Store visits

We assess Sainsbury’s increasingly flexible and tailored approach to convenience store openings with visits to the retailer’s ‘Superfresh’ store in Earlsfield and its compact Abbeville Road store in Clapham.

We visited this new concept supermarket in Brussels to see Delhaize’s latest format design and learn what initiatives it is using to strengthen customer value perception.

We recently visited Asda’s supercentre at Stevenage to see how the retailer is integrating its multichannel operations and using unique events to drive footfall.

RT Mart is one of China’s most admired grocery retailers – find out here how a strong value proposition, in-store theatre and localised ranges are helping to create an exciting and compelling shopping experience for customers

Our latest Morrisons store visit report looks at the innovative approach that the retailer is taking on fresh produce and food-to-go in this busy commuter store

On our recent trip to Brussels in Belgium we visited this mid-size Delhaize supermarket in the south of the city to see its latest initiatives to remain competitive and how it is tailoring the offer to the local demographic.

Albert’s compact hypermarket in Havlíckuv Brod is one of the first examples of how Ahold is updating the format’s design to encourage consumers to shop the whole store and to drive loyalty through boosting its fresh and local offer.

Ahold’s new concept for convenience, focusing on food for now, integrates mobile technology and social media into the shopping journey.

Partisans du Goût is a new supermarket concept for Auchan that has an independent, market feel. We visited the new store in Lille to have a look.

Walmart’s recently opened Neighborhood Market in Chicago demonstrates the retailer’s latest thinking in terms of smaller format development focused on the needs of urban shoppers. With a high degree of local relevancy, the product and service offer has been designed to capitalise on the immediate residential population and city workers.