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Country Report
Mar 2021
Whilst continuing to expand its outlet network in Austria, discounters recorded impressive double-digit current value growth in 2020 as a direct result of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown. This was not only due to some initial stockpiling on ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Like all modern grocery formats and parapharmacies/drugstores, discounters were considered an essential service in Germany and remained open and available to consumers during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. Discounters benefited directly from ...
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Mar 2021
There were no discounters operating in Thailand in 2020, and there are currently no expectations of any entering the market over the forecast period....
Country Report
Mar 2021
Discounters were able to benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated economic downturn, in 2020, recording a strong retail current value growth rate. For many consumers in Switzerland, discounters represent good value for money and an ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Discounters attracts consumers looking to reduce spending on staple products and access competitive price points whenever possible. However, the number of outlets remains low, compared with supermarkets. Moreover, as many discounters are not located ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Discounters performed well during the COVID-19 pandemic, slightly strengthening their rate of current retail value growth in 2020 when compared to 2019. Consumers continued turning to discounters since they enabled a comprehensive shopping experience...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Discounters enjoyed a healthy value share increase in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as discounters are much larger than regular grocery retailers. During lockdown, with its tighter restrictions, a greater number of people could enter these ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Sales via discounters are set to see double figure growth in 2020, although well below the explosive rates seen in the previous four years of the review period. There are a variety of reasons for this. Growth in recent years has been largely driven ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Despite the pandemic, discounters sales continued to rise during 2020 as such stores were given essential status by the government. Currently, there is only one discounter in Saudi Arabia, Dukan, which is similar to a local convenience store but ...
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Mar 2021
Discounters posted the highest growth in current value terms in grocery retailers in 2020. Unlike in other sales channels, spending on packaged food and fresh produce did not decline during the lockdown. On the contrary, value sales through ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
The rate of growth in the retail current value sales of discounters accelerated sharply during 2020 to reach its highest level in five years. Discounters proved to be particularly attractive to Moroccan consumers during the lockdown due to their very...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Discounters experienced a strong surge in growth in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic which drove a number of lifestyle changes in the country. During the first outbreak of COVID-19, consumers stayed at home much more, and many switched to ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
On 12 March 2020 the government announced the first measures pertaining to COVID-19 and the partial closure of the country. On that day, discounters in Norway experienced high levels of stockpiling and hoarding as consumers were unsure of the future ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has served to reinforce the competitive standing of the discounters channel in modern grocery retailing in the Colombian market. While discounters players had to slow down their expansion strategies during the pandemic, they have ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic created challenges for discounters in terms of supply and demand as these outlets were one of the primary sources of panic buying during the lockdown period. Affordable prices and full coverage of essential grocery products made...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Discounters was one of the winners in 2020, posting the highest growth in current value terms in grocery retailers. Unlike in other channels, spending on food and grocery produce was not suppressed. On the contrary, foodservice sales moved to grocery...
Country Report
Mar 2021
Towards the end of the review period, the Malaysian government’s KR1M 2.0 Initiative was replaced by i-KeeP, an acronym which stands for Inisiatif Kedai Ekonomi Pengguna, which translates into English as Consumer Economic Shop Initiative. This marks ...
Country Report
Mar 2021
The most significant impact on the discounters channel in 2020 was not from COVID-19 but rather from the exit of Netto. The chain had been the only significant challenger to Lidl in discounters in Sweden, but the previous expansion plans for Netto ...
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Mar 2021
2020 saw France’s discounters register an underwhelming performance as the entire channel faced numerous challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst the low-price positioning of discounters proved very attractive to French consumers as the ...
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Mar 2021
The retail current value sales of discounters declined during 2020. Many of products stocked by discounters are imported. First Master Retailers Ltd, which dominates discounters in terms of retail value share, imports many of its products from Spain,...
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