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Germany: discount retail chain owners at the very front of richest people in Germany
These are the two richest Germans both owners of discount retail chains: 1. Beate Heister (69) & Karl Albrecht Jr. (74) - discounter Aldi...
Jun 15, 20212 min read


Belgium: MERE expands to Belgium
Discount retail chain MERE (family owned by Schneider) has announced its arrival in Belgium and wants to challenge Aldi and Lidl there....
Jun 14, 20213 min read


Europe: Aldi and Lidl continue their strong push
The sales of the two food discounters continue to grow much faster than the mass distribution average in many countries. This largely...
Jun 11, 20212 min read


Denmark: Flying Tiger Steps Up Global Expansion and Opens 200 New Stores
Flying Tiger Copenhagen (privately owned by Treville) is a variety discount retail chain that sells everything from teapots to games at...
Jun 11, 20212 min read


Research: The state of grocery in North America
The COVID-19 pandemic left no industry untouched. Grocers in North America, along with those in other regions of the world, served as...
Jun 10, 20218 min read


Spain: MERE, the Russian ‘hard discount’ similar to the start-up model of Lidl and Aldi
Discount Retail Chain MERE (owned by Russian Torgservis and managed by Svetefor) is a Russian ‘hard discounter’ similar to the initial...
Jun 9, 20213 min read


USA: How Dollar General Is Disrupting Grocery
Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General plans to continue expanding its Dollar General Market format, with around 16,000 square feet...
Jun 9, 20218 min read


Sweden: Lidl Plus App goes better than expected
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Sweden's Plus App and customer club have gotten off to a better start than expected. "Compared to other...
Jun 9, 20212 min read


France: Aldi's progress in France
Discount Retail Chain Aldi France (German family owned) has completed almost half of the transformation plan of the Leader Price which it...
Jun 8, 20213 min read


USA: Five Below Adding Associate-Assisted Self-Checkout to 250 Stores
Discount Retail Chain Five Below (publicly listed NYSE: FIVE) said it will add Associate Assisted Self-Checkout (ACO) to be in over 60%...
Jun 8, 20212 min read


USA: Lidl's now or never strategy
Discount Retail Chain Lidl US (owned by the German Schwarz Gruppe) CEO Michal Lagunionek, the discounter’s fourth U.S. chief executive in...
Jun 8, 20215 min read


Australia: ALDI celebrates five years in Western Australia as it reveals its latest expansion plans
Discount Retail Chain ALDI Australia (German family owned) celebrates its five-year anniversary in Western Australia, looking back at the...
Jun 8, 20212 min read


USA: Dollar stores are starting to offer fresh food
Dollar Discount Retail Store chains are starting to offer fresh groceries at some stores after years of criticism that they don't provide...
Jun 4, 20212 min read


Hungary: Lidl has reached the No.1 spot!
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Hungary (owned by the German Schwarz Gruppe) beat everyone in 2020 and irrespective of the fact whether one...
Jun 4, 20212 min read


China: Chinese discounter store Miniso is growing by one new store a day
Chinese discount variety retail chain Miniso (public compan traded at NYSE: MNSO) accelerated its expansion plan during the pandemic,...
Jun 4, 20211 min read


UK: B&M posts strong full year profit uplift
Discount Variety Retail Chain B&M saw its group statutory pre-tax profit climb by 108.5% to £525.4 million (US$745 million) in the year...
Jun 3, 20212 min read


Netherlands: Zeeman now also sells locally collected second-hand clothing
Discount Textile Retail Chain Zeeman (family owned) sells customers second-hand clothing. Before the end of the year, worn baby,...
Jun 3, 20212 min read


Research: European retailers reduce the price gap of their own brands with discounters
The latest research from International Private Label Consult (IPLC) identifies a continuing closing of the price gap between European...
May 27, 20211 min read
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