German Retail Blog: Recent Episodes
Mike Dawson
Lidl's delisting of Coca-Cola is a strange decision for a retailer in a World Cup year about to enter the U.S. Has an excess of testosterone triumphed over reason?
The CEOs of Tengelmann and Kaufhof provided an excellent overview of online retailing in Germany at the Neocom mail order congress in Dusseldorf.
The Japanese look aghast at the way food is treated as a mere commodity in western retailing. Can they teach us something about value-added?
This year's venue in Paris was successful and authoritative, but revealed a generation conflict within the trade and left a surreal impression.
Aldi has admitted to an incident where trainees were humiliated by management and staff. In PR terms the matter has been professionally handled, but will this harm Aldi's otherise good image with young jobseekers?
Kingfisher, the UK's leading DIY retailer, wants to re-enter Germany in summer 2014. Have the Brits gone mad, or do they have an ace up their sleeve?
France's Leclerc and Germany's Rewe have fallen out over European buying alliance Coopernic. Are retailers capable of international cooperation?
In November Metro Group's former Cash & Carry boss becomes the new CEO of Belgian retailer Delhaize. Will it end in tears?
TweetTrue to form, Alain Caparros used his coquettish charm to make a disarmingly forthright speech at the Hessischer Handelstag (Hessian Retail Day) in Wiesbaden this Tuesday. The CEO of Rewe, Germany’s second-largest bricks & mortar food retailer, admitted to mixed feelings about “embarking on the adventure that is online retailing”. But Caparros clearly feels obliged [...]
On August 29 the Skyline Plaza will open in Frankfurt. Just another big shopping centre? Or will the growing popularity of online shopping doom it to failure?