in depth
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Analysis and Features
Can Fortress unlock the potential within Poundstretcher?
After a ‘choppy’ few years of restructuring, store closures, and multiple CEOs, can Majestic Wine owner Fortress steady the Poundstretcher ship?
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Comment and Opinion
Is Tesco’s Clubcard Prices rebrand enough to prevent another Lidl trademark battle?
IP lawyers weigh in on if Tesco has done enough to avoid another lawsuit from Lidl
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Analysis and Features
How pay and benefits stack up at the supermarkets
We look at how wage levels at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, M&S and Iceland compare
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl is winning due to differentiation, not just cost
If Lidl keeps up with this value innovation, and there is not a more multifaceted response from competitors, it will keep winning in the UK, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Analysis and Features
What has happened to Aldi’s stratospheric growth story?
Aldi is now only the seventh fastest grower – with discount rival Lidl still surging ahead. So what’s changed in the past six months?
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi’s Next Big Thing: engaging insight into product pitch process
Some interesting small brands pitched, all facing the prospect of scaling fast and reducing prices on their premium products
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Analysis and Features
Easter and mums dominate new displays in stores for March 2024
Mother’s Day and Easter proved the highlights for retailers this month, with colourful displays taking centre stage
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Analysis and Features
How The Refill Coalition is giving refillable containers a fresh start
The Refill Coalition’s first standardised dispenser system trial, at an Aldi store in Solihull, is already ‘exceeding’ expectations in terms of logistics and sales. Can it be made to work at scale?
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Comment and Opinion
How to move shoppers from deal loyalty to real loyalty
Real loyalty comes from being practically useful and emotionally meaningful to customers’ lives, says Jason Foo, CEO at BBD Perfect Storm
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Analysis and Features
Hot Crossy Bs and #NoFarmersNoFood: this week in grocery on social media
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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Comment and Opinion
Bottlecelli: Lidl’s pun-tastic installation gives Glasgow a cultural boost
Venus: Roman goddess of love, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity… and now Lidl’s bottle and can return scheme pilot
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Comment and Opinion
Price match will take Morrisons only so far. What else does it have?
If there was a supermarket Bafta for most original turn, it certainly wouldn’t be going to Morrisons this week
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Analysis and Features
Spotted in stores: what’s new for January 2024
Each month, we highlight new and interesting products and displays our team has snapped in the leading grocers
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Analysis and Features
Why did Thatchers’ Aldi copycat claim fail in High Court?
Aldi’s cider was found to be neither confusing nor detrimental
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Comment and Opinion
We must think long term to avoid a race to the bottom
Asda price matching the discounters signals a new phase, says Patrick Finlay, MD at The Category Management Company
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco’s double Clubcard points speaks volumes about where the market is up to
Who hit the Christmas jackpot? The short answer is the discounters, and in particular, Lidl
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Analysis and Features
Which grocery players hit the stock market jackpot in 2023?
In 2023, crises from Ukraine to the Middle East, plus the ongoing cost of living crisis, battered stocks. Who coped best and what will 2024 bring?
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Analysis and Features
Will Asda’s discounter price matching scheme pay off?
Asda is the first supermarket to match both Aldi and Lidl
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Comment and Opinion
Can Aldi really leverage a successful retail media network?
Retailers are seemingly unable to ignore the promise of launching their own retail media networks. The margins are hard to pass by
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi and Lidl under siege? Inside Asda’s audacious price match scheme
Asda was so serious about being the cheapest that the deal applied if it wasn’t at least 10% cheaper