Discount retailer Lidl UK has selected IFCO's nesting trays for meat, poultry, and packaged seafood shipments. Under the five-year deal, IFCO will supply the trays 16 million trays in the first year. The company will increase the number ...
''This is a victory for inventors and toy companies the world over who work together to develop great toys," said Wow! Stuff. Wow! Stuff has secured a double victory in the Court of Appeal and Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ...
Tags: Wow!Stuff, B&M, Gift House International
Wesfarmers has attributed its latest successful half-yearly results to a strategic emphasis on customer service, good value and improved product ranges in its Coles supermarkets and other retail stores. The parent company of Coles ...
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Dollar Tree, a US based retailer of discount variety stores selling everything for $1 or less entered into a definitive merger agreement with Family Dollar Stores also a discount retailer offering name brands and quality, private brand ...
Tags: Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Stores, Apparel
If one were to conduct a SWOT analysis of the packaging industry, the power of effective branding and on-pack promotions to engage consumers would be listed as a key strength. With the biggest brands in the world investing huge sums in ...
Tags: Packaging Industry, Printing
Spanish discount retailer Dia said it ended fiscal 2012 having achieved the targets it set itself at the start of the year after booking an increase in profit boosted by growth in Iberia and Brazil. Earnings in the 12 month period were up ...
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Axfood has launched a loyalty programme at its discount food format, Willys. According to the company, it is the first loyalty scheme offered by a discount retailer in Sweden. The move marks a shift away from "traditional mass direct ...
Tags: Axfood, food format, discount retailer
German retailer Lidl is to make a "multi-million pound" investment in 35-50 new UK stores this year. The discount retailer said today (16 January) the investment, which will expand its portfolio from the current 600 UK store count, is ...
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Discount retailer Lidl has launched a trial "healthy till" initiative in a move that will see it remove confectionery products from its till areas. Impulse confectionery products, such as chocolates, will be replaced with foods that have ...
Tags: healthy tills, confectionery products, foods, fruit, vegetable
US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has recorded first-quarter earnings that came in at the lower end of its guidance due to gross margin pressure and expense headwinds. In the three months ended 24 November, earnings amounted to ...
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Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
Tags: economic pressures, buoyant growth, value-seeking consumers
UK discount retailer Poundland has added around 100 products to its grocery stable. The range, which adds to 252 existing lines, includes Del Monte fruit juices, Whitworths brown sugar, Kellogg's Cornflakes and Heinz soup. Each product ...
Tags: Poundland, grocery stable, existing lines, multi-offers at prices
Former TescoCEO Terry Leahy will take up the post of chairman at B&M Retail after private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired a majority stake in UK discount retailer. B&M, owned by the Arora family, will continue to be managed ...
Tags: Tesco, Clayton, acquisition, discount retail
Poundland, the UK-based single price value retailer, has booked an increase in full-year profits as value-conscious shoppers continued to visit its stores. In the 53 weeks ended 1 April, EBTIDA climbed 26.5% to GBP40.1m (US$62.9m), while ...
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UK retailer Morrisons lost ground to its bigger rivals Asda and Sainsbury's, Kantar Worldpanel claimed today (11 September) as they issued their latest sales data on the country's grocery sector. The UK's fourth largest grocer saw its ...
Tags: grocery sector, ground, grocer, market share