Supermarkets in Taiwan reported NT$165.4bln (US$5.36bln) in combined revenue for the first nine months of the year at 2,201 stores, both numbers being records, a report released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs showed.
New research from Go Inspire Group has revealed that targeted discounting, in the form of personalised pricing, can have a substantial effect on where people focus their supermarket shopping.
Nearly half (48%) of online grocery shoppers say they are willing to pay for rapid delivery of their groceries to receive within one hour of placing their order, research from IGD reveals.
Lidl Belgium has announced the launch of Lidl Simpl - a pop-up webshop that will allow users to order fresh products online and have them delivered to their homes on a bicycle.
Retailers could be facing £9.3 billion worth of additional tariffs for food and drink products imported from the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a report from Barclays.
Germany's second-largest supermarket chain Rewe opened a new logistics centre to serve its fast-growing online groceries business as e-commerce competition hots up in the food retail sector.
Korean retail giants Shinsegae and Lotte are vying to acquire 100% stake in Ministop Korea, local unit of the Japan-based convenience store operator, according to industry sources on September 19.
