Tag "Sebastian Rennack"
Picnic targets break-even point
Dutch online delivery service Picnic is moving closer to profitability. The retailer is already writing black figures in its home market. Robotization of its warehouses is one reason for the...
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Aldi UK invests record-sum in store expansion
Aldi in the UK announces a record £800 million (€ 928 million) investment in its store network. Last year, Aldi’s net sales grew by a historically high 16%, more than...
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Lidl exports pork ‘Made in Germany’
Lidl introduces its German local origin label for pork as an in-out promotion in its Lithuanian subsidiary. For fresh meat products, the discounter in its international markets has so far...
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Lidl Sverige sells fruit and vegetables grown to classical music
Lidl aims to gain the favor of Swedish consumers through an unusual cooperation with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. In the next two months the discounter will sell produce grown...
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Lidl shows resilience against Biedronka and Dino
Lidl has taken the lead in revenue growth on same sales areas among Polish top grocers. For the first time the German discounter’s like-for-like figures exceed those of grocery market...
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Aldi and Edeka fight for the crown of largest organic grocer
German grocers expand their organic ranges. Discounters and supermarkets alike step up their cooperation with associations for organic farming. Segment leader Alnatura’s introduction of an organic price-entry private label fuels...
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German discounters boost animal welfare credentials
Aldi in Germany is introducing a German-origin label for fresh produce. Like rival Lidl, the discounter is introducing higher animal welfare standards for its own-brand meat and sausage products. The move...
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Aldi Süd sends kebab food trucks on tour through Germany
Aldi capitalizes on rising restaurant prices and puts a spotlight on its private label fast food ranges. Food trucks selling Aldi kebabs are on a roadshow in several German cities....
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Lidl fights to regain price leadership in Lithuania
Lidl is struggling to regain momentum in Lithuania. Last year, the Schwarz discounter posted the lowest revenue growth among the country’s top food retailers. The abolition of paper leaflets in...
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Russian retail looks for growth options
Russian retailers are looking for new ways to increase their market share. Top retailers in the east of Europe are struggling with the same issues as their Western European counterparts:...
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Lidl optimizes international store network
In the first four months of the current financial year, Lidl’s international store opening rate continued to slow down. The discounter closed stores in several key markets. Poland is the...
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Żabka plans to conquer urban Romania
Żabka’s Romanian offshoot, Froo, is targeting two hundred new stores by the end of the year. The retail map for urban convenience stores in larger Romanian cities is still largely...
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Food e-commerce isn’t for everyone (yet)
The democratisation of online grocery shopping is taking longer than initially expected given the worldwide hype around e-commerce. Persistent cost inflation has forced retailers to launch initiatives to curb staff...
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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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Vkusvill challenges Russian market leaders X5 and Magnit
Russian health food retailer Vkusvill is on its way to becoming a formidable force in Russian food retailing. Although market leaders X5 and Magnit dwarf the former niche player when...
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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 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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Action focuses on Central & Eastern Europe
Action plans to increase the pace of expansion. Poland is one of the most important investment countries for the non-food discounter. Despite fierce competition in the segment, the retailer achieved...
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German supermarkets draw even with discounters
After two years of inflation-induced market share losses, German supermarkets stabilize their market position. Food prices are deflating for the first time in ten years. Market leader Edeka ended the...
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Billa Bulgaria grows double-digit
German Rewe Group’s Central European supermarket banner Billa can improve its market position in Bulgaria. For the current period the retailer wants to invest more than 60 million euros into...
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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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Back to the Roots – The Renaissance of the hard-discounter
The time is ripe for a renaissance of the hard discount format in Europe. But a winning strategy will not necessarily mean turning back the clock and copying the highly...
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Aldi US doubles down on EDLP price promise
Aldi Süd in the USA highlights the low-price appeal of its discount model. The retailer especially emphasizes the simplicity and inclusiveness of its EDLP strategy. The discounter challenges the paid...
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Retail consolidation in Central & South-Eastern Europe accelerates: Discounters and local heroes can increase the lead against other competitors
Over the past two years the emerging markets of Europe have gained in importance in the balance sheets of international retailers. However, in contrast to the past, market share growth...
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Serviced counters help local proximity supermarkets rise in Central & Southeast Europe
Local proximity supermarkets increase their market share in Central & Southeastern Europe despite strong international competition. Especially in Poland and Romania the large gap between rural and urban areas provides...
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Lidl safeguards its supply lines
Lidl needs to secure its meat supply on the German home market. Meat plants owned by sister banner Kaufland will start supplying part of the discounter’s self-service ranges. Schwarz Produktion,...
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Aldi aims to extend its international lead over Lidl
Aldi strives to curb Lidl’s international expansion plans. In Lidl’s most important international markets in the US and in the UK Aldi has launched massive investment programmes to expand footprint...
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Lidl’s international expansion stutters
Lidl has put the brakes on its international expansion. Selected investments in Poland and Spain to close the gap to market leaders. In the 2023/2024 financial year, which ended at...
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Russian discounter Mere relaunches as My price in Belgium
Active expansion in Serbia and the Baltics The Russian hard discounter Mere does not give up on Western Europe. After the no-frills operator in 2022 pulled the plug on its...
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Carrefour on track with ‘Digital Retail 2026’ strategy
Investment focus in CEE on Romania, while high competition in Poland lets franchise network dwindle Carrefour improves its financial soundness and moves ahead on its way to becoming Europe’s largest...
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