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General6 February, 2023

Is the Amazon bubble about to burst?

Food6 February, 2023
Why cashierless Amazon Fresh stores are introducing manned checkouts
Food3 February, 2023
Barcelona first to ban ‘dark’ stores and kitchens
Food2 February, 2023
With Gong Cha, entrepreneur Adlane Draou wants to conquer the Benelux and France
Food31 January, 2023
Reorganisation at Aldi Nord: heirs settle family feud

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Food30 December, 2022
Why Jumbo will leave Belgium in 2023
Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo is struggling in Belgium: the group has had to put another twenty million euros into the loss-making branch. Analysts wonder how long the Dutch retailer will keep up its Belgian plans.
General16 December, 2022
Unprecedented growth for second-hand marketplaces
Marketplaces for second-hand goods are growing twenty times faster than the overall retail market. The combination of low prices and sustainability is proving to be a huge success, in which eBay remains the largest by far.
Food15 December, 2022
Casino puts the “hard” back in hard discount with LP
No classic checkouts, sliding prices, no promotions and only 2,000 items. The French discount chain Leader Price is making a comeback as LP, with a radically new concept.
Food15 December, 2022
Analysis – How can Colruyt get out of the catch-22 it created itself?
In a drastically changed competitive landscape, the lowest-price guarantee causes a catch-22 for Colruyt Group: the retailer is the prisoner of its business model, but cannot tinker with it. Or can it?
Food15 December, 2022
Cost crisis forces brand manufacturers to make drastic savings
Only 4 % of brand manufacturers manage to fully pass on cost increases for energy, raw materials, packaging and transport to “reluctant” supermarkets. The result? They put a brake on production, investment, recruitment and innovation.
Food9 December, 2022
Retailers demand halt to territorial supply constraints
International brand manufacturers are not playing the European single market game: territorial supply constraints cost consumers 14 billion a year, claims the retail industry. Manufacturers point to national differences in legislation.
Food9 December, 2022
How Sligro realised its Belgian dream after five years
Metro becomes Sligro in Belgium, a change that the Dutch wholesaler is eagerly anticipating. But what to expect from this stock market listed company, whose rise has been far from smooth?
Food6 December, 2022
Analysis – Decline of Makro was predictable, other retailers at risk too
Makro’s demise was not unexpected: the brand was at its peak in 2004 and has since lost 60 % of its loyal customer base. But other retailers are also showing similar symptoms of distress…