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02 September 2021
Lidl launches its new store on the outskirts of Lisbon, while Mercadona reveals its expansion plans for 2022. Separately, understand how start-up Hoogloo is adding further competition in Lisbon.   Lidl launches more ecommerce lockers On 12 August 2021, Lidl opened a new store, its 264 th in Portugal, on the outskirts of Lisbon. The new store is over 1,400 sq. m and offers shoppers its usua...
17 August 2021
El Corte Inglés has launched its Toys that Care for the Planet shop-in-shop in 70 stores, as Lidl Spain opens its largest urban store in Madrid. Separately, Sánchez Romero has expanded the reach of its online channel nationwide, while Consum reveals its achievement of reducing sugar, salt, and saturated fats in its private label range and, finally, Gadisa announced its sales grew 9.9% compared in...
04 August 2021
Lidl is reported to be launching a ‘scan as you shop’ service in Fulwell, South London, according to The Grocer. How will it work? Lidl filed a trademark application for ‘Lidl Go’ on July 23 rd , applicable to “self-scanning systems for customers”. The Lidl Go app was then launched on Google Play on August 3 rd and information was displayed on the Lidl website explaining the service would ...
27 July 2021
Sales in the Irish market declined 5.9% in the 12 weeks to 11 July, according to the latest results from Kantar. Sales still remained elevated when compared to pre-pandemic levels, with market growth +15.9% versus 2019. The reporting period included the Euros and the reopening of pubs and restaurants outside (indoor hospitality remains closed), driving shoppers to spend less time at home cooki...
16 July 2021
Lidl has pledged to increase sales of healthy and healthier products to at least 85% of total sales by 2025. Clear goals to help shoppers be healthier Alongside the overall pledge, Lidl has set an additional target to increase the sale of fresh fruit and vegetables by 35% by 2026. The discounter has also invested in its ‘Get Fresh’ initiative to add 100 new fresh food products to stores....
16 July 2021
Lidl and Kaufland’s parent company, Schwarz Group, has released its 2020/21 financial results. The group enjoyed strong growth of 9.6%, taking its total sales to €125.3 bn. Lidl continues to drive the group’s sales, advancing by 9.9%, while Kaufland posted an increase of 7.5%. Lidl reinforces its position as Europe’s largest retailer Lidl’s total sales reached €96.3 bn, which will mean it w...
13 July 2021
With private label share of sales rising across much of Western Europe, we’ve published a series of three brand new reports for IGD Retail Analysis subscribers: Private label in Europe Private label trends in Western Europe 10 retailers winning in private label in Western Europe Here are some of the key highlights: 1. France, Portugal and Spain are am...
29 June 2021
Aldi and Lidl have announced detailed plans of how they will reach their ambitious store estate expansion targets. We look at this further, alongside recent developments in the discount channel outside the UK. Shoppers are returning to the discounters Although the pandemic caused challenges for both Aldi and Lidl, this did not halt their expansion plans. Both retailers opened on average one...
25 June 2021
Fast-growing discounter, Lidl has announced that it now has 860 stores across the island of Great Britain, indicating that it is well on target to hit its goal of 1,000 stores in the market by the end of 2023. Investing £1.3 bn in development over 2021 and 2022 Despite the additional hurdles posed by the restrictions of the pandemic lockdown over much of the first half of 2021, Lidl will co...
23 June 2021
Explore how Spanish retailers, including Consum, Unide, SPAR and Lidl, have performed in 2020, during the global pandemic. Consum’s sales grew 13.3% in 2020 Consum ended 2020 with total sales reaching €3,324.9m, an increase of 13.3% on 2019. The cooperative said its online store is not yet profitable, but by the end of the year accounted for 1.5% of its total turnover. Juan Luis Durich, ...