All Discounters (grocery) articles – Page 28
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News
Analysis: Why Sainsbury's and Netto are launching a discount chain
Four years after selling its 193 UK stores to Asda for £778m, Danish discounter Netto is back for a second bite at the market – this time in partnership with Sainsbury’s.
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Aldi pledges to double UK store estate in next seven years
Aldi has pledged to double its UK store estate to 1,000 shops over the next seven years as its relentless march looks set to continue.
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Analysis
Pets market: What do retailers need to know?
Newly floated Pets at Home unveiled its results yesterday. Retail Week looks at growth prospects for this fragmented sector.
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News
The Works aims to grow revenue by 50% over next three years
Discount retailer The Works is gunning to increase sales by almost 50% in the next three years as it extends its offer beyond its books origins.
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Analysis
12 facts you should know about Hema as it launches first UK store
Hema opens its first UK store in Victoria, London, on June 12. Here are a few facts you never knew about the Dutch value player.
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Aldi goes on recruitment drive for 5,000 staff as it expands in UK
Aldi is planning to boost its UK growth and aims to cope with its increasing popularity by hiring 5,000 more staff this year.
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Analysis
Analysis: Retailers draw the battle lines in the grocery price war
The relentless growth of discounters Aldi and Lidl has prompted other supermarkets to take action to retain and win custom.
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Analysis
Comment: Anti-design – Card Factory and how no-frills retail may change
Some of the more successful formats on our high streets work because they look un-designed, but will this last?
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Analysis
International news: Schwarz excels in Europe but postpones US entry
German giant Schwarz Group reported on another excellent year enjoying double-digit growth, which outperformed many other grocery retailers.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: With prices falling, how can I compete with the discounters?
UK shoppers are still feeling the pinch, but are shoppers solely focused on price?
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Analysis
Analysis: The top 10 fastest-growing retailers in the UK, 2014
The second annual Zolfo Cooper Growth Retailer Report, produced in association with Retail Week, highlights the businesses that have excelled in increasing profits in the UK.
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Opinion
Comment: Can supermarkets have their cake and eat it?
Store design and deep discounting needn’t be mutually exclusive, but they make unnatural bedfellows.
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Analysis
Oracle Retail Week Awards: Lidl tastes victory with appetizing own brand
The quality and value of Lidl’s premium own-label range Deluxe ensured it bagged the Toy Store Own Brand Range of the Year award.
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News
Retail Week Live: Vouchering jeopardises brand integrity, warns Asda customer insight boss
Vouchering jeopardises your brand integrity, said Asda head customer insight and pricing Alex Chruszcz.
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Tesco cuts delivery charges to woo online grocery shoppers
Tesco has stepped up its plans to drive delivery prices down as part of its fight-back against fierce competition.
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Cartoon
Blower's retail cartoon: Great British Bake Off drives Poundland sales
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower takes a look at the stories making the news.
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Analysis
Infographic: Retail's winners and losers over Christmas
Retailers’ performances varied widely at Christmas. Rebecca Thomson looks at the festive period’s winners and losers.
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Analysis
At a glance: Dutch value retailer Hema
As Dutch retailer Hema reveals plans to enter the UK market, Retail Week lifts the lid on the value chain.
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Analysis
In quotes: Retail leaders on Christmas trading
Retailers are expecting Christmas sales to go to the wire with just a few days trading to go. Retail Week speaks to retail leaders on festive spending.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can Aldi and Lidl’s growth figures be believed?
Aldi and Lidl received a boost as stunning new market share data showed half of UK households shopped in the pair in the last 12 weeks. Retail Week takes a look at whether the numbers stack up.