July 15 – Spain’s Eroski Caprabo to Increase Assortment
Spain’s Caprabo, under the Eroski, the umbrella has announced that is offering its new, enhanced range of products to more stores across its network. The expanded its range to approximately 12,500 products. From European Supermarket Magazine
July 15 – Portugal’s Pingo Doce Allows Customers to Bring Their Own Containers
In line with the new ban on single-use plastic in Portugal, which went into action on July 1, Portugal’s Pingo Doce is allowing customers to bring their own containers to the store for is own containers for certain products, including fish, meat, bread, deli and fresh food. By 2025, the retailer aims to switch to 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging. From European Supermarket Magazine
July 15 – Alibaba Continues Investment in Spanish SMEs
Alibaba’s AliExpress has increased its commitment to the digitization and training of Spanish SMEs with new projects to boost their training and growth, pledging to invest EUR 1 Million during 2021 for the formation of Spanish companies, an increase from the EUR 800,000 the ecommerce giant budgeted for 2020. Article is written in Spanish. From Revista Info Retail
July 14 – Aldi Nord Reports on Progress Towards Sustainability
Aldi Nord announced its progress in all areas of sustainability including product range, production, procurement of materials and human rights respect. The retailer’s international managing director underscored the responsibility the retailer feels to taking the environment and society very seriously. Article is written in German. From Aldi
July 14 – UK’s John Lewis Partnership to Cut Additional Jobs
Following the closure of eight of its outlets earlier in 2021, UK-based John Lewis Partnership, which owns grocery store Waitrose, plans to cut about 1,000 management jobs across its outlets. The retailer plans to invest in customer service roles and reduce the number of layers between their most senior roles and non-management. From BBC
July 13 – Amazon India Announces Spotlight North East Marketplace
Amazon India has announced the launch of the Spotlight North East storefront which will bring together a range of unique local products from the region and showcase them to millions of Amazon customers across India on its marketplace. From Amazon
July 13 – Groupe Casino to Rethink Convenience Concept Store
Groupe Casino has announced that it will rethink the Monop’ convenience concept, to better respond to the transformation of consumption patterns in urban areas. The retail group has unveiled a new-concept Monop’ outlet in Paris which offers a range of 4,000 SKUs, of which 300 are available around the clock, thanks to a built-in ‘autonomous retail’ facility. From European Supermarket Magazine
July 12 – London Sees Opening of First TikTok Store
The UK’s first TikTok pop-up is to open in west London and will allow fans to interact with influencers who have found success via the social media app and try to create their own mini-films. From The Guardian
July 12 – Amazon Japan Plans Opening of New Delivery Stations
In 2021, Amazon will open a total of five delivery stations in the prefectures of Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba prefectures to serve as the starting point for last-mile delivery. Article is written in Japanese. From Amazon
July 12 – Denmark’s Salling Group Offers Opportunity for New Products From Global Suppliers
Salling Group, Denmark’s largest grocery group with 700 outlets in Denmark and more in Poland and Germany is looking for new non-food assortments during its Innovation Day 2021. Salling Group will give opportunity to suppliers from all markets to present their products for consideration of being retailed at the group’s outlets Bilka and føtex. Article is written in Danish. From Salling Group
July 12 – Spar China Announces Partnership with Guizhou Heli Supermarket
Operating more than 100 supermarkets, shopping centers and department stores in Guizho province, Guizhou Heli Supermarket has entered into a partnership is SPAR China. This will allow increased growth through the expansion of SPAR into the Guizhou province in Southwest China. From Spar
July 10 – India’s Myntra Sees Record Growth During Shopping Event
India’s ecommerce retailer, Myntra reported 60% growth during its ‘end of reason sale’ over last year with over 18 million products being ordered by 4.2 million customers across India. Myntra indicated having a record-breaking 220 million traffic sessions during the six-day event, at 4 times growth over its usual business during the period, with 15 million first-time visitors coming to the platform. From The Economic Times
July 8 – Russia’s Magnit Sees Sales Increase
Russia’s Magnit has announced that sales in its ‘My Price’ discounter portfolio have shown a 30% like-for-like sales increase. The retailer is planning to increase the number of outlets under the ‘My Price’ banner to 200 by the end of 2021 and will include 50 new stores, built from the ground up. This growth will position Magnit as the largest discounter store operator among Russia’s federal retailers. Magnit currently operates 76 My Price outlets. From European Supermarket Magazine
July 8 – Amazon India Announces Prime Day Sale
On the fifth anniversary of Amazon Prime expanding to India, the retail giant has announced its annual Prime Day event will be held in India on July 26 and 27, featuring two days of the best Prime has to offer for its customers. From Amazon
July 7 – IKEA Philippines Reaches Record Number of Loyalty Registrations
With more than 100,000 customers in the Philippines attempting to sign-up on the IKEA Family Club website in the first minute after it went live, IKEA Philippines reached one million IKEA Family Club registrations within 24 hours of opening. ABS CBN News
