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Holiday Season Takeaways

Record-breaking Success for Premium Private Label Ranges In line with the growing number of those in difficult financial situations, we found that 97% of shoppers can be described as discounters. This holiday season, Aldi and Lidl both experienced record-breaking sales. Lidl reported a 12% increase in sales year on year and an 11% increase in […]
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Two thirds of Scots set to stay in for Valentine’s Day, new survey reveals

Two thirds of Scottish couples are opting for a cosy night in rather than a night on the town this Valentine’s Day, according to a new survey by Aldi Scotland. With the annual celebration of love fast approaching, couples new and old are making plans… This story continues at Two thirds of Scots set to […]
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Lidl Ireland deploys hundreds of Re-turn machines in stores and constructs Deposit Return Rooms

Lidl Ireland reports significant progress in the installation of in-store solutions enabling customers to return cans and bottles. In a LinkedIn post, Alan Barry, Chief Development Officer (CDO) at Lidl Ireland & Lidl Northern Ireland, says: “In less than 12 months Lidl Ireland has installed 358 Re-turn machines in 179 stores, constructed 88 Deposit Return […]
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Worth Reading:  Prison Labor, Supply Chains, & The US Food Industry

The Associated Press has published an extensive investigative story about how many of America’s most popular and successful food brands are benefitting from what essentially is slave labor under a different name. An excerpt: “Intricate, invisible webs … link some of the world’s largest food companies and most popular brands to jobs performed by U.S. […]
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SN Top 10: Aldi, Walmart, Rite Aid top the week's headlines

In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story Aldi acquisition of Southeastern Grocers moves forward with divestiture of Fresco y Más. Southeastern Grocers Inc. has completed its divestiture of Fresco y  
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  1. Department: Food

Aldi announces further product price cuts

Aldi has announced another round of price cuts on a range of fresh produce and everyday essentials. The latest price cuts mean the supermarket has now invested more than £30m in lowering its prices for customers in the first month of 2024, with reductions across… This story continues at Aldi announces further product price cuts […]
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SEG completes sale of Fresco y Más

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Southeastern Grocers  said it has completed the divestiture of its Fresco y Más operations via a sale of the banner to an investment group, which plans to maintain existing operations at the locations. SEG last year announced plans to sell the chain to Fresco Retail Group LLC as part of its ongoing […]
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Foundational Retail and the Return of the Store Headline NRF Big Show Trends

With over 40,000 people, 6,200 brands, 100 countries represented, and over 1,000 exhibitors, retail’s Big Show lived up to its name this year and artificial intelligence was the headlining topic. However, while AI dominated the content sessions at NRF, the real conversations were happening in the breakout rooms and on the expo floor, and attendees […]
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Macy’s veteran Melanie Zimmermann joins Criteo to lead the company’s global retail media practice

Criteo has announced the appointment of Melanie Zimmermann to lead its global retail media practice. Zimmermann joins from Macy’s, where she built its Media Network, the company’s retail media network that reaches more than 46 million customers across Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s and is said to influence more than 440 million transactions online and in-store. In […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

For one last time in 2023 RTIH presents its biggest retail technology articles on LinkedIn right now

We’re big fans of LinkedIn and are busy building an amazing community of retail tech enthusiasts on the social media platform. These are the articles that are currently on their radars, including Glory Global Solutions, Flooid, Barron McCann, HMV, Worldpay from FIS, FreedomPay, Trigo, Sodexo Live!, and AiFi. Glory Global Solutions set to acquire UK-based […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Featuring Carrefour, Aldi UK, and Ocado: the most read RTIH retail technology articles of 2023

As we approach the end of the year, here’s a look at our most popular retail systems articles during 2023, including Gorillas, The Trade Desk, Samsung UK, Amazon Fresh, H-E-B, AutoStore, and the RTIH Innovation Awards. 2023 RTIH Innovation Awards winners announced during glittering ceremony in central London Last month, we announced the winning submissions […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Retail sector champions in 2023

As of early December, Amazon is on the verge of eclipsing Walmart as the world’s largest retailer, with the online giant’s holiday revenues potentially surpassing its longstanding rival’s / Credit: VDB Photoss via Shutterstock The retail landscape in 2023 is a battlefield, with economic challenges and global uncertainties, including the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, geopolitical tensions, […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Retail sector champions in 2023

As of early December, Amazon is on the verge of eclipsing Walmart as the world’s largest retailer, with the online giant’s holiday revenues potentially surpassing its longstanding rival’s / Credit: VDB Photoss via Shutterstock The retail landscape in 2023 is a battlefield, with economic challenges and global uncertainties, including the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, geopolitical tensions, […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Starring Trigo, FreedomPay and GreyOrange: the biggest retail technology news stories of the week

It’s Friday, Christmas is almost upon us, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail systems space. Here’s your briefing on the most important stories from the past five days, including Frasers Group, Decathlon, HMV, Boots, and the latest RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List. 1. Frasers Group teams […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Trigo to announce new partnerships and retail technology capabilities at NRF 2024 next month

Trigo, a provider of autonomous retail technology, including frictionless checkout, to the likes of REWE, Auchan, Tesco, Aldi and Netto, will be exhibiting at NRF 2024 next month, on booth 3112.  The company will announce an expansion of its partnership with REWE, which will see the opening of three new large format autonomous supermarkets in […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Your Views:  How Amazon Could End

The other day we took note of a piece in The Atlantic about how an “open embrace” of cheap products from around the world, more often than not sold by third-party merchants via its Marketplace has done two things – it has given shoppers access to an endless supply of merchandise, but also has transformed […]
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  1. Associates & Employees

Worth Reading:  Fowl Play In Chicken Processing Business

The Los Angeles Times has a piece about child labor in the chicken processing business that starts like this: “When the investigators came, operators of a Southern California poultry processor allegedly hid child workers in bathrooms and closets and hurried them out the back door, according to a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit. “In two […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Guest Column:  Why C&S Wholesale Grocers Is Nothing Like Haggen

by Scott Moses Content Guy’s Note: Scott Moses, Managing Director and Head of Grocery, Pharmacy & Restaurants at Solomon Partners, yesterday posted a column on his website addressing the concerns that allowing the Kroger acquisition of Albertsons would repeat the mistake made by the FTC when it allowed Albertsons to acquire Safeway in 2015, divesting stores to […]
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  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Grocery Retailers are Going Green

Over the past few years, sustainability has been a growing concern for people living in the UK – a trend which permeates multiple industries and areas of our lives. With recycling rates failing to grow significantly in the last decade, Brits are looking for alternative ways to integrate sustainable practices into their everyday lives, including […]
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Amazon tops expectations for revenue, earnings

SEATTLE – Amazon posted better-than-expected revenue and earnings in the quarter ended March 31. Net sales increased 13% from a year earlier to $143.3 billion. The company reported first-quarter net income of $10.4 billion, or 98 cents a diluted share, compared to $3.2 billion a year earlier. Amazon’s operating income surged to $15.3 billion, up […]
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Walmart to close all 51 health centers

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart today said it has made the “difficult decision” to close its Walmart Health and Walmart Virtual Care clinics, citing a lack of profitability. “The decision to close all 51 health centers across five states and shut down the virtual care offering was not easy. We understand this change affects lives – […]
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