All Lidl articles – Page 42
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AnalysisAnalysis: What went wrong for grocers at Christmas?
Many of the challenges facing the grocers were magnified over the Christmas trading period. Alex Lawson looks at why big names suffered and who managed to win sales.
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OpinionComment: Christmas clarified the issues facing grocers
The polarised nature of retail’s Christmas sales performance is the story of the 2013 festive season. And nowhere is that more apparent than in grocery.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Sainsbury's, Asda and Scottish retail sales
Retail news round-up on January 15, 2014: Sainsbury’s sales beat Asda for the first time in a decade, Scottish retail sales down.
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NewsAldi wins discount Christmas as Morrisons sales decline
Aldi and Lidl achieved meteoric sales growth over Christmas at the expense of Morrisons, the only one of the big four grocers to experience slowing sales.
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NewsLidl stops selling sweets at checkouts
Lidl is removing sweets and chocolates from tills across its 600-store estate in favour of its ‘Healthy Checkouts’.
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OpinionComment: Justin King needs to take the discounters seriously
Sainsbury’s boss Justin King said the retailer’s quality outstrips that of the discounters this week, but he is not taking them seriously enough.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where did Morrisons go wrong at Christmas?
Morrisons today surprised the City with an early trading update which warned on profits and reported plunging Christmas sales. Retail Week examines what caused the slump.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Marks & Spencer - who’d be a food retailer?
Marc Bolland may have mixed feelings about the unfolding disaster at his old company Morrison’s, but he can be proud of how M&S Food has performed.
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OpinionComment: Grocers have some work to do after 'Excuses Thursday'
There seems to have been an alarming recent trend to label days of the week in retail, a la Sky Sports.
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NewsMorrisons boss Dalton Philips admits it lost out to discounters at Christmas
Morrisons lost out to rivals at Christmas after discount shoppers failed to switch from Aldi and Lidl for their festive shopping, chief executive Dalton Philips has admitted.
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OpinionComment: Retail trends that are not just for Christmas
The concentrated nature of the festive trading period amplifies consumer trends like no other and there are already telling lessons to be drawn for the year ahead.
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NewsAldi hits out at rivals’ price cuts as it launches new campaign
Aldi has taken a swipe at its rivals’ price cuts as it launches a new round of advertising for its Swap & Save Campaign.
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NewsAsda launches price-cutting campaign to rival discounters
Asda has started its biggest-ever discounting campaign with a pledge to cut £50m from the cost of essential food items in the first three months of the year as it aims to make rivals including pound shops and Aldi “look expensive”.
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NewsRetailers pray for Christmas miracle over final four days
Retailers face a nail-biting Christmas as festive trading goes right to the wire. They hope for a last-minute surge of shoppers, kicked off by payday tomorrow (Friday December 20).
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OpinionComment: Debenhams shares drop after supplier squeeze
Retail stocks across the board edged down over the week as the City suffered a case of nerves that Christmas trading has not fully taken off as hoped for.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can Aldi and Lidl’s growth figures be believed?
Aldi and Lidl received a boost as stunning new market share data showed half of UK households shopped in the pair in the last 12 weeks. Retail Week takes a look at whether the numbers stack up.
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NewsMore than half of UK households shop at Aldi and Lidl, Kantar reveals
More than half of UK households shopped at either Aldi or Lidl over the 12 weeks to December 8, according to the latest share figures from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsHorse meat scandal prompts calls for food crime unit in Government review
A Government-commissioned review following the horse meat scandal has recommended a specialist food crime unit should be set up.
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NewsTesco attacked over rising prices and ‘unconvincing’ strategy
Tesco has been accused of putting up its prices faster than its major rivals and giving Sainsbury’s and Waitrose a “free ride”.