Metro spent fifteen years selling every consumer business it owned to focus on wholesale. A case study in portfolio exits, customer stickiness and delivery economics.
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Retail, Consumer & Discount Empires
Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Retail, Consumer & Discount Empires from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Aug 5, 2026
Latest in Retail, Consumer & Discount Empires
Adidas After the Split: What a Billion-Euro Dependency Actually Cost
One partnership carried a modest revenue share and an outsized profit share, and then ended overnight. A case study in creative dependency and brand recovery.
dm and the Anti-Discount Model: Paying More to Sell for Less
dm pays above-market wages and has lower unit costs than competitors who do not. A case study in turnover economics, store autonomy and everyday low pricing.
Schwarz Group: How Europe’s Biggest Retailer Became a Cloud Provider
Europe’s biggest retailer is building a sovereign cloud platform. A case study in converting internal infrastructure into external businesses under permanent private ownership.
Aldi: The Discount Model That Exported Itself Everywhere
Hard discount is Germany’s most successful retail export, and it works by subtraction. A case study in interdependent cost removal and private label economics.
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