The Albert brand was founded in Central Europe in 1991. Today Ahold operates 280 stores in the Czech Republic and 25 stores in Slovakia, where it is among the best-known brands in food retail. The company, which also operates more than 21 gas stations in the Czech Republic and seven in Slovakia, employs 15,000 people [...]

During my market visits, i come across lots of displays in the supermarkets and hypermarkets i visit, some i would like to share with you here.

Yes retailers do kill brands, and don’t be surprised because I have seen it today and it is happening everyday in supermarkets or hypermarkets around the globe, I was a buyer previously and buyers are known to be arrogant people and pushing brands to fight between each other in order for them to grab the [...]

Short for Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion, Dia is a Carrefour-owned, hard-discount grocery store. With a vast presence in Spain with more than 2,900 stores and can also be found around the world in Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, and China. Dia corporate website

You know times are hard when giant companies start to trim down their operational costs by laying off workers, or even worse, closing down stores. Circuit City Stores, Inc., is one of them. A total of 155 Circuit City stores that are underperforming and deemed to be unable to fit in with the company’s overall [...]