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ACCC to conduct enquiry on Australian supermarkets’ pricing and competition

Inside Retail

The pricing practices of Australia’s supermarket near-duopoly are about to the the focus of a year-long enquiry by the government’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC will examine competition in the supermarket sector and how it has evolved since the previous inquiry in 2008.

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How the World Cup could be a nightmare for Britain’s supermarkets

Inside Retail

The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain’s supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza? But with household budgets squeezed, supermarket chains are bracing for less of a sales bonanza.

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Analysis: Synergies begin to show after merger of SEA hypermarkets

Inside Retail

Soon after Britain’s Tesco abandoned its retail business in Thailand and Malaysia in early 2021, its buyer, Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group, merged it with its Siam Makro wholesale arm. The retail and wholesale businesses accounted for a roughly even split of the company’s 219.6 That was in October a year ago now. billion baht ($9.4

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Kiwis ‘not served well’ by grocery duopoly, but report reactions mixed

Inside Retail

Several submissions advocated splitting the wholesale and retail arms of the two players, Woolworths NZ and Foodstffs, thus reducing their ability to influence prices through convenience stores and independent retailers. Independent online grocery retail startup Supie was less than impressed by the report on the New Zealand grocery duopoly.

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Eat, shop, play, repeat: Behind Central Retail’s winning mall formula

Inside Retail

The ground floor ends with a Tops supermarket that is typically upscale but with a product mix targeted specifically at Thais rather than foreigners. It has a small number of self-service checkouts but like most Thai supermarkets, still leans heavily on the traditional staffed checkouts. Look it up at your own risk.)

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Tesco plans first checkout-free stores and sees normal shopping patterns return

365 Retail

Tesco is set to launch its first checkout-free store following a successful trial for staff at its head office over the past year. Some commentators had raised concerns that supermarkets would take a hit from the reopening of non-essential retailers, and with restaurants, bars and cafes welcoming back customers in the past two months.

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A cost-of-living crisis is brewing in Asia. Here’s what it means for retail

Inside Retail

The country’s Wholesale Price Index is up more than three times the pace of the CPI, at 9.7 The measures include reducing household electricity and gas bills, and extending subsidies for oil wholesalers to maintain gasoline and other fuel prices at artificially lower levels. Japan is an excellent case in point.

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