One of the many stories that have circulated about me is that I would have brought Esselunga poor financial results for 2003 and that this would have led to my removal. Nothing could be more untrue. If you look at the numbers, you can see that the 2003 Ros, compared to that of the early 1990s, was decidedly better, thanks in part to careful management of contracts with suppliers (see the example of Barilla) and to the negotiations carried out in the ESD Centre
Only 45.9% of the extra virgin olive oil (EVO) in Italy is domestically produced
In Italy, ‘a high rate of abandonment of fields and production, the lack of a unified strategy and the presence of numerous producers still tied to a traditional agriculture that has not been modernised’.
In Italy, discounters, now perceived as supermarkets, are more agile tools than superstores and respond better to the needs of customers who want “more service, shorter distances and a more concentrated offer”
“I don’t think Walmart will ever reach the size that Amazon has online,” said Blake Droesch, retail analyst for Emarketer, which tracks e-commerce. “But Walmart is one of the few retailers that has had the capital and the strategy to deploy a real defence.”
As in France and Italy, inflation due to Covid – 19 in the US has left deep traces that have favoured the development of discount formulas, albeit with very different approaches and sales methods. US consumers are also experiencing the political uncertainty sown by the tariffs wanted by Donald Trump. Box stores (wholesale discounters) are depopulating in the US, driven by concerns about the high cost of living. Chris Nichols , CEO of Sam’s Club (Walmart’s box store chain) predicts ‘difficult times’ for the US economy
The position statements of Bonifiche Ferraresi and Coldiretti
The supermarket and discount segment with sales of between 801 and 1,500 square metres achieved a turnover of EUR 40 billion. A value that is not only significantly higher than the other formats, but which unequivocally confirms that it is precisely in this size range that the most important game within the large-scale retail trade is being played out
Quality is not just a question of price and brand. What do you think? Was Lidl right in the end to ‘pass itself off’ as a supermarket? It would seem so
Confirmations of 2025 come from Area 1 where discount stores and supermarkets win. Hypermarkets and superstores fail
From rampant shrinkinflation to junk food from Nestlé and McDonald’s, to PFAS, to the ubiquitous inflation-fuelled discountability. Some diseases are worrying
This sounds like a ‘merketing’ or sociological topic. In reality, as the Tik Tok case in Romania has shown, as well as things to know in order to devise a marketing strategy, it is now also about geopolitics
