in depth – Page 7
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Analysis and Features
Aldi and Lidl: the story behind the rise of a retail empire
Aldi and Lidl made serious inroads into the UK market during the financial crash in 2008. Now, as inflation bites, they’re on the march again
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Analysis and Features
How is the cost of living crisis affecting grocery shopping habits?
What impact are higher prices having on shopping habits? We analysed exclusive data from a Shopmium survey of over 2,000 UK consumers to find out
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Comment and Opinion
What we can learn from Aldi and Lidl as trusted brands among shoppers
As observers, we may get a bit bored of this story – but shoppers just keep lapping it up, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Analysis and Features
Tesco in way better shape for the recession than share sell-off suggests
Tesco in ‘really great shape’ to deal with cost of living crisis, says CEO Ken Murphy
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarket pay: a game where the stakes keep getting raised
Most UK supermarkets have announced pay adjustments in recent weeks. But Tesco’s move is particularly interesting
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Analysis and Features
Why Oxfam is going beyond the supermarket human rights scorecard
Oxfam’s final human rights table shows the discounters now ahead of all rivals except Tesco
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons needs to watch its back. Aldi is eyeing its place in the big four
The discounters are back with a bang, the latest Kantar figures show. And there are more than ever snapping at the big four’s heels
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi sounds like Waitrose with sourcing spot
Aldi has somehow made a virtue of its copycatting technique
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Analysis and Features
In graphs: Why Iceland ranked bottom for supermarket sustainability by Which?
Iceland prides itself on its work to eliminate plastic. So what led Which? to rank it last among supermarkets on sustainability?
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Comment and Opinion
What we can learn from the Aldi and M&S battle over Colin and Cuthbert
Trade mark lawyers Joel Smith and Peter Elkin advise on how best to protect your IP
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Comment and Opinion
Where Tesco went wrong with Jack’s discount endeavour
Tesco should have invested in more advantageous opportunities, says Rebecca Crook, chief growth officer at Somo
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Comment and Opinion
The only surprise about Jack’s is that it didn’t close sooner
Aldi and Lidl are again growing strongly, and Tesco is keen to keep pace
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi’s checkout-free store: what’s in it for a discounter?
The checkout-free format could be a worthy investment in a market where Amazon is dominating, says Miya Knights, co-author of Amazon and Omnichannel Retail
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Analysis and Features
Is Jack Monroe right about food inflation hitting the poorest hardest?
Jack Monroe sparked a media storm last week by showing it is budget items facing some of the biggest price hikes. Is she right?
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Comment and Opinion
Inflation is only just beginning. Suppliers and retailers have a rocky road ahead
Suppliers face double jeopardy on price moves: a risk of fallout with retailers and of choking off demand from consumers at higher pricing, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment and Opinion
Just walk out could be a game-changer for Aldi’s stores
Aldi’s ‘just walk out’ move seems unlikely for a no-frills discounter. But if it works it makes total sense
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Analysis and Features
Aldi’s new ‘just walk out’ Greenwich store: what’s it like inside?
It’s the first UK discounter store letting customers simply pick up their shopping and leave, before billing them in an app. So what’s it like?
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Comment and Opinion
The results are in and the winner is… grocery
We have Kantar and NielsenIQ to tell us about topline sales momentum, but that’s slim pickings versus the updates from the plcs
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Analysis and Features
Who were grocery’s big winners and losers of Christmas 2021?
The mults managed to keep spend flat compared with 2020 (though inflation played a part). Who got what they wished for and who’s hungover?
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Comment and Opinion
Food hygiene ratings are a cause for concern - but not in supermarkets
Aldi achieves near-perfect food hygiene rating, with other major grocers also doing well