All Discounters articles – Page 5
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Comment & 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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News
Home Bargains shed nearly 1,600 retail staff while adding new stores, accounts reveal
The estate grew from 572 to 594 stores, helping boost turnover by 10.2% to £3.8bn, despite the retailer shedding 6% of shopworkers
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Category Report
Personal care & beauty trends 2024: Brands fight the ‘dupe’ boom
Beauty brands are losing out to lower priced ‘dupes’ and own label. How can they salvage sales?
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News
Aldi to raise £15m for Teenage Cancer Trust after hitting £10m target early
Aldi’s staff are engaging in fundraising events including bake sales, marathons and even scaling Mount Kilimanjaro
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Analysis & 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 & 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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News
Sainsbury’s mimics Tesco for third time with new everyday low prices campaign
‘Low Everyday Prices’ will replace Sainsbury’s long-running Price Lock campaign
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News
Aldi pledges to ‘cut more prices than ever before’
The renewed price pledge comes a week after Kantar data revealed Aldi sales were growing more slowly than the total market
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Analysis & 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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News
Aldi to open 35 new UK stores this year
The discounter is set to invest £550m in expanding its UK footprint this year, while creating about 40 jobs per new store
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News
Aldi’s Next Big Thing TV show returning to Channel 4
‘Aldi’s Next Big Thing’ will once again be hosted by Anita Rani and former greengrocer Chris Bavin, while Aldi UK buying MD Julie Ashfield will choose winners
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Range Preview
Chocolate dogs and fruity eggs in Aldi’s Easter range 2024
Forget Colin vs Cuthbert, next up in the ring are Charlie the Labrador and Honey the Golden Retriever vs M&S’s Dougal the Puppy
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News
Aldi publishes ‘wish list’ of London locations for new stores
The discounter has said it wants to open 100 more stores within the M25 – adding to the more than 50 it has now – in a £500m investment
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News
Lidl decides not to wait for investors to fund new stores
The discounter has appointed contractors to build a number of new stores
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News
Aldi ‘cheapest Christmas dinner’ ad misled, says watchdog
The ASA found the claims in a national newspaper ad to be misleading in a number of ways, after Sainsbury’s complained
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News
Tesco to change Clubcard Prices logo after losing trademark battle with Lidl
An appeal by Tesco against an earlier High Court ruling has been dismissed
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News
Poundland to play up latest ranges in new TV ad campaign
Poundland wants shoppers who may not have visited in a while to come and see how much it has evolved
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Analysis & 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 & 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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News
Aldi giving shopworkers second pay rise in under six months
For the first time, Aldi has also made a firm commitment to never be beaten on pay by another supermarket.