The grocery market grew 0.3% in the 12-weeks ending 26 January driven by Dry January and Veganuary promotions, according to Kantar WorldPanel. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: “[People] who committed to drinking less in January helped the retailers boost sales of non-alcoholic beer by 37% and adult soft drinks…
BATSTAR stellt erstmalig Nackenbügel Headset mit doppelseitigem Ohrhörer und ein neues modulares Überkopf Headset vor. Funkkommunikation erleichtert die Abläufe in der Logistik. Leistungsstarke Akku- und Ladetechnik für mobile Datenerfassungsgeräte sowie verschiedene Headsets für die Logistik sind die Spezialgebiete der BATSTAR GmbH. Auf der Logistikmesse LogiMAT (10. bis 12. März 2020) in Stuttgart präsentiert BATSTAR ein…
Monday 23 December was the largest shopping day ever recorded in the UK, according to the latest figures from Kantar, when £798 million of goods were sold. Retailers saw £29.3 billion go through the tills during the ‘golden quarter’ in the 12 weeks ending 29 December 2019. However sales were up just 0.2% or £50m…
Sales at discount retailer Aldi in the four weeks leading up to Christmas topped £1 billion for the first time in 2019; up 7.9% year-on-year. Aldi said that total sales of beers, wine and spirits increased 9.2% year-on-year with sales of sparkling wine up 14%. Meat sales were also up 8%. Aldi said it sold…
Pan-European real estate investment firm Patrizia has bought 16.1 million sq ft of warehousing, totalling 42 separate sites in four countries. Located in France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, the portfolio comprises over 15 million sq ft of existing lettable area as well as a further 1.4 million sq ft of lettable space for the…
Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Alec Kirkbride as its first head of property and facilities. Kirkbride said the new role would require him to look at “driving business efficiencies, reviewing current procurement methods and suggesting ways in which we can inject new ideas to add value to our current business model”. Prior to joining Europa,…
Year-on-year supermarket sales grew by 1.0 per cent over the 12 weeks ending 3 November, according to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar. Co-op increased its market share to 6.5 per cent, having grown continuously since May 2018 with year-on-year growth of 4.4 per cent. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight…
Arrow XL has signed a three-year deal with Aldi for two-man home delivery of oversized items including garden furniture, spa pools and DIY items. The deal was announced on the same day as AO signed a three-year deal with the supermarket chain for home delivery of its Specialbuys range. ArrowXL expects to handle in excess…
Online electricals retailer AO has signed a three-year deal with supermarket Aldi for home delivery of its Specialbuys range. Aldi’s Specialbuys are already available to purchase online, but the three-year partnership will see AO provide its services for larger products such as barbecues, patio furniture and sports equipment that will require two-person home delivery. AO…
The grocery market has not expanded in the past year, according to figures for the 12 weeks to 11th August from Kantar. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, said: “The memory of last year still looms large for retailers and this summer’s comparatively poor weather, combined with low levels of like-for-like…
Supermarket grocery sales in the 12 weeks to 14th July were down 0.5 per cent on last year’s record figures, according to Kantar Worldpanel. Ocado was the strongest performer, growing sales by 11.9 per cent and increasing its shopper base by six per cent. While discounters, Aldi and Lidl, couldn’t match Ocado’s growth rate, they…
Aldi has extended its partnership with iForce, an Eddie Stobart company, to support the future growth of its online platform for non-food products. The extension of the partnership, which began in 2015, will enable Aldi to develop its online proposition and grow its market share across the UK. iForce will continue to operate out of…
The latest grocery market share figures show a 2 per cent increase during the 12 weeks to 21 April 2019 including £2.5 billion spent during the Easter week, according to Kantar. Lidl saw a growth of 8.6 per cent, pushing its market share to 5.7 per cent. “Half of Lidl’s sales now come from the…
Dachser is to build a 5,175 square metre logistics centre in Rochdale to replace its existing site. The development of the 3.7 hectare site at Kingsway Business Park near junction 21 of the M62 represents a £14.4 million investment. The new facility will have 49 dock loading doors and an additional four level access doors….
