The limited-line discount store as grocery retailing format succeeded in continuously increasing its market share in Europe as well as in other parts of the world. The business model of hard discounting applied by the German retailers Aldi and Lidl proved to be particularly successful. By...

Shopping is an adventure. Not only flagship-stores, but also ordinary supermarkets around the corner can deliver excellent shopping experience by using appealing digital instruments, for example by applying digital signage. The number of digital screens at the point of sale is ever increasing in...