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DIA (supermarket chain)
Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. (DIA) is a Spanish multinational discount supermarket chain founded in 1979.
Trading basicsDinoSol
Dinosol Supermercados S.L., trading as DinoSol, is a Spanish supermarket chain in the Canary Islands who is most known for its HiperDino supermarkets.
Trading basicsEroski
Eroski is a Spanish supermarket chain headquartered in Elorrio, Basque Country. It is run as a worker-consumer hybrid co-operative within the Mondragón Corporation group, with nearly 1,000 outlets spread across Spain (excluding franchises). The establishments vary in size from the largest hypermarkets, simply named 'Eroski' (of which there are 75 stores, including 40 with petrol stations
Trading basicsFighter brand
In marketing, a fighter brand (sometimes called a fighting brand or a flanker brand) is a lower-priced offering launched by a company to take on, and ideally take out, specific competitors that are attempting to under-price them. Unlike traditional brands that are designed with target consumers in mind, fighter brands are created specifically to combat a competitor that is threatening to
Trading basicsHobbycraft
Hobbycraft Trading Limited is a British arts and crafts superstore retail chain.
Trading basicsLoss leader
A loss leader (also leader) is a product sold at a price below its minimum profit margin to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services. The use of a loss leader is a pricing strategy, a sales promotion strategy, and a marketing strategy. The loss leader is offered at a price below its minimum profit margin, not necessarily below cost.
Trading basicsPrivate label
A private label, also called a private brand or private-label brand, is a brand owned by a company that directly sells the product, but outsources the manufacturing to a third party. That is, one company makes a product for another company which then offers the product under its brand name. Among the best-known private-label brands are store brands, brands owned by and sold exclusively a
Payments & settlementSelf-checkout
Self-checkouts (SCOs), also known as assisted checkouts (ACOs) or self-service checkouts, are machines that allow customers to complete their own transaction with a retailer without using a staffed checkout. When using SCOs, customers scan item barcodes before paying for their purchases without needing one-to-one staff assistance. Self-checkouts are used mainly in supermarkets, although