All Lidl articles – Page 47

  • Asda’s acquisition of Netto helped it steal a march on its rivals
    News

    Asda outstrips rivals over festive period

    2012-01-13T00:00:00Z

    A mix of advertising, promotions and vouchers brought success for Asda.

  • Sainsbury's market share has risen
    News

    Sainsbury's market share highest since March 2003

    2012-01-10T12:15:00Z

    Sainsbury’s has achieved its biggest market share in eight years and the conversion of Netto stores has boosted Asda’s share, the latest Kantar data showed.

  • News

    Lidl reprimanded by Swedish Advertising Ombudsman

    2011-12-14T07:00:00Z

    Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl has reportedly been reprimanded by the Swedish Advertising Ombudsman for misleading advertising.An article in Esmerk said that a consumer lodged a complaint about a TV commercial in which the retailer claims to travel the world to buy produce directly from local farmers.The complainant argued that the ...

  • Grocery spending stalled in November
    News

    Grocery spending stalls in November, Nielsen reports

    2011-12-06T18:01:00Z

    Grocery spend stalled in November despite price-cuts, money-off vouchers, fuel discounts and other promotions by the big four grocers. 

  • Tesco's Big Price Drop is reflected in latest market share
    News

    Big Price Drop affects Tesco market share

    2011-12-06T11:26:00Z

    The impact of Tesco’s Big Price Drop has resulted in less cash going through the grocery giant’s tills but more shoppers, market monitor Kantar has reported.

  • News

    Lidl to open first Lithuanian store

    2011-12-02T07:00:00Z

    Schwarz Group’s discount chain Lidl will open its first Lithuanian store in Alytus in the south of the country. According to reports, Lidl intends to open stores in Lithuania’s five biggest cities and every town of more than 20,000 inhabitants. In 2002, Lidl decided to open stores in Lithuania and ...

  • David Wild
    Opinion

    Learn from the competition

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Rivals can make retailers up their game and help drive innovation, says David Wild.

  • News

    Lidl denies withdrawal from Switzerland

    2011-11-11T07:00:00Z

    Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl has denied it plans to withdraw from Switzerland. Following the recent demise of its long-standing country director Andreas Pohl, it has been reported that his successor, Matthias Oppitz, has been asked to place the Swiss operations under close scrutiny and freeze costs. Lidl is reportedly lagging ...

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    News

    Asda outperforms market for first time since 2009

    2011-11-08T12:32:00Z

    Asda has outperformed the grocery market for the first time since the beginning of 2010 while Morrisons remains the strongest performer of the big four supermarkets, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel market share figures.

  • News

    Lidl changes expansion criteria in Germany

    2011-10-20T07:00:00Z

    Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl is changing the criteria for expansion in Germany, defining higher sales targets and a larger catchment area for new stores. The new measures foresee a minimum turnover per store of E5m (£4.4m), which is higher than the estimated average of E4.9m (£4.3m) for its existing network.To ...

  • News

    Lidl implements ‘1 now & 1 later’ promotions

    2011-10-13T07:00:00Z

    Schwarz Group’s discount store chain Lidl in the Netherlands has begun to implement ‘1 Nu & 1 Later’ (‘1 now & 1 later’) promotions. According to the retailer, it plans to reduce food waste at customers’ homes with these special offers. The products promoted in Lidl’s leaflets have a multi-buy ...

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    News

    Morrisons, Waitrose and the discounters are the grocery market winners in September

    2011-10-11T13:58:00Z

    Morrisons has once again posted the strongest growth of the ‘Big Four’ supermarkets in the Kantar market share figures, while the sales of hard discounters Aldi and Lidl continued to soar.

  • Morrisons has been performing well
    News

    Morrisons and Sainsbury's winners in latest Kantar data

    2011-09-13T11:33:00Z

    Morrisons and Sainsbury’s emerged as the market share winners among the big four grocers according to latest industry data, which also showed consumers buying fewer items and making more shopping trips.

  • Tesco has extended its market share lead in Ireland
    News

    Tesco extends Irish market share lead

    2011-08-22T10:59:00Z

    Irish grocery sales were flat in the 12 weeks to August 7 as shoppers kept a tight rein on spending.It was the first time in 12 months that there was no value growth in the market, Kantar Worldpanel data showed.Market leader Tesco consolidated its position, delivering sales growth of 1.7% ...

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    News

    Morrisons leads big four, while Aldi reports all-time record share

    2011-08-16T11:21:00Z

    Morrisons was the only one of the big four to grow market share in the latest Kantar figures, while Aldi was the winner overall with growth of nearly 25%.

  • Shopping Basket Full of Groceries
    Analysis

    Crunch time for the grocers

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers have been cutting back on discretionary items but now even food volumes are declining. Jennifer Creevy reports on how supermarkets are having to adapt to this unfamiliar environment

  • Tim Danaher, Editor
    Opinion

    The party is over for the supermarkets

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    The past five years have been a story of almost unbroken growth for the big four supermarkets. Since the mid-decade recoveries at Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons, general retailers have looked on in envy as the grocers appeared immune to fluctuations in the economy, while everything new that they tried seemed ...

  • News

    Discounter Lidl plans store expansion

    2011-06-29T13:13:00Z

    Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl has plans to open stores not only in Lithuania’s five biggest cities, but also in every town with more than 20,000 inhabitants. Marius Kybartas, expansion director at Lidl’s Lithuanian subsidiary, said that Lidl is planning to build and open discount stores all over the country, adding ...

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    News

    Asda takes market share hit

    2011-06-21T11:25:00Z

    Asda’s market share slipped in the latest Kantar figures from 16.7% last year to 16.3%, while the discounters stole a larger share of shopper spend.

  • Data

    Kantar Worldpanel: Grocery market share data for the 12 weeks ending May 15, 2011

    2011-06-07T11:52:00Z

    Kantar Worldpanel Grocery market share data for the 12 weeks ending May 15, 2011