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23 June 2022
Flash delivery service Gorilla plans to exit Belgium, as Colruyt starts trialling its home delivery service and Amazon sets up to enter the market. Separately, Delhaize reveals its reducing is private label prices by up to 30% and Russian discounter Mere faces challenges in the market.      Gorilla exits from the market Recently Gorilla the German flash delivery service confirmed they plan ...
22 March 2022
As Biedronka looks to expand its quick commerce service in Poland and Tesco is growing the coverage for its ecommerce store in the Czech Republic, we round up news from the region. Biedronka evolves strategy for ‘digital convenience’-focused future… Poland-based trade publication Wiadomosci Handlowe has reported that Biedronka is expanding its Biek quick commerce delivery solution, which ...
16 April 2021
Leading discounters in Europe are developing their format and offer as they look to attract shoppers from other channels. This is seeing them evolve to be more like supermarkets, leading them to adjust their ranges, locations and adding value to compete beyond a solely price-focused strategy. However, in Russia, the discount format is taking a different trajectory. While some are evolving towa...
02 November 2020
X5 announced the launch of its new discount banner Chizhik in its Capital Markets Day event in October 2020. The industry perceives this as a reaction to the fast-growing presence of hard discount retailer, Svetofor. They also question whether the new banner will cannibalise the sales of its sister discount banner, Pyaterochka. New hard discount banner to compete for value shoppers X5 opene...
19 June 2020
The discounter, owned by Russian retail group Torgservis, has opened its first store in Lithuania on 15 June 2020. Limited assortment and very low prices The first store opened in Kaunas, the country’s second largest city. For now, the discounter only offers a very limited range of products with prices 20% cheaper than the market on average. Mere stores have a very simple and efficient conc...