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Germany 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.

Videos

Store of the month: February 2023: Edeka, Düsseldorf, Germany
2/02/2023
See inside our pick for February's store of the month, Edeka, Düsseldorf. Be inspired by the store’s stunning design and outstanding confectionery, service counters, and fresh offer.
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Store of the month June 2021: REWE, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany
01/07/2021
See inside our pick for June’s store of the month, REWE, Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany. Be inspired by how the retailer build a sustainable supermarket with a farm on the roof.
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Presentations

How retailers in Berlin are aligning to our European retail trends 2023
20/07/2023
In this report, we review all of the stores visited in Berlin in May 2023, and how retailers are aligning to the top five European trends we identified earlier this year. Retailers and suppliers can be inspired by the many initiatives displayed by German retailers in the capital.
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Edeka, you are our No. 1!
04/07/2023
IGD recently visited the Edeka Center No. 1 store in Steglitz, Berlin, which was designed by the Schweitzer Group. We were impressed by how well it aligns with our Store of the Future 2030 model, with a truly great and experiential store. One of our favourites of 2023, we highly recommend visiting.
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The jewels in Edeka's crown
24/01/2023
Edeka's cooperative model allows independent retailers greater freedom to create truly remarkable stores. Be inspired by two Edeka stores in Düsseldorf, Germany run by Zurheide Feine Kost we visited in December 2022. The report focusses on store design, and in-store category activation and differentiation.
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Are hybrid cashierless stores the future?
19/12/2022
Cashierless stores have been a hot topic in 2022. We take a look inside a new hybrid concept from discount format Netto in Germany and consider if this is the future of the technology.
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Inside Rewe, Pick & Go, Cologne, Germany
05/09/2022
A review of Rewe’s first Pick & Go concept.
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Inside Aldi Süd’s latest stores and concepts
04/11/2021
We recently visited several stores across Germany to review the latest development and concepts.
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In-store at Edeka, Germany
25/10/2021
Edeka has been strengthening its one-stop shopping proposition in 2020 and 2021.
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Inside Kaufland’s updated stores in Germany
25/10/2021
We visited two stores in Germany to understand how Kaufland's ‘facelift initiative’ is seeing the retailer employ an upmarket design and clearer navigation to evolve and improve the shopping experience.
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Inside Aldi Nord, Germany
19/10/2021
We look at the latest in-store development from Aldi Nord in Germany, including the consolidation of its private label brands with Aldi Sud and the rise of organic products.
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Aldi's largest store in the world
25/11/2020
In November 2020 Aldi Süd opened its largest store ever in Germany with a footprint of nearly 2,000 sq m . It features an enhanced bakery, am improved fresh produce area, Infarm vertical farming units and electronic shelf labels.
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