With Aldi launching an online grocery service in Germany, and Lidl a non-food offering in France this week, we once again ask the question: How much are the discounters willing to invest in their online proposition? This week’s developments… Aldi Sud is launching an online delivery service for groceries for the first time in Germany . The discounter is testing the new offer under the nam...

Carrefour has opened around 50 stores in Israel, which is being operated under a franchise partnership that the retailer entered in March 2020 with Israeli group Electra Consumer Products and its subsidiary Yenot Bitan. Carrefour’s 52 nd country of operation worldwide Alexandre Bompard, Carrefour’s CEO and Chairman is ‘confident that Carrefour Israel will help Israeli customers who are star...

Our global analysts share some of the latest headlines across the globe. Here's what you need to know. The European Commission is investigating retailers’ purchase alliances. Agecore, Coopernic and Epic are the specific targets for now, but stricter rules for all may be on their way. An independent Edeka retailer wants to open several autonomous stores in Northern Germany collaboration w...