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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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Australian retail sales are on the rise – but new research suggests growth is being driven by inflation, not by consumers buying more. Retail prices increased 4.8 per cent through the year to the June quarter with the largest price rises seen in food and household goods. “On That left real sales growth up 5.5

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

While Aldi isn’t the only retailer to use this form of limited-time offer, and certainly not the first, its Special Buys have become synonymous with the brand and a huge hit among consumers. In some cases, they are so popular that consumers literally fight for them. The part about discounted prices is obvious.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

Consumers are not being served well by the New Zealand grocery duopoly, according to the Commerce Commission – but it stopped short of any major recommendations in the final report into the grocery market tabled this week. . Requiring grocery retailers to display unit pricing in a consistent format. Suite of recommendations.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Unions have warned supermarket giant Tesco that it faces disruption at its stores as workers take industrial action at distribution centres just ahead of Christmas. But the retailer said it was confident it could keep the shelves fully stocked and “fulfil our plans” despite the action by the Unite and Usdaw unions.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Warehouse workers and drivers employed by supermarket giant Tesco are to stage a series of strikes in the coming weeks in a dispute over pay. The union said the company had offered a 4% pay rise, describing it as “well below” the current retail price index (RPI) inflation rate of 6%.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

At first, it seemed like Asia might get off lightly – most governments and professional economic forecasters in the region said so – but cost of living pressures are rising across the continent, with food, energy, rent and labour costs now all key drivers of retail price inflation. Japan holds out. Japan is an excellent case in point.

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