Swedish Coop: A developing economic crisis?
Swedish Coop has been a key player in the grocery market for several years, but in recent years the company has experienced significant financial challenges.
FOOD is a joint five-year research collaboration between NHH and NorgesGruppen to generate research and new knowledge on the grocery markets, particularly on empirical issues related to market structure, competition and productivity.
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Lidl's global growth – a success story
The discount chain Lidl has established itself as one of the world's fastest-growing grocery chains, with over 12,000 stores in more than 30 countries and an annual turnover of 130 billion dollars. Despite the misfortune in Norway, Lidl has experienced massive success globally.
Cross-border shopping – threat and opportunity
Norwegian lobbyists are sounding the alarm about the consequences of Swedish border shopping and are asking prime minister Støre to wake up. Danish merchants are experiencing similar challenges with German grocery competition, and German retailers are concerned about cheap goods from Poland. Swedish merchants “hate” cheap beer and sausages from Denmark.
Walmart: High-tech retailer
Walmart is not only the biggest retailer in the world it is also the most advanced, technologically speaking. In this article, we will take a closer look at how technical excellence has helped the company grow into the world's largest and arguably the world’s best retailer.