Wholesaling store visits

Our store visit reports feature floor plans, store photos and full commentary written by our team of international retail experts. Dozens of reports are made every year of stores that feature new concepts in food and grocery retail.

Presentations

First look: Together with Morrisons

01/06/2022

See in-store at the first ‘Together with Morrisons’, which is intended for independent convenience stores and supermarkets over 3,000 sq. ft. The Warner’s store combines the best of Morrisons private labels and value support with the retailer's long-standing strengths of working with local suppliers.

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Freshippo X: Alibaba’s first membership wholesale store

17/08/2021

Alibaba’s Freshippo X store has triggered the emergence of membership-only wholesale sector in China. Find out the store’s unique features in this report and understand why it has caused a global storm.

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Booker Wholesale, Swindon, UK

28/05/2020

We visited Booker's well-established depot in Swindon to see how the wholesaler platforms its product and service offer to meet B2B needs across a mixed urban and rural catchment.

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Supeco, Titan, Bucharest, Romania

13/11/2019

Supeco strikes a balance between being a discounter and a wholesaler. In 2019 it opened the first in Bucharest. The store showcases the banner’s core strategic priorities of offering competitive prices, on single or multiple items, curating the assortment to cover families' and B2B customers' needs and operating a model that provides a pricing structure for these distinct shopper bases too.

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Sam's Club, Shanghai, China

16/07/2019

Walmart's Sam’s Club continues to perform well in China. We higlight key areas that suppliers should look out for, with a particular focus on how the retailer creates an engaging shopping experience for its members.

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Retail execution at Costco Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

15/07/2019

Costco is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Japan this year. We visit Costco’s flagship warehouse in Kawasaki to pick out some of the key highlights that underpin its continued success.

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Retail execution at Bizim and Sec Market, Istanbul, Turkey

03/05/2019

Bizim is looking to diversify its customer base to grow its share. It is doing so by bringing stores closer to its customers with its new compact wholesale concept and enhancing its customer service. The wholesaler’s growth strategy is further supported by its franchise business under the banner, Sec Market.

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Sam's Club Now, Dallas, USA

25/03/2019

Sam’s Club Now is a live retail lab, developed to enable the retailer to test the latest tech-led initiatives and adapt the in-store layout. We recently visited this club to see how it has built a checkout-free environment and using technologies such as augmented reality and in-store mapping to create a unique experience.

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