All Lidl articles – Page 49
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Lidl offers TV travel deals
Schwarz Group’s discount grocer Lidl is offering its holiday travel deals through a specialist TV channel.Lidl in Germany has teamed up with travel shopping TV Sonnenklar.tv to promote its monthly holiday trip special offers on air. The 30-minute programme is broadcast daily at 4pm.According to reports Lidl is advertising its ...
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Print advertising remains central to retailers
Despite the growth of digital media, print advertising remains core to many retailers’ communications
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Lidl UK boss steps down
Lidl UK managing director Frank-Michael Mros is understood to have stepped down from his post.
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How Netto’s exit from high street will affect the hard discounters
Hard discounters Aldi and Lidl could thrive in the UK after the third-largest player, Netto, disappears from the high street.
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Asda suffers fifth consecutive market share drop
Asda has suffered its fifth consecutive monthly market share drop and growth behind the market at 2.5% according to Kantar Worldpanel.
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Strife in Greece ‘likely to benefit foreign retailers’
The economic and political turmoil that is convulsing Greece is likely in the long term to benefit international retailers that trade there, according to Planet Retail analyst Milos Ryba.
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Tesco market share up as it piles pressure on Asda
Tesco’s Clubcard double points scheme has helped the market leading grocer take share from arch-rival Asda, the latest till roll data shows.
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Lidl prepares for stagnating German sales
Lidl is preparing for sales growth to flatten out in its domestic market.Sales in Germany are reportedly stagnating as new stores cannibalise sales. Lidl has opened over 80 stores in the past year in Germany.However, according to German trade paper Lebensmittel Zeitung, the group is close to acquiring Tengelmann’s Plus ...
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Growth of international discount supermarkets slows
Discount supermarkets are facing a slowdown in growth as competition from more mainstream competitors and brands start to impact on their sales.
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Asda’s market share growth halted as Tesco hits back
Supermarket group Asda’s market share growth has come to halt after a fightback by Tesco, latest market share data shows.
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Shoppers return to premium food lines at Christmas
Supermarkets enjoyed shoppers’ return to premium foods at Christmas, according to research house TNS Worldpanel.
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Lidl teams up with Nabtaaler Milchwerke to launch private-label lines
Discounter Lidl has teamed up with Bavarian dairy company Nabtaaler Milchwerke to launch Lidl’s first regional private-label lines. Lidl has been selling Bavarian long-life milk for some time in some regional divisions to support dairy farmers in the federal state. The discounter registered the trademark “Ein gutes Stück Heimat” - ...
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Controversial Lidl chief to head up UK division
Discount grocer Lidl has drafted in the former managing director of its German operation Frank-Michael Mros to head up its UK division.
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Lidl slows expansion in Finland
According to Lidl managing director Antti Tiitola, the Schwarz Group-owned discount grocer has slowed its pace of expansion in Finland due to its increasing saturation in the market.The retailer now plans to open just two to five stores each year.Lidl has more than 130 stores in Finland, with an overall ...
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Waitrose outperforms grocery market, latest TNS data shows
John Lewis-owned supermarket chain Waitrose raced ahead of rivals in recent months to post market-leading growth while discounters’ performance continued to slow.
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Lidl to open Bolton store
Lidl has secured planning consent for a new store in Westhoughton, Bolton.
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Tesco considers dropping ‘biggest discounter’ tag
Tesco is weighing up whether to continue with its ad slogan “Britain’s Biggest Discounter” after being slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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Three retailers sign for space at Wood Green
Two retailers including a new anchor tenant have signed for space at The Mall Wood Green in north London, while a third is moving to larger premises in the scheme.
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Analysis
Top 50 retailers: Retail’s premier league
It’s 18 months since Retail Week’s last look at the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins and much has changed in that time. Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark reports
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Schwarz Group fastest riser according to Planet Retail
Discount grocers are continuing their march on the competition, with Lidl owner Schwarz Group being the fastest riser in Planet Retail’s Top 20 Grocery Retailers 2008.Schwarz jumped from ninth to fifth place last year as the global downturn continues to accelerate growth for discount chains.The research also revealed that the ...