Tag "Egyesült Királyság"
Shein unveils UK investment plans and launches ‘circularity fund’
Shein has pledged to invest £211m (€250m) over the next five years in the UK and Europe, according to Reuters, as it launches a “circularity fund”. The fast fashion giant...
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Aldi to open 10 new shops in the UK this summer as expansion continues
Aldi is planning to open more than 10 new stores across the UK in the coming months as it remains on track to meet its target of opening 35 new...
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The Body Shop: Beauty industry tycoon closes in on deal
Entrepreneur Mike Jatania, who made his fortune building cosmetics brands, is gearing up to buy The Body Shop out of administration. The tycoon is thought to be part of a...
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Coffee prices to continue rising, warns Lavazza
Italian coffee company Lavazza has warned that coffee prices will keep rising until the middle of next year as the industry continues to face “very challenging headwinds”. Vice chairman Guiseppe...
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Tropicana invites public to create new flavour
Tropicana has invited the public to work with its ‘Master of Orange’ to create the brand’s next juice flavour. The new campaign will see a singular chosen applicant inventing a...
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Is orange wine the ‘drink of the summer’?
An explosion of posts on TikTok has shown a profound appetite for orange wine with some dubbing it the ‘drink of the summer’. It looks as though Generation Z and...
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Uber Eats turns couriers into personal shoppers
Uber Eats is determined to capture a bigger share of the grocery delivery market. Customers will soon be able to interact with couriers in real time, as they walk through...
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Lidl calls on contractors as it looks to open hundreds of stores
Lidl is calling upon contractors to sign up for a series of events as it looks to expand its network with hundreds of new store openings. Aimed at both creating...
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Lidl wins through its ‘breadification’ strategy in the UK
British supermarkets are being criticised for allegedly misleading marketing in their bakery department, and German discounter Lidl’s bakery strategy may be indirectly to blame. The German discounters combines its bake-off...
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Plant-based investor Ahimsa Companies eyes more deals
The US investor has recently acquired plant-based ready-meals business Wicked Kitchen. US plant-based investor Ahimsa Companies is in talks with a clutch of brands to add to its portfolio. Ahimsa...
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Nestlé Launches Air Fryer-Friendly Products To Meet Growing Demand
Food giant Nestlé has developed a range of products suitable for the air fryer, responding to the appliance’s soaring popularity among consumers across the globe. The United States witnessed a...
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Aldi invests £90m in upgrading over 30 stores this summer
Aldi is set to refurbish over 30 UK stores this summer, marking an investment of £90m throughout 2024. Over 100 stores across the UK will get an upgrade to various...
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Lipton unveils new competition for retailers
Lipton is kicking off the summer season with a competition for retailers by giving one shop-owner the chance to win a branded store takeover. The push aims to drive awareness...
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Waitrose switches to green farming practices to support British farmers
Waitrose is supporting more than 2,000 UK farmers to switch to green farming practices, to enable them to increase the long-term financial resilience of their farms and tackle the impacts...
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UK Labour government to ban energy drink sales to teens
The party said energy drinks containing 150mg of caffeine per litre will be “banned from sale in retail outlets and online to under-16s”. The UK Labour party has pledged to...
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Müller launches new Declan Rice campaign to promote rice protein
Müller is continuing its partnership with football star Declan Rice, launching a new wave of its ‘Rice, Rice Baby’ campaign to promote Müller Rice Protein and drive growth in the...
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Aldi UK goes local
Aldi in the UK is investing in British apple growers. The German discounter is the biggest buyer of British apples in terms of volume. Following similar moves by Lidl in...
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Tesco launches marketplace to become one-stop shop online
Tesco has launched an online marketplace allowing customers the ability to shop thousands of third-party products when buying their groceries. The supermarket said the addition of a marketplace will make...
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Tesco leverages artificial intelligence for loyalty
The British market leader Tesco and German discount challenger Lidl have entered an intense battle about customer loyalty in Great Britain. A new Clubcard initiative supported by artificial intelligence aims...
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Aldi invests £750m with British apple grower
Aldi has invested £750m in a new 20-year deal with a Kent-based fruit farm, in a move that will see the creation of an “Aldi Orchard”. AC Goatham & Son,...
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Tesco introduces AI refrigeration technology to cut energy costs in the UK
Britain’s Tesco has introduced AI-based refrigeration technology to cut its energy costs by 10% and save more than 385 tonnes of carbon dioxide in its operations. This article is available...
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96% of Europeans shopped online in Q1
At least 95.8 percent of European consumers shopped online in the first quarter of this year. In the United Kingdom, that percentage was 93 percent. And in the Netherlanders, 96...
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Brits to spend £2.4 billion on beer during Euros 2024 tournament
Brits are estimated to drink 604.5 million pints during this summer’s 2024 Euros tournament, new research finds, with spending predicted at £2.4bn over the 33 day championship. Takepayments, a digital...
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Arla pledges £300m to bolster UK dairy industry
Arla Foods has pledged it will invest £300m across five UK dairy production sites in a move set to boost the UK’s dairy industry. The dairy giant revealed that it...
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Tesco teams up with suppliers to tackle hygiene poverty
Tesco has again joined forced with its suppliers from well-known household brands such as Andrex, Aquafresh, Bodyform, Radox, Sure and Wilkinson Sword to distribute millions of personal care items to...
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M&S: Stores with a human touch will be the future, says chair
M&S chairman Archie Norman has said that the upmarket retailer will not rely on self-checkouts in the future as they have a “robotic type of feel”. The supermarket boss...
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Good-bye Aldi Price – A eulogy for EDLP price leadership
National price leadership is an overrated concept in 2024. In the wake of record-high inflation rates shopper research all across Europe suggests that retailers have to lead on being cheap...
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AB InBev building 0.0% tech in UK, sees opportunity in “adult refreshment”
AB InBev sees „a unique opportunity” in building its 0.0% portfolio in the area of „adult refreshment”. Anheuser-Busch InBev is building new de-alcoholisation technology in the UK as the world’s...
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7-Eleven could re-enter the UK as it eyes European expansion
International convenience chain 7-Eleven could rebuild its presence in the UK as its parent company Seven & I Holdings looks to further expand into Europe. During Seven & I Holdings’...
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Getir to leave Western Europe
Quick commerce company Getir is preparing to leave all the countries it is still active in, excluding its home market Turkey and – for now? – the United States. Thousands...
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