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Discount Retail Chain #ALDI #Italy doubles in size since entering the country in 2018! With the opening of the second regional distrubution center in #Landriano (Pavia) Aldi doubles its logistics capacity. The facility, with state of the art technology and energy efficiency, is a key hub to support further expansion in the Northwestern part of Italy. Aldi now has 82 stores in 6 Italian regions. Click on image for more:

US non-food Discount Retail Chain Five Below is not backing down from its aggressive store expansion. The extreme-value tween and teen retailer, which has opened 40 new stores so far this year, continues to expect to open 100 to 120 new stores in 2020.

Russian Discount Retail Chain Svetofor (owner of Torgservis and MERE) with more than 800 discount stores in Russia, started in 2018 in Belarus opening its 3rd store in Grodno soon. The concept is straight forward: This is a hard discounter, and low prices are achieved due to lower costs: minimal clearance of the trading floor, a small number of staff, simplified (pallet) layout of the product.The principle of cost saving is implemented throughout.The store network of Svetofor works directly with FMCG manufacturers. Click on image:

Discount Retail Chain and multiformat player InRetail (owned by Intercorp Peru) maintains positive figures, leveraging its growth mainly in its Mass discount stores and in Plaza Vea supermarkets. In the fourth quarter of 2019, Plaza Vea contributed 83% of sales, Vivanda 4%, Mass discount stores 8% and Economax 5%. The Peruvian retailer has been giving more priority to its Mass discount store chain, opening net 120 stores in 2019 (totaling 405 stores). For this reason, by the year 2022 the “hard discounter” plans to have approximately 650 stores in Peru. Click on image:

Japanese Discount Retail Chain Don Don Donki is to open up to three more stores in Hong Kong imminently, including a flagship in Causeway Bay. Click on image:

Discount Retail Chain Maxvalu Thailand (owned by Japanese AEON), wants to be a part of the Thai society. To support Thai farmers through this crisis, Maxvalu sources products that cannot be exported during this period. Making them available at Maxvalu for Thai consumers. Providing consumers good quality at a cheap prices. Helping each other, by providing Thai Farmers income and Thai consumers good products to eat. Click on image:

US Discount Retail Chains like Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Aldi and Lidl will profit from the high unemployment rates and will continue to drive budget-conscious consumers. Dollar General stock slipped 2.2% in Thursday trading, but has rallied 17.3% for the year to date. Dollar Tree shares soared 10.7% on Thursday, and have gained 3.1% for 2020 so far. Click on image:

Discount Retail Chain Lidl wins the German independent test magazin 'Stiftung Warentest: good for care shampoo assessment'. Testing four hair soaps, six solid shampoos and eight conventional products. Lidl's private label shampoo brand 'Cien Fruit / Vitamin' (one euro cent per application) shines first, followed closely by 'Nivea Classic Mild Care Shampoo for Normal Hair' (six eurocents per application). Discount Retail Chain Aldi Nord's private label shampoo brand 'Biocura Classic' (one eurocent per application) reached the third place. Click on image:

Discount Retail Chain Aldi US expands its Curbside Grocery Pickup service to more states after having piloted it in select stores since 2017. By the end of July, the e-commerce option will be available at 600 stores in 35 states, a welcome announcement for those spending less time in stores during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The full selection of Aldi products are available for pickup — powered by Instacart — by shopping at web and/or app. Customers can select their pickup time and location at checkout. Designated parking spots are clearly marked when they arrive at the store, and an employee will load groceries into their car. Click on image:

Discount Retail Chain owner Schwarz Group - owning Lidl, Kaufland as well as Schwarz Production and recycling firm GreenCycle/PreZero - has signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) agreement. The conglomerate with 430.000 employees in more than 30 countries signed the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact. Click on image:

US Discount Retail Chain Dollar General's same-store sales surged by 21.7% during the quarter and net sales were up 27.6%, far outpacing both its rival dollar store chains and grocery and big-box leaders such as Walmart and Target. While the chain benefited from an industry-wide trend for shoppers flocking to stores to stockpile on items during March and early April, analysts say it was able to be able to grow at a faster pace than its rivals because of the location of the majority of its stores. The stores which are mostly situated in rural or suburban areas are underserved by other operators. The majority of Dollar General's 16,500 stores are located in small towns or close to neighborhoods. When the company started to expand in the early 2000s, its strategy was to go where Walmart wasn't, opening stores that were 40 miles from a Walmart. Click on image:

Lidl opens its 100th overall store. Click on image.