date:Aug 19, 2014
Retail market analysts have suggested that by 2018 Lidl's progenitor, Die Schwarz-Gruppe, will be the largest retailer in Europe, overtaking Carrefour, the chain that holds the position at present.
A report from Planet Retail stated:
The discounters are now a growing force in the Western European grocery landscape, so much so that a change is in store at the very top.
By 2018, according to our forecasts, Schwarz Group will overtake Carrefour as Western Europes largest grocery player, generati