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Brazil: Rede Polo to acquire 57 Dia stores

September 22, 2020
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Latin America, Mergers & Acquisitions, Retail

Rede Polo, a retailer based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is reportedly acquiring 57 stores from Spanish supermarket chain Dia. According to sources, Dia recently ceased operations in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where it had 70 outlets.  Four of the stores to be acquired are located in the state capital Porto Alegre. Rede Polo,  which has operated stores in Rio Grande Do Sul since 1998 under the banner …

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Spain: Dia may close more than 200 stores

June 6, 2019
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Europe, Manufacture & Distribution, Retail

Dia, the Spanish supermarket chain, plans to close 219 outlets this month after a buyer for them failed to materialise, according to a report in El Pais. The retailer had previously announced up to 300 of its stores might have to shut after it closed its 2018 financial year with €352 million ($396 million) in losses and in a situation of technical bankruptcy. It is reported that, of the more …

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Spain: Dia plans to expand in Latin America

June 28, 2017
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Europe, Manufacture & Distribution, Retail

Spanish retailer Dia is planning to expand in Brazil and Argentina. According to Reuters Brasil, the group announced that it plans to open 1,500 new stores in Brazil and 1,100 in Argentina by 2020, as a result of strong organic growth in Latin America.   Currently, Dia has 1,000 stores in Brazil and more than 7,000 stores worldwide. It is present in Portugal and China as well as Spain, Argentina and …

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Spain: Eroski and Dia team up to develop private label products

March 17, 2017
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Europe, Manufacture & Distribution, Retail

Spanish retailers Dia Group and Eroski Group have signed an agreement designed  to maximise the quality and price of their private label offering. The companies said that the new agreement, based on a peer-to-peer relationship, would allow them to improve the competitiveness of their private label products and also acquire materials and supplies needed for the business. Fresh products, oil, eggs and milk are excluded from the agreement. In a …

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Portugal: Dia invites consumers to choose special offers

February 8, 2017
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Europe, Marketing

Spanish supermarket chain Dia has launched a new campaign called Choose Your Promotion for its Minipreco banner in Portugal, which for the first time will give customers the opportunity to choose the special offers they would like to see in stores. According to Grande Consumo, the initiative will launch on the supermarket’s Facebook page, where every week two options will be up for vote. The option with more votes will …

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Brazil: Dia launches ‘Food Truck’ initiative

November 12, 2015
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Food, Latin America, Marketing, Retail

Supermarket chain Dia has announced a new marketing initiative in Brazil – launched with the hashtag #pfdodia – based around the concept of ‘food trucks’. Food trucks – vehicles fitted out to produce and sell street food – have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially within major cities in North America. Dia’s new ‘food truck’ campaign will see the company offer freshly prepared food made from its own brand …

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Spain: Dia and Eroski form purchasing alliance

June 29, 2015
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Europe

Spanish supermarket chains Dia and Eroski have announced that they are to form a new purchasing alliance “with a view to driving efficiency gains and offering shoppers the best prices on the market by enhancing their bargaining power”. The alliance between the two retailers, which together operate nearly 6,000 stores across Spain, is reportedly aimed at improving purchasing conditions in negotiations with national and international large-scale suppliers. According to Dia, …

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Portugal: Dia and Intermarche form purchasing alliance

May 28, 2015
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Europe

The Spanish retail chain Dia Group and the French supermarket Intermarche have agreed to create CINDIA, a joint platform for negotiating limited to Portugal. Intermarche has been active in Portugal since 1991, while Grupo Dia has been present in the country since 1993, operating stores under the Minipreco banner. Announcing the news in a statement, Dia said that CINDIA would be exclusively responsible for negotiating with the biggest leading national …

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Portugal: Dia to launch two new retail chains

March 11, 2015
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Europe

Dia Group has revealed plans to establish two new retail brands in Portugal in an attempt to arrest a decline in its operating results in the country. Portuguese newspaper Diario Economico reports that the group is planning to introduce the store brands Dia Maxi and Minipreco Market over the next year. Dia reported that sales in Portugal for the past year  fell to €376 million, a drop of 7.2% on …

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Spain: Dia acquires El Arbol

July 2, 2014
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Europe

Dia has agreed a deal through which it will acquire 100% of the shares of the Spanish supermarket chain Grupo El Arbol Distribucion y Supermercados (El Arbol), further consolidating Dia’s presence in the Spanish market. The shares have been acquired for the nominal value of €1, with Dia assuming responsibility for El Arbol’s debt, which totals €150.8 million ($206 million). Grupo El Arbol has 455 outlets predominantly sited across the …

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France: Dia puts stores up for sale

May 20, 2014
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Europe

Spanish supermarket Dia has confirmed that its business in France is up for sale, as the group looks to refocus its efforts on growth markets. The news was reportedly announced to unions on 6th May at a board meeting at the group’s French headquarters in Vitry. The move was later confirmed in a statement released by Dia in which it said that it had “set in motion the relevant processes …

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France: Dia introduces 30 minute “click and collect” service

January 21, 2014
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Europe

Dia has unveiled Diadiscount.com, its latest concept in “click and collect” retail in France, allowing consumers to order and collect goods within the space of 30 minutes. Using their mobile device or a computer, consumers choose from a number of available products and then place their order. Half an hour later the consumer receives a text and can then collect their goods within the store’s opening times. The order is …

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France: Dia contemplates pull-out

November 15, 2013
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Europe

Sources in France indicate that Spanish retail giant Dia may be giving consideration to a divestment of its retail activities in France. According to LSA, a full or partial sell-off of Dia’s French operations may be on the cards, in a move that would affect some or all of Dia’s 888 stores in the country. Dia’s own figures show that the French subsidiary currently employs more than 7,600 staff and …

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