Discounters

Lidl’s Esmara by Heidi Klum: Clothing is the next big area for the discounters — here’s why

Lidl’s Esmara by Heidi Klum range has lived up to expectations and paves the way for material growth through clothing…

B&M is not the answer to Asda’s discounter woes

If Walmart is, as has been reported, lining up a bid for discount chain B&M, it would at least signal…

People should brace themselves for higher food inflation until 2022

Food and grocery inflation is set to reach 2.5 percent this year – the highest level since 2013. While the…

Fathers are losing out — we spend just half as much on them as on Mothers

Though across the UK people spend £700m ($895m) celebrating our Fathers each year, this is half of what we spend…

Discounters made waves in grocery now they are shaking up homewares as people begin to feel the Brexit pinch

Having already disrupted food retail, discount players are increasingly impinging on the grocers’ share of non-food retail sectors, with homewares…

Discounters to take a fifth of all UK retail parks spend

Discount players such as B&M and Home Bargains have rapidly expanded in recent years. And they aren't slowing down. The…

CHART: The retail mid-market slump

The rise of value fashion and e-commerce retailers has caused major damage to the clothing mid-market. Only Next -- that…