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Good. Different? Aldi follows rivals on self-service and e-commerce

Inside Retail

Thirteen years after Woolworths introduced self-service checkouts to Australian supermarket shoppers, discount grocer Aldi has bowed to the demand for quick and convenient self-serve transactions at its stores. I suspect they’ll progress that across their fleet of stores in the coming years,” Mortimer said.

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Reject Shop brushes off wage theft class action as ‘immaterial’

Inside Retail

Discount retailer The Reject Shop is facing a class action lawsuit for “purported underpayments” to staff, launched by specialist law firm Adero Law Between February 2016 and April 2021, seven former employees of the discount retailer allege underpayment during their employment with the company.

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Retail spending strong in late 2022, but signs of slowing emerge

Inside Retail

It matters not just to gauge demand levels but to understand customer mindsets and the operational responses required to remain competitive. The analysis also reveals a broader shift in spending from goods to services over the year. This has become more crucial as the economic cycle continues to shift.

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10 bookstore promotion ideas to drive foot traffic and sales

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Best of 2024: Will Aldi leapfrog Asda as the UK’s third biggest supermarket?

Retail Gazette

The discounter attributed its steep growth to its 16% surge in sales to 17.9bn and improved efficiencies across its stores and central operations. Around 18% of Asda’s sales came from its ecommerce operations, which include online delivery, collection, and delivery via Just Eat, Deliveroo and Uber Eats.

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Retailers’ Big Opportunity? ‘Create New Shoppers,’ Advises Kantar SVP

Retail TouchPoints

However, these positive attitudes are dependent on factors like physical alternatives, costs and a dependable means of payment, along with credit terms. With supply chain congestion and major shortages of key product ingredients a global concern, superstores can counter by being the one store most likely in stock with hard-to-find items.

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Consumer Card Spending Grows at Slower Rate in May as Brits Curb Discretionary Purchases

365 Retail

This slowdown reflects Brits cutting back on discretionary purchases to manage mounting inflation and rising food prices. In contrast, discount stores enjoyed a growth of 5.0 Consumer card spending in the UK grew by only 3.6 percent year-on-year in May, which is less than half the latest CPIH* inflation rate of 7.8