With Christmas fast approaching retailers are gearing up for their busiest time of the year, with many hoping that the festive season will allow them to put behind the woes of a particularly poor first half. However, at discount chain Poundland it is truly... Read More
Consumers continue to prioritise cost when shopping, meaning discount brands are now performing extremely strongly in the UK. This has particularly benefited Liverpool based discount chain B&M Bargains, which has just revealed an extremely strong first... Read More
With the majority of retail reports in the past year showing the Big Four supermarkets losing further ground to discounters some have begun to question the future of the big box format. Supermarkets have responded to this with high-profile marketing... Read More
The supermarket price war has been underway for some time as the Big Four attempt to protect their share of the market. However, in an interesting turn of events, it seems that the discounters are now stepping up the challenge with Aldi revealing it will... Read More
Just weeks after opening of its 250th premises 99p Stores — the penny-cheaper rival to Poundland — has now set its sights on expanding its presence in the Midlands and the north of England. Launched in 2001 from a single store in London’s... Read More
The Big Four supermarkets are facing increasing levels of competition, with brands from both the top and bottom end of the price range in the grocery market putting an extreme amount of pressure on the “squeezed middle”. And, it seems that this trend is... Read More
As the supermarket price war continues to rage on, the Big Four are increasingly finding discounters eating into their market share. Tesco suffered a further loss in the 12 weeks to the 17th of August, with the data from Kantar Worldpanel showing a further... Read More
Although the big four supermarkets have struggled in the face of competition from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl, high end retailers such as Waitrose have been relatively untouched by the phenomenon due to an extremely loyal customer base. However, it... Read More
With the rise of the discounters still firmly a factor within the retail industry, supermarket chains such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda are facing increasing pressure to compete on price. However, this battle may become slightly more difficult in the near... Read More
Amid the changing consumer habits in the UK at present, discount stores are expanding at a previously unknown rate as households attempt to cut down on spending and stick to a weekly budget. This has played a huge part in Poundland’s hugely successful year,... Read More
