Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The return of its former bosscomes at a crucial time for Poundland after it reported its fourth consecutive quarter of declining sales, which fell 7.3% Williams’ return certainly signals something major is afoot, with early reports suggesting the group is considering a mass restructuring of the entire business or even a possible sale.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

In addition to the new stores, the supermarket has also committed to extending or refurbishing six of its existing stores over the next two years, with an extension planned for Galashiels, refurbishments planned for Linlithgow, Glenrothes and Stirling and further upgrades in Hamilton and Carluke.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

Two new stores opened last week, offering a supersized format of Alibaba’s Freshippo supermarkets to paying members. Craig Flanders, CEO of Melbourne ad agency Spinach, believes the members-only model fits the market. The rise in members-only supermarkets . Members-only supermarkets have become popular in Asia in recent years.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Asdas private equity owner has enjoyed a 44m payout despite the supermarket chains ongoing struggles. Related Story Can Asda veteran Allan Leighton return the supermarket to its former glory? of the supermarket, which has been battling with falling sales and a mounting 6bn debt pile. from the year prior.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Reviving Asda’s fortunes could take three to five years, according to Allan Leighton, the supermarket’s former CEO who has returned to drive its turnaround efforts. He will be spending three to five years with the supermarket chain , acknowledging that “it is going to take us that long to get it right.”

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Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Asda has introduced its first automated free sample vending machine at its Pilsworth store in Bury, calling it a first to market innovation that will “revolutionise in-store sampling” Shoppers at the branch can access free samples through the Asda Rewards app, with Mller offering Frijj as the first product. it held last year.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

Discount supermarket Aldi is making a push into convenience with the opening this week of a Corner Store concept in North Sydney. The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2024

Discount supermarket retailer Lidl U.S. Kerr is returning for a second stint at Lidl U.S., where he was one of the first 50 employees, and he’ll be responsible for driving a holistic customer experience using consumer insights, marketing, loyalty and promotions. Kerr is returning for a second stint at Lidl U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

Yet despite the complexities, an effective personalized approach to marketing is critical to success. Opportunities and Challenges Across Marketing Touch Points Email marketing: Perhaps the most popular example is the email campaign. of these emails being spam, 36% of which are from marketing and advertising initiatives.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

data indicates that consumers are increasingly visiting multiple supermarkets to complete their shopping lists. Trend 3: Brands Will Need to Communicate Value Across Channels Early surveys and predictions indicate that 2024 is a year for value-based marketing messaging. In the key grocery category, Placer.ai

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2024

Over the decades, Australia’s major supermarkets have emerged from various parliamentary and regulatory agency inquiries, not to mention political, media, union and consumer group pressures, relatively unscathed. This time supermarkets are caught in a political quagmire and the repercussions of an economic and social reset.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2021

Supermarket giant Coles has expanded its Coles Local store concept into Queensland with the reopening of its Ascot supermarket in Brisbane on Wednesday morning. Speaking from the opening today, Australian retail expert and QUT professor of marketing Gary Mortimer told Inside Retail about the “highly curated range”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Supermarket and convenience store sales grew 3.5 per cent as independent stores won market share due to what the company described as the relevance of their localised offer. per cent as independent stores won market share due to what the company described as the relevance of their localised offer. Hardware sales increased 2.5

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2025

Hills recently led the revival of Asda’s Rollback campaign, which was brought back as the supermarket seeks to revive its fortunes. Before joining Asda, Hills served as group director marketing and communications at Aldi UK for more than a decade.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

per cent drop in comparable supermarket sales at Coles is a clear sign of normalising consumer behaviour in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. We’re beginning to see customers returning to the CBD, as they return to work. The return to normalcy is also impacting the times at which consumers shop. “We Deflation of 0.2

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2024

Dr Abas Mirzaei, a marketing lecturer at Macquarie University, told Inside Retail that “Woolworths is a household name, where consumers are exposed to the brand cues on a daily basis.” As one of the biggest retailers in Australia, Woolworths Group is in a position to lead industry-wide change by being an early adopter of social issues. “If

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Jordyn Evans is the founder and brains behind Mingle, the seasoning brand that bootstrapped itself into national supermarkets Coles and Woolworths. Since its founding, Mingle has enjoyed a series of magic marketing moments that have helped catapult the brand into supermarket aisles and consumer pantries.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Hy-Vee is the latest supermarket chain to get into the retail media game with Hy-Vee RedMedia , which is designed to be a full-scale retail media network that enables brands to connect with the retailer’s customer base across multiple platforms.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 7, 2024

