Secondary Recommendation

B&M European Value Retail - Discount retailer growing like topsy

February 2017

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One of Prime Minister Theresa May’s stated objectives is to help so-called JAMs (“just about managing” families; believed to comprise households earning £12k-£35k), but also helping to beat austerity are the growing army of supermarket discounters, now giving the established players like Tesco and Sainsburys a run for their money. Figures from retail analysts IGD predict that the discounters will increase their market by a whopping 40% to almost £25bn in the five years to 2021 and at the forefront of this march is B&M European Value Retail, which owns 533 discount retail stores in the UK. After floating at 270p in June ‘14, its original intention was to grow to around 850 stores, by opening a ...

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