We recently visited Madrid, to explore what the city offers and understand how retailers are evolving to help build shopper confidence as inflation and the cost-of-living continues to manifest uncertainty. In this article, we reveal three must see stores and explain why you need to see them. 1. Carrefour hypermarket, Carr.de Madrid a Burgos, A1 28108 In Spain, Carrefour is one of the lea...

I assess the news from across the discounter’s European markets. Slowing down of network growth continues France has become the latest market where Lidl has announced plans to reduce the number of store openings, with only 10 new stores this year. The discounter had been opening between 20 and 30 stores per year and was gaining momentum in the challenging market, but in recent months it has...

Keep up to date with the latest movements in Spain. In a price sensitive market retailers continue to invest in price and promotions strategies, while Carrefour makes strategic moves to boost its presence in the market as well as Mercadona boosting its online channel. 1. Carrefour Spain acquires 47 SuperCor stores Carrefour Spain has reached an agreement with El Corte Ingles to acquire 47 S...