Lidl to conquer Milan
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”
How Walmart built the biggest threat Amazon has ever faced
“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.”
US: inflation-weary consumers stock up on discount stores
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 Senatore Cappelli pasta from Bonifiche Ferraresi
The position statements of Bonifiche Ferraresi and Coldiretti
Modern Proximity: medium-sized supermarkets drive the market
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
Pasta, tuna and water: how products are classified in Italian supermarkets (now confused with discount stores and vice versa!)
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
Superstores: Esselunga loses share weakened by blows from new retail leaders
Confirmations of 2025 come from Area 1 where discount stores and supermarkets win. Hypermarkets and superstores fail
Food: the decline in quality has been confirmed
From rampant ‘shrinkinflation’ to junk food from Nestlé and McDonald’s, to PFAS, to the ubiquitous inflation-fuelled trend towards discounting. Some diseases are a cause for concern
The Internet is now, also in our country, the main means by which citizens inform themselves (AgCom Information System Observatory)
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
Aldi takes over from Bennet in Viale Monza in Milan: what does it mean?
What is happening in retail? It turns out that “In the last year, 20% of households have changed their opinion on the store with the best price/quality ratio… the local competitive scenario counts, as does the quality of the products and departments. Of the latter, fruit and vegetables remains the most important (57% of households) …
Nestlé’s water activities under indictment: the scandal no one in Italy wants to talk about
In France, Perrier mineral water risks being downgraded to potable, the problem of PFAS in water, even tap water
Conad – BDC: when 1 euro is worth 225 million but the accounts and documents do not add up
A survey by friends of friends is enough to ‘solve’ everything’?
