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Fresh and Save Responds to Inflation With Radical Simplicity
Fresh and Save’s growth reflects a return to fundamentals. As inflation reshapes household budgets, consumers are increasingly drawn to supermarkets that strip away complexity and focus on price clarity. Warehouse-style layouts, limited assortments, and...
Eroski Strengthens Spain’s Regions Through Cooperative Retail
Eroski’s cooperative structure continues to provide a distinct alternative to shareholder-driven retail models. By aligning employee participation with community investment, Eroski embeds itself deeply into regional economies. The cooperative model allows profits to circulate...
Lomabonita Market Demonstrates the Power of Cultural Relevance
Lomabonita Market represents a growing segment of supermarkets built around cultural authenticity rather than scale. Serving Latino communities, the store succeeds by offering products, flavours, and formats deeply embedded in everyday cultural practices. Unlike...
Cencosud Uses Global Reach to Stabilise Long-Term Growth
Cencosud’s international expansion is best understood as a risk management strategy rather than a growth chase. Operating in regions prone to currency swings and political uncertainty, the group has sought stability through geographic diversification...
Spinneys Builds a Premium Supermarket Identity in the Gulf
Spinneys’ expansion across the Gulf region illustrates a deliberate rejection of volume-driven retail in favour of identity-led growth. While many operators compete aggressively on price, Spinneys has chosen to define itself through quality, provenance,...
Woolworths Australia Finds Value in Human Interaction
In an era dominated by automation, Woolworths Australia has made a counterintuitive move: restoring the prominence of human service in selected stores. This decision follows extensive behavioural analysis revealing that technological efficiency does not...
Asda Turns Seasonal Oversupply into a Strategic Advantage
Seasonal trading has long represented both opportunity and risk for supermarkets. For Asda, peak periods such as holidays once meant aggressive buying, followed by heavy markdowns and unavoidable waste. Today, that model is being...
Tesco Reinvents the Role of the Supermarket Through Nutrition Strategy
Tesco has begun repositioning itself not just as a food retailer, but as a public health stakeholder. Across the United Kingdom, the supermarket group has introduced a broad nutrition-focused strategy aimed at addressing declining...
The World’s Top 20 Social Media Influencers How Much They Earn
The World’s Top 20 Social Media Influencers How Much They Earn and Why They Matter to Global Brands Introduction Social media influencers have become a central force in global marketing, reshaping how brands communicate...
Retail Rewired | 2026 trends – thought leadership series
2026 Trends | RTS’s Matt Bradley on how retail media will reshape retail in 2026 Too often, the narrative around retail fixates on the sector’s perennial issues rather than the opportunities those challenges present. ...