Ranking: Österreich mit Spar und XXXLutz erfolgreich unter den globalen Top 250. Im Rahmen der Studie „Global Powers of Retailing 2019“ hat das Beratungsunternehmen Deloitte ein Ranking der 250 umsatzstärksten Einzelhandelsunternehmen erstellt. Die Branche verzeichnet insgesamt ein respektables Wachstum. Gerade die Online-Händler fahren Erfolge ein. Österreich ist mit Spar und XXXLutz unter den Top 250…
German 3PL Dachser has set out plans to replace all of its European ground conveyors -some 6,000 – with vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries by 2022. Lithium-ion technology has already been introduced in the Radeburg and Erlensee (food logistics) branches. It will now be followed by construction and expansion of facilities, for example in Freiburg…
Food retailer Aldi has signed a five-year contract with Dachser that will see the 3PL provide a warehouse platform as well as UK & Ireland distribution services for a wide range of Aldi’s products. Dachser has taken on a new warehouse on a 10-year lease. The warehouse is adjacent to its existing logistics centre in…
Food retailer Aldi is to open a further 130 new stores between 2019 and 2020 and is looking at opening three new regional distribution centres in Sheppey, Sawley and Bedford as well as extending existing centres in Darlington and Bathgate. The planned expansion is to create 5,000 new jobs over the next two years. Last…
Tesco has set its sights on the discounters, Aldi and Lidl, with the launch of Jack’s, a new discount format named after the retailer’s founder Jack Cohen. The retailer has designed Jack’s to operate a low-cost business model, with a simplified range of products, no fancy fixtures or fittings, and no added extras. The first…
Tesco has started advertising for staff for a number of “new format” stores, leading to speculation that is planning to go head to head with discounters Aldi and Lidl. The advertisement makes it clear that the he new retail format “will be operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such benefits offered will…
The big supermarket chains have been casting around for ways to hang on to market share in the face of a determined assault from the discounters. Malory Davies, Editor. The scale of the problem is highlighted in figures from Kantar Worldpanel. Between October 2014 and June 2018, Aldi’s market share has grown from 4.8 per…
Spending on groceries reached £27.1 billion in the 12 weeks to 17th June – 2.1 per cent up on the same period last year, according to figures from Kantar Worldpanel. All the major players, except Sainsbury’s, increased sales, with the biggest increases coming from Ocado, Aldi and Lidl. These three, plus the Co-op, all gained…
The big supermarket groups are squeezing small farmers in their supply chains harder, according to a study by Oxfam. The study, Ripe for Change, found that of the food supply chains analysed, none enabled people to earn enough for even a basic standard of living and in some cases, like Indian tea and Kenyan green…
Die Unternehmensgruppe Aldi Süd testet vier Erdgas-Lkw im täglichen Warenverkehr. Über eine Dauer von fünf Jahren soll sich zeigen, inwiefern sich die klimaschonende Antriebstechnologie als Alternative zu Diesel-Modellen nutzen lässt. Die Erdgas-Lkw sind im Einzugsgebiet von vier Aldi Süd-Regionalgesellschaften unterwegs. Sie unterstützen jeweils den Warentransport zwischen den Aldi Süd-Logistikzentren und Filialen im Umland von Düsseldorf,…
Die 123. China Import and Export Fair, allgemein auch als Canton Fair bekannt, hat seine Tore geschlossen und konnte beim Gesamtwert der unterzeichneten Handelsabschlüsse ein robustes Wachstum bekannt geben. Zum Ende der Veranstaltung lag das Gesamtvolumen der Exporte bei einem Wert von 189,197 Milliarden Yuan (30,08 Milliarden US-Dollar). Das entspricht einem Wachstum von 3,1 Prozent…
Sainsbury’s and Asda, which are planning to merge, have both seen their market shares fall this year, figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal. In the 12 weeks to 12th April, Sainsbury’s share was 15.9 per cent – down from 16.2 per cent a year ago. Asda saw its share fall from 15.6 per cent to 15.5…
The plan to merge Sainsbury’s and Asda promises radical change to the grocery supply chain landscape. Malory Davies, Editor. There is no doubt that this is a defensive move in response to the increasingly tough market conditions with the increasing penetration of the discounters and the growing threat from online retailers such as Amazon, which…
Aldi and B&M are to create 1,400 jobs in Wixams, Bedford with the development of two major regional distribution centres. Aldi has been issued planning permission for a 800,000 sq ft DC, creating around 400 jobs, while B&M is to open a 1 million sq ft DC that will create 1,000 new jobs. Matthew Barnes,…
Eine Innovation des Logistikdienstleisters LGI Logistics Group International GmbH aus Herrenberg (Baden-Württemberg) hat in diesem Jahr die Jury überzeugt. Pakadoo machte das Rennen unter acht Einreichungen für den gemeinsamen Nachhaltigkeitspreis Logistik der Bundesvereinigungen Logistik in Österreich und Deutschland. Platz zwei ging an Aldi Süd, Platz drei an Dräxlmaier. Mit Pakadoo wird erstmals ein Corporate Start-up…
Digitale Lösung für die letzte Meile: Start-up Pakadoo erhält den Nachhaltigkeitspreis Logistik 2018. Eine Innovation des Logistikdienstleisters LGI Logistics Group International GmbH aus Herrenberg (Baden-Württemberg) hat in diesem Jahr die Jury überzeugt. Pakadoo machte das Rennen unter acht Einreichungen für den gemeinsamen Nachhaltigkeitspreis Logistik der Bundesvereinigungen Logistik in Österreich und Deutschland. Platz zwei ging an Aldi…
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