in depth – Page 20
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Comment and Opinion
Dealing with discounters: a lesson from French supermarkets
The facts say it all. Hard discounters like Aldi and Lidl have seized more than 8% UK market share…
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Comment and Opinion
Discounter copycats are a threat to brands and consumers
Imagine you’ve been out of the country for five years and now you are walking around an Aldi or Lidl…
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Analysis and Features
How green are the discounters?
The discounters were lagging well behind in terms of eco-friendliness in 2011 but sales growth has forced them to change…
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Analysis and Features
Morrisons: will its pricing strategy pay off in the end?
Shopping is cheaper but is it nullifying the discounter threat?
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Comment and Opinion
Look who's talking: Lidl opens up
Lidl has been opening up - what a change from the past
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl sets out its statement of intent
Lidl has developed into a charming and compelling operator – as exemplified by a lavish four-course dinner it laid on for …
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Comment and Opinion
Sparks fly in batteries
The batteries category is a huge battleground between the supermarkets and the discounters, which are seizing share here as they are in grocery in general.
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Comment and Opinion
Discounters can be rivalled with information and innovation
The modern savvy shopper is concerned about far more than just low prices, especially in the wake of food crises…
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Comment and Opinion
Moy and UBUK flotations: will the trickle become a flood?
Moy Park and UBUK IPOs will be hugely important in establishing if UK fmcg suppliers can make sense to Stock Market again…
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Comment and Opinion
Peter Andre takes Iceland back to the future
Iceland has announced the new face of its ad campaign will be none other than “TV presenter, songwriter and chart-topping singer” Peter Andre, of Mysterious Girl fame
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Comment and Opinion
Discounter disillusion: Aldi and Lidl have a long way to go
I have not been carried away by the current wave of enthusiasm for the German discounters…
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Comment and Opinion
99p Stores has made a bold leap into mainstream grocery
99p Stores is taking on a bewildering array of rivals with its food-to-go move – from M&S to Greggs…
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Comment and Opinion
99p Stores thinks big in Northampton
99p Stores’ Abington Street branch is the first of a brand new concept for the chain. What’s it like?
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi and Lidl are far from the plucky underdogs of UK grocery
How big can the discounters get in the UK? That is the £175bn question we are tackling this week…
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Comment and Opinion
Discounters: a fashion that is here to stay?
“The fashion of this world passeth away.” Seldom has this been shown more clearly than in today’s grocery market…
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Analysis and Features
Aldi and Lidl: how big could the discounters get?
The rapid rise of Aldi and Lidl is changing the shape of the grocery landscape. How big will they get?…
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Comment and Opinion
Netto move by Sainsbury's is risky but astute
Sainsbury’s decision to enter the British Limited Assortment Discount (LAD) market came as quite a surprise…
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury's and Netto tie-up is a smart move
the big four need to realise that the price war and discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl are not going to go away…
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Analysis and Features
Netto's return: Per Bank and Mike Coupe on how the jv will work
Dansk Supermarked CEO Per Bank and Sainsbury’s CEO-in-waiting Mike Coupe on their vision for Netto’s return to the UK…
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi and Lidl are major opportunity for brands
In the Valleys what the lads mean for the props may be a discussion about forwards and backs…