved sales of EUR 10.6 billion (US$12.7Bn). In PLN, sales increased by...
Oct 31, 20212 min read


Poland: Aldi Nord Unveils Technology Hub in Kraków
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Nord (German family owned) has unveiled a new 'Technology Hub' in Kraków, Poland, as it seeks to further its...
Oct 31, 20211 min read


Sweden: Lidl in on ten-in-top over the strongest brands in the trade
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Sweden (owned by the German Schwarz Group) gets into the ten-in-top list, fire index, over Sweden's strongest...
Oct 30, 20211 min read


UK: Aldi launches Aldimania collection
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK is launching its own line of merchandise called Aldimania. The loungewear collection includes hoodies,...
Oct 24, 20211 min read


Ireland: 286 million ALDI private label teabags now fully biogradabel
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Ireland (German family owned) customers are to become the first to enjoy their hot cuppas sustainably as Aldi...
Oct 24, 20213 min read
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