DIA news

Understand how retailers such as Alcampo and Covirán report impressive sales growth during 2022. Meanwhile, explore how DIA has stepped up its commitments to boost its pricing strategy and helping vulnerable communities. Separately, AliExpress bets on improving its customer experience to gain sales. Covirán hits 9% gross sales growth Covirán, a Spanish cooperative, achieved gross sales of €...

Sustainability plays an integral role in shaping the retail market across Europe. Retailers and suppliers continue to review their ESG targets to put a greater focus on reducing food waste, social commitments and providing healthier, more sustainable choices. Retailers also continue to launch new sustainability initiatives focused on reducing plastic, enhancing stores through designs that make th...

Spain is a price sensitive market we continue to see retailers taking action to support shoppers purchasing power. Retailers such as M&A, DIA and Uvesco are investing more to implementing initiatives to freeze or cut prices to attract more shoppers during the current economic environment.   M&A discount banner commits to freezing prices Grupo Piedro has launched its M&A discount banner, this ...

At a group level DIA reported an increase in net sales to €7,286m an increase of 9.6% compared to the same period in 2021. DIA revealed the group completed 2022 with a total network of 5,699 stores. DIA’s outstanding sales performance The DIA Group has made significant improvements on previous years, increasing sales across all markets it operates in, which includes Spain, Portugal, Brazil ...

Understand how the Spanish market continues to evolve as Mercadona expands its online capabilities further. Whereas DIA is selling its perfume shops to focus on proximity and the growth of its local food distribution. Separately, Aldi reports its successful 2022, its outlook to 2023 and its new social network initiative being trialled only in Spain. Mercadona expands it online capability   Sp...

Find out how retailers in Spain have been responding to customer needs. Dia extends its private label to help shoppers save money So far this year, Dia has launched more than 500 new private label products taking the total to 2,700 products in its range. In Spain, this is playing an important role in helping shoppers to save money, with Dia estimating that households choosing its private la...

Understand how retailers in Spain continue to tackle rising inflation, while Alibaba plans to accelerate its expansion for Europe. Explore how DinoSol achieved an increase in sales during 2021 and why Ahorramas closed 2021 with a decreasing turnover.   DIA invests €130m to tackle inflation DIA announced it has invested almost €130m during 2022 to help tackle inflation, Spain is a price sens...

Traditionally, a large percentage of Spanish shoppers used to get their fresh food in traditional stores and markets, buying their dry groceries in supermarkets. However, in recent years retailers have improved their fresh offer, progressively gaining share from the traditional sector. Therefore, while over 30% of fresh food is still sold through the traditional sector, this figure is steadily...

As discounter DIA continues rolling out its new store concept and franchise model in Spain, the company has published its Q1 2022 results, posting net sales of €1 bn in its home market, 4.2% less than a year earlier. Like-for-like sales decreased by 1.8%, while the company’s store count contracted by 4.6% compared to March 2021. A shrinking store count and market share The last few years ha...

At a group level DIA reported a fall in sales of 3.4%, to €6,648m in 2021, compared to 2020. However, versus 2019, the retailer said it had seen an increase of 5% in like-for-like sales terms. DIA’s sales performance in Spain DIA’s operations in Spain generated a turnover of €4.2 bn, a decrease of 6.6% compared to 2020. DIA said the reason for the decline was the extraordinary supply purcha...