No baskets, no branding, no warehouses, no advertising, no shelves, no social media. There’s a word for Mere and it is ‘austere’. “You won’t see any frills, shelves or points for convenience,” says ...

Aldi and Lidl are facing a challenge from a Russian ‘hard’ discounter, described as ‘one step above a food bank’. With no warehouses, few staff and products on pallets, could it take off in the UK?

Given that we all place such a huge emphasis on the retail environment and all that goes with it in this Instagram/social media heavy world we are in, it was strange to visit Mere, the Russian ...

Mere has officially revealed that the opening date for its first UK store is August 14. The Russian discounter said the disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic had slowed work on the fitout for its ...