Discounter

Penny To Modernise Its Regional Structure To 'Balance Performance'

Rewe Group's discount banner Penny has announced that it is modernising its regional structure to focus on five regions, rather than the previous eight, in...

O'Key Group Records Sales Increase, Expands Discounters

Russian retailer O’Key Group recorded annual revenues of RUB 177.5 billion (€2.32 billion) for full year 2017, a 1.14% increase year on year, as...

Russia's O'Key Sees Q1 Sales Decline Due To Supermarket Selloff

Russian retailer O'Key Group said that its group net retail revenue for the first quarter declined by 6.9% year-on-year, due to the group selling off its s...

Supermarket Casualties Begin To Pile Up In the US In Amazon-Fuelled Battle

This is how the grocery industry lives now: regional chains are filing for bankruptcy, European-born discounters are expanding, forcing competitors to keep...

If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: Assessing Tesco’s Discount Strategy

As Tesco reportedly works with advisers to develop a new discount grocery chain, Andy Brian, head of retail at Gordons law firm, considers whether the UK&r...

No Merger Planned, But Aldi Nord And Aldi Süd Working Together Can't Hurt: Analysis

German trade publication Manager Magazin sent the rumour mill into overdrive late last week, when it reported that Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd were pl...

Tesco 'Discounter' Rumours Lead To More Questions Than Answers: Analysis

Just when you thought that the rumour mill had started to slow down a little ...! The UK retail sector has been all aflutter in the past 24 hours, follo...