Aldi Plans To Launch Online Service In UK In 2016

German discount retailer Aldi announced plans to launch an online service in the UK. Scheduled for early 2016, the planned online service was unveiled following a 4.1 percent decline in sales in 2014 at the company’s UK and Ireland unit. Opening its first store in the UK in 1990, the company has spent £878 million on its expansion in the country, which included 54 new stores opened in 2014. As part of its proposed online business, the company will start selling wine by the case online, to be followed by non-food special sales in the spring.