Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Lidl and M&S have retained their crowns as the UK’s fastest-growing supermarkets over the last 12 weeks. The news comes as the NIQ found total till sales at UK supermarkets saw continued growth of 6.6% Grocery shopping after Christmas saw a 1.3% in January. It said this reflected a 6.1% It said this reflected a 6.1%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2021

Videos and images of bare toilet paper shelves have once again surfaced online as consumers fall into old habits, forcing supermarkets to bring back purchase limits on high demand items. Varying approach from supermarkets . We ask that customers stay calm, shop normally and be respectful to our hard-working team members.”.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

Alibaba is expanding its membership-driven hypermarket chain Store X, bringing together its best practices from online and offline shopping, as it seeks to capitalise on China’s burgeoning middle class. Two new stores opened last week, offering a supersized format of Alibaba’s Freshippo supermarkets to paying members.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Coles has suffered under the same quarterly conditions as rival Woolworths, with shopping and movement restrictions causing sales in its supermarkets to grow a slight 1.8 The post Coles’ growth stifled by shift in shopping behaviour appeared first on Inside Retail. per cent and sales in its Express business to fall 10.1

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The supermarket’s earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) also jumped seven-fold, from £28.5m Shoppers took an additional 35 million trips to the German discounter, more than any other supermarket, and switched half a billion spend to the retailer. the prior year to £220.8m.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

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. Total till sales fell from 5.5% the prior month to 4% in the last four weeks ended 7 September, the NIQ reported.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund has divested Woodvale Boulevard Shopping Centre in Western Australia to a local syndicator for $36.5 Woodvale Boulevard Shopping Centre is located on a 27,000sqm land holding in a catchment area with an average household income of $121,446 – 6.2 per cent higher than the WA average.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A ‘normalising’ of consumer shopping behaviour and improved availability of products boosted Coles’ first-quarter sales. Supermarket sales increased by 1.6 Supermarket sales increased by 1.6 With customers returning to shopping in-store, e-commerce sales declined by 11.5 per cent to $9.8 per cent to $8.8

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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. A strong Easter period drove sales across confectionery and entertainment products, and, with fewer, shorter lockdowns, consumers are once again comfortable shopping in larger and busier areas.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run in participating Glasgow stores from 8 February to 11 August.

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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. The Scoop model is deceptively simple: the business skips distributors and sources products straight from growers and producers, offering customers a food shopping experience that is free of plastic packaging.

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V Count

JULY 18, 2024

Whether it’s at the coffee shop for your morning fix or at the supermarket checkout after a long day, standing in a queue can feel like an eternity. Imagine you’re at the supermarket, ready to dash home with your groceries, but instead, you’re stuck behind a seemingly endless line of carts. Frustrating, right?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Register to get access to all six sessions, which will dig into: Trend 1: Economic Forces will Shift Where and How People Shop Early research from Salesforce revealed that most consumers will seek value this holiday season. will add more data and context to where, how and why consumers will shop this holiday season.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2022

Perth’s Forest Lakes Shopping Centre has been acquired for $81.5 Located 15 km from the CBD in the south-eastern suburb of Thornlie, the 14,577sqm development is anchored by Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets and is home to 42 specialty shops and kiosks. The post Forest Lakes shopping centre sells for $81.5

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

Online sales from supermarkets dipped 10% in the month to 14 August compared with the same period last year, according to Nielsen figures. This story continues at Online sales from supermarkets fall back slightly as shoppers return to stores. The fall in online sales was from £1.2bn in the same period last year.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The retailer has refurbished three models of returned HD LED Smart Shop and Polaroid TVs at its electrical returns centre using recycled materials, with three sizes available, including a 32”, 40” and 50”. Asda is to sell refurbished TVs in its stores as it looks to provide customers with more affordable technology.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Lidl has become the first supermarket chain to initiate a bottle return scheme trial, debuting in Glasgow. Customers participating in the scheme are rewarded with 5p for every eligible container returned. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run from 8th February 2024 to 11th August 2024 at participating Glasgow stores.

