OXXO, a Mexican convenience retailer owned by FEMSA, opened its first store in 1978 and has since accumulated 20,172 stores in Mexico (Q1 2022). Throughout the pandemic, government restrictions on mobility created some of OXXOs toughest trading challenges in its history. The retailer showed impressive agility, quickly adapting its proposition to meet changing consumer needs and to tackle the d...

Multinational retailer Dollarcity was founded in El Salvador in 2009. After almost 10 years of operation, it sold a 50.1% share of its business to Dollarama (a Canadian dollar store retail chain) for a value close to US$95m. The dollar store concept, known locally in the region as ‘dolarazos’, is becoming popular. Their strength lies in their varied assortment of consumables, general merchandi...

While most retailers have seen inflation benefit their top line in their latest quarterly performances, many have seen their profitability dip. Unable to pass on the full impact of higher costs to customers, or reduce costs in other parts of their business given the rapid run-up in inflation this year, margins have been impacted. But Costco has fared better. We look at how it outperformed its pee...