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Exclusive: The thinking behind Coles’ revamped Chadstone flagship store

Inside Retail

Further, the new store provided Coles with a platform to innovate, a key focus for the supermarket giant. Coles is using the store revamp to trial key concepts that it identifies as being important to the customer, including an elevated “fresh and healthy” offering, as well as greater “convenience” and “valueofferings. “In

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Asda to open over 80 Express stores in December

Retail Gazette

The supermarket now has 229 Asda Express stores across the nation and is on track to open 1,000 throughout the UK and Northern Ireland by March. Asda acquired 132 sites from its rival supermarket Co-op last year under a £438m deal. Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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B&M hits out at grocery loyalty schemes in new ‘no gimmicks’ food campaign

Retail Gazette

The news comes after Sainsbury’s recently unveiled its latest value offering, ‘Low Everyday Prices’, which it said gave shoppers “market low prices” on selected big brand products, many of which aren’t available in Aldi.

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Sainsbury’s highlights sustainability credentials in new ‘Good to Know’ campaign

Retail Gazette

Sainsbury’s has launched a new in-store marketing campaign to showcase its supply chain and sustainability credentials. While last week, the retailer unveiled its latest value offering , ‘Low Everyday Prices’, giving shoppers “market low prices” on selected big brand products, many of which aren’t available in Aldi.

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Less is more: How Metcash’s Supa Valu is doing things differently

Inside Retail

In certain instances, they are even moving to value-focused supermarkets for their daily shop. Metcash’s IGA-adjacent value supermarket Supa Valu, which launched almost a year ago , has seen an increase in foot traffic in recent months as customers continue to look around for the best value. “In

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April Fools’ Day: worth the effort, or a waste of time?

Inside Retail

Given all the downfalls of getting it wrong, we asked Louise Grimmer, a senior lecturer in marketing at University of Tasmania, and Phoebe Netto, managing director of Pure Public Relations, to weigh in on what makes for a great April Fools’ Day campaign, and whether it’s worth the effort. According to media reports, it’s not.

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The Value Shopper – How to understand shoppers in an economic downturn

Mike Anthony

So, what should marketers do about it? How should we try to win with the value shopper in an economic downturn? The Value Shopper – Shoppers change behavior in an economic downturn. Some might spend less in convenience stores, preferring to stock up more in supermarkets and hypermarkets. And some won’t.

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