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I Vend

AUGUST 10, 2021

The COVID surge for supermarkets The pandemic hit many retailers hard, with stores shut and high streets deserted. According to industry experts The Grocer magazine, UK supermarkets continue to see high levels of growth. iVend Supermarket iVend helps supermarkets offer uninterrupted service to their customers.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Total till sales at UK supermarkets have seen sustained growth of 9.1% This has been encouraged by an increase in the discounts offered by supermarket loyalty schemes. as the back to school period led shoppers to return to their usual shopping patterns. reported last month new data released by NIQ shows.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2022

It’s no secret that in-person shopping is a multi-sensory experience. While most know that it’s important to make a store visually appealing, including proper lighting and designing an interior layout that’s easy to navigate, many often forget the other senses that play a key role in the overall shopping experience — like sound.

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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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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. At the company’s Q3 results in April, Coles chief executive Steven Cain said that there are strong indicators that the trend towards local shopping is beginning to unwind. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

per cent as customers across all businesses returned to in-store shopping. billion driven by an increase in-store shopping while WooliesX sales (including e-commerce) fell 6.3 billion “buoyed” by a strong performance in seasonal shopping including Halloween, Black Friday and Christmas in the second quarter.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 15, 2024

Ocado Retail said it would return to positive EBITDA in its full year after a bumper Christmas. The joint venture between the online supermarket and M&S said it was boosted by its “highest ever level of sales” over the peak Christmas trading period, selling over 9% of peak slots released by mid-October.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new supermarket concept Addie’s , a self-described “drive-up grocer,” has opened its first store in Norwood, Mass., The pickup-only store does not allow in-store shopping; instead, the store serves as an onsite warehouse designed solely for stocking, storing and bagging groceries. fueled by $10.1 of all U.S.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

Supermarket sales reached $36.7 per cent as customer shopping behaviour normalised with the return to in-store shopping. Coles completed 46 store renewals and opened 17 new stores and closed six, taking the network to 846 supermarkets. billion – up 5.3 per cent – while tax-paid profit rose to $1 billion.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

M&S Food The M&S Food Christmas campaign sees Dawn French return as the voice of the retailer’s Festive Fairy, while also appearing in the six-part advert series as herself. Sainsbury’s Beloved Roald Dahl character the BFG stars in Sainsbury’s 2024 Christmas advert, alongside its real-life supermarket worker, Sophie.

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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

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. Transform shopping in-store. Innovating the in-store experience can give stores a great return on investment.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 27, 2022

Floods in South Australia caused “severe road and rail logistics disruptions into Western Australia, while flooding in NSW and Queensland saw the suspension of trading at 130 stores across its supermarket, liquor and convenience store networks. The supermarket division recorded $8 billion in sales, also up by 3.9

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

billion on a normalised basis while supermarket sales rose 2.1 billion driven by strong demand “buoyed” by improved competitiveness, a preference for local shopping and at-home consumption trends. Total food sales grew 2.8 per cent to $9.6 per cent and convenience store sales were up 9.7 Liquor sales grew 8.3

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2023

If you shop in a mainstream supermarket, chances are you’ll be familiar with member prices. Retail Gazette looks at why so many supermarkets have adopted this approach, whether it’s proving successful, and how loyalty programmes can stand out when so many retailers are offering member prices.

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365 Retail

JUNE 21, 2021

The news comes as Tesco revealed sales managed to stay in positive territory in the 13 weeks to May 29 compared with a year ago, despite the same period in 2020 being during the height of the first lockdown when supermarket shelves were stripped bare. We’re seeing higher frequency shopping and we’re seeing smaller basket sizes.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2022

Woolworths Group says it will open a large Big W store alongside its refurbished Woolworths supermarket at Sydney’s Town Hall later this year. The group has invested more than $10 million in the new store, hoping to help reinvigorate the city’s CBD as Covid restrictions ease.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 24, 2024

While restrictive covenants, which are clauses that stop rivals opening shops near their competitors, have been subject to a Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) review of grocer land deals, the discounters are not required to meet the rules, according to The Grocer.

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Inside Retail

JULY 1, 2024

Coming out of a supermarket with no packaging is difficult. Have you ever been stuck in the supermarket, choosing between the large head of cabbage you know you won’t finish before it goes bad, or the plastic-wrapped half-cabbage you really need?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2024

real estate assets and Neiman Marcus Group’s real estate assets, creating a $7 billion portfolio of retail real estate in luxury shopping destinations. In Forbes , Kestenbaum wrote: “It could be that [Amazon] is expecting a return by selling services to the combined company and the investment locks the business in.

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