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IP Interview
Published August 15, 2020

Lidl in Ireland: from 0 to 12% market share in 20 years

Executive Bio

Paul Gibson

Former Head of Sales Organisation, Lidl Ireland and current Managing Director, McKee's Foods

Why is this interview interesting?

  • Challenges a hard discounter faces when entering a new market: convincing customers that their quality of product is high despite having low prices
  • Lidl’s value proposition: high quality at the lowest price
  • How Lidl uses its international presence to achieve huge scale in buying
  • Lidl’s labour productivity versus a mainstream retailer
  • How Lidl’s culture of continuous improvement drives operating efficiencies
  • How Lidl creates a competitive culture through rigorous benchmarking of KPIs and benchmarking across stores and regions

Interview Transcript

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