Grocers move beyond food
August 22, 2017
Grocery chains including Aldi, Giant Eagle, Kroger, Lidl and Publix are moving into categories usually associated with other retail channels. Lidl, the German grocery chain which opened its first stores in the U.S. this year, recently announced that it would sell a clothing line from supermodel and television personality Heidi Klum.
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