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Lidl and M&S remain fastest-growing supermarkets

Retail Gazette

Lidl and M&S have retained their crowns as the UK’s fastest-growing supermarkets over the last 12 weeks. The news comes as the NIQ found total till sales at UK supermarkets saw continued growth of 6.6% Lidl’s sales grew 13.2%, while M&S jumped 11.6%, according to the last data from NIQ. in January.

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Lidl Names New Chief Commercial Officer and First-Ever Chief Customer Exec

Retail TouchPoints

Discount supermarket retailer Lidl U.S. Kerr is returning for a second stint at Lidl U.S., where he was one of the first 50 employees, and he’ll be responsible for driving a holistic customer experience using consumer insights, marketing, loyalty and promotions. Kerr is returning for a second stint at Lidl U.S.,

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Back to reality: Coles’ 6 per cent sales drop signals return to normalcy

Inside Retail

per cent drop in comparable supermarket sales at Coles is a clear sign of normalising consumer behaviour in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns. We’re beginning to see customers returning to the CBD, as they return to work. The return to normalcy is also impacting the times at which consumers shop. “We Deflation of 0.2

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Supermarket loyalty scheme discounts help grocery sales stabilise

Retail Gazette

Total till sales at UK supermarkets have seen sustained growth of 9.1% This has been encouraged by an increase in the discounts offered by supermarket loyalty schemes. as the back to school period led shoppers to return to their usual shopping patterns. in the last four weeks ending 7th October 2023, only slightly down from +10.1%

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Tesco profits more than double as it sees easing price pressures

Retail Gazette

Tesco said price pressures on supermarkets continue to ease as it reported its profits had more than doubled over the past year. He said the supermarket had “worked hard” to reduce prices, including “doubling down” on its Aldi Price Match offer and Clubcard Prices promotion, which is available on around 8,000 products each week.

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Coles sales surge despite pandemic, floods – but Covid costs $65 million

Inside Retail

The company said staff absenteeism related to isolation requirements during the Omicron outbreak led to “availability challenges and short-term impacts on Coles’ promotional program and disruptions to stores and distribution centres”. The supermarket division recorded $8 billion in sales, also up by 3.9

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One of every four shoppers say shoplifting is justifiable, survey shows

Inside Retail

However, 44 per cent of the participants said that it is justifiable to taste a fruit in a supermarket without buying it. Other forms of theft that gained a significant number of “justifiable” responses are manipulating deals and promotions and returning used goods for a refund.

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