For those in Melbourne, stepping into the LaManna supermarket, in the northern suburb of Essendon Fields, is like taking the world’s shortest flight to Italy. To the LaManna customer, a trip to the supermarket is not an errand but an indulgence. LaManna’s defiance of the industry status quo means it is only just hitting its stride.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Aldi and Asda have seen their market share fall according to fresh data from analysts NIQ. Supermarkets as a whole saw till sales dip over the past month, with the slowdown likely due to cooler weather and a return to regular routines for shoppers following the summer break, according to NIQ. a year ago. over the same period.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Metcash is known for its supermarket brands IGA and Foodland and convenience brand Campbells/C-Store. It was also pleasing to see our supermarkets business return to volume growth in the second quarter as inflation showed,” said Doug Jones, CEO at Metcash. ” Underlying EBIT decreased 3.4 per cent to $246.5

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And this month we’re discussing the highs and lows of online shopping, covering everything from shipping delays and lost items to friction-filled returns. We also discuss the retailers that are tapping into the expat community while borders are closed and the thinking behind categorisation of international cuisines in the supermarkets.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2025

The return of its former boss comes at a crucial time for Poundland as Pepco revealed on Thursday (6 March) that it was “actively evaluating” all strategic options to separate the discount business from the group, including a potential sale. over the golden quarter. It also launched its own rewards app in October.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Earlier this week, supermarket player Coles announced it is selling its convenience arm Coles Express to long-time fuel partner Viva Energy for $300 million. Additionally, Cain said the environmental impact of fossil fuels was difficult to justify for a business aiming to be the country’s most sustainable supermarket. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

While this may sound positive for supermarkets, it also brings new challenges. First, supermarkets must determine exactly how much inventory to order so as not to waste food or purchase insufficient supplies. Innovating the in-store experience can give stores a great return on investment. Transform shopping in-store.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2023

Coles has officially entered Malaysia, where it is poised to offer more than 200 products through an exclusive collaboration with Malaysian supermarket chain Jaya Grocer. The company will collaborate closely with its partners to tailor its product range to the Malaysian market.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Shoppers in select markets will be able to schedule same-day and next-day delivery for supplies that can easily fit in a car, including tools, fasteners and paint, with coverage expanding to multiple markets nationwide by the end of 2021. Walmart is expanding its GoLocal delivery service with a major new partner: The Home Depot.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

These tech investors were savvy at raising money and savvy at digital marketing, but we always believed that kind of growth was overrated — a lot of companies pour money into media channels to grow top line, but do they really have lifetime value? Customers can try products for seven days and return what they don’t like at no charge.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2024

Grubhub uses a number of data points to personalize each customer’s homepage, including historical click-through and conversion rates and whether it’s a new or returning customer, along with time of day, day of the week and location. In June 2024 , Albertsons added 1,800 supermarkets to the Grubhub Marketplace.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Australian retail giant Woolworths Group reported solid FY23 results on Wednesday , showcasing the supermarket sector’s resilience in the face of dropping consumer spend. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) from the company’s Australian supermarkets rose 19.1 per cent over the financial year to $2.8 per cent to $249 million.

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365 Retail

APRIL 27, 2021

Shoppers are making more trips to supermarkets and buying less online as lockdown lifts and the vaccine rollout boosts confidence, according to new figures. Shoppers are making more trips to supermarkets and buying less online as lockdown lifts and the vaccine rollout boosts confidence, according to new figures (Victoria Jones/PA).

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sainsbury’s recorded its biggest market share gain since 1997 in last quarter as Asda’s sales plummet. According to fresh data from Kantar, Sainsbury’s market share jumped from 14.8% for the 12 weeks to 4 August, as it maintained its streak of being the fastest growing traditional supermarket. Its sales rose 5.2%

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The chain’s value offer and rapidly expanding store network in recent years saw it overtake Morrisons to become the UK’s fourth largest supermarket in 2022. Its results are a stark contrast to Asda, which reported a return to profit earlier this year of £180m in the year to end of December 2023, up from a £432m loss in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Self check-out solutions have increasingly become a critical aspect of the supermarket shopping experience for consumers, with an estimated two-thirds of shoppers reporting a preference for automated technologies over interacting with a human check-out operator. The technology itself, however, isn’t without its drawbacks.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 2, 2023

A decade ago, husband and wife Jeremy and Bettina Kirk launched the first Scoop Whole Foods supermarket in Mosman, Sydney. No one in the market is offering a closed-loop system for cosmetics, which is an industry that creates a lot of plastic waste and uses a lot of toxic chemicals.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Victorians can now return their used Tetra Pak beverage cartons for recycling and receive a 10c refund following the launch of Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). Cartons are already a beverage packaging choice with one of the lowest carbon footprints on the market,” said Munster.

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