Spain's Leading Retailers Maintained Shares Of The Market In February 2016 Quarter, Study Shows

In Spain, the leading retailers have maintained their respective market shares during the 12-week period ending February 28, 2016, according to Kantar Worldpanel. Things were not as good for traditional and specialty retailers, seeing their market share fall by 3.7 percent. Discount retailer Lidl remains the market’s fastest-growing chain, seeing its market share rise to 3.8 percent in the period, from 3.3 in the previous year. Mercadona also expanded its share by 0.3 points and holding on to 22.3 percent of the market. Carrefour was able to preserve its 8.6 percent share, while Grupo DIA also held on to the 8.2 percent market share it had in 2015.