There’s a new shop in town. Well, 2. So far, one in canton ZH and 2nd one in Valais.
The strategy behind the business is interesting, article in German. No fresh food means no fridges and no refrigerated logistics, cheaper!. They prefer to not even build their own stores, just buy a failed store from another retailer.
Today I learned what a “Doppeldeckerlastwagen” is, something like this. Two levels of pallets? Lower logistics costs.
“Dutch goodies, great” was my first thought. But non-food, sod that.
What is that, an other Müller? (an other strange shop imo. although I do get my Penaten stuff there for a reasonable price).
“Handelszeitung” called Action temu offline. 
Any Dutch people who can shed a light upon this new shop?
Handelszeitung:
Eine Herrensonnenbrille: 1,29 Euro. Zehn Seifenschwämme: 69 Cents. Ein Campingstuhl, faltbar: 7,95 Euro. Was in diesem Laden in Weil am Rhein (D) ausliegt, scheint in kein gängiges Shoppingkonzept zu passen. Haushaltsartikel und Kosmetik, Schreibwaren, Hundespielzeug und Klopapier, abgeschmeckt mit etwas Schokolade, Salznüssli und Katzenfutter. Wie im Basar, aber wind- und wettergeschützt. Temu in Offline, quasi.
One pair of men’s sunglasses: 1.29 euros. Ten soap sponges: 69 cents. A foldable camping chair: 7.95 euros. What is on display in this store in Weil am Rhein (Germany) does not seem to fit into any conventional shopping concept. Household items and cosmetics, stationery, dog toys and toilet paper, seasoned with chocolate, salted nuts and cat food. Just like in a bazaar, but sheltered from the wind and weather. Temu in Offline, so to speak.
It sounds like the centre aisles of Lidl, Hofer, Aldi, etc. It’s the fun of the treasure hunt for many people. You never know what you’ll find there, and it has been a very popular feature.
I agree with you. While everything gets more expensive it’s kind of fun to find a “Schnäppchen” (steal), specially in Switzerland. (Bet in Holland it’s still half the price )
But it also means more trash in a time where we should produce less.
This is true…people buying stuff they don’t need, just because they feel they’ve found a deal. I treat these centre aisles with a critical eye. I have found some things I use all the time, e.g., fly screens for french doors, but you must be careful.
Actually I’m terribly old-fashioned: I don’t waste time entering those shops unless I see on their (actually only Lidl) website about something on offer. The glass-“tupperwear” from there is just as good as the ones I got other places, yet much cheaper.
But then I hate shopping fulll stop. So the online shopping is something they must have invented for me.
Just cheap junk
My other half is Dutch, she says also says it is the bottom of the barrel on quality.
Another Dutchie here, went there once and left.
Sounds like Otto’s without furniture.
Actually Otto’s is not bad. It sells “Restposten” (remaining stock) of other companies at good prices. It’s the kind of shop one has to walk through every now and then to find good stuff or your own stuff at a much better price.
Due to this system, it is not a reliable source to shop (they do have their own products - the furniture I guess?) but I don’t remember seeing junk there.
Not in my convenient area anymore.
Fram a previous thread I think there are two Otto chains in ch.
No only one. But there is an Otto_de in Germany that wanted to come to Switzerland in 2019 which has been postponed due to the fight over the name.
Otto’s apparentely lost a round in court and Otto_de was supposed to start up under www.otto-shop.ch on July 1st 2019 but when you try to reach that address all you get is error 404 not found (just tried, brandnew news 
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The German company used to be called Otto Versand (translates to something like Otto mail order) until not too long ago. They were founded many many decades ago, their print catalogues were well known in the Germanosphere.
Nowadays they’re Otto, Germany’s Amazon if you will.
Actually I think I would prefer having Otto-Versand in Switzerland to this Action thingamabob.
I have no opinion on that, except that I like additional players here. There’s exactly zero reason for the 100% markup just because stuff is sold on this side of the border other than profiteering along the delivery chain.
Indeed, beer from around Europe is sold at ~100% markup. When beer is at 50% discount at coop or aligro it’s just the price outside Switzerland.
PS. I just went into the shop website and they don’t sell beer 
Useless discount shop!
Following your link, I found a suitcase-style loudspeaker.
I google imaged searched it and found that although Temu and Ali-Express had both sold it at some time, it was now discontinued on both sites.
So there you have it - products so bad that even Temu and Ali-Express won’t stock them!
well your link leads to a beerpong-game. You can’t buy these plastic cups and plastic balls if you’re under 18 though
I think it is a great thing for nature that plastic is now banned for underage people.
edit: Oh dear, they have underwear made from: “Polyester, Elastomer-verbundwerkstoff, Polyamid”. WTF is elastomer Verbundwerkstoff?
Something tells me they should not bother opening too many stores here.
I was in Action in Austria many times. They sell some cheap household things (cleaning stuff, garbage bags), kitchen stuff, basic clothing and underwear, seasonal things (Christmas decorations etc), lots of DIY things (working tools, canvas, paints etc), basic toys. Most of the customers I see there are immigrants, most probably refugees and/or people with low income. If you live nearby, like my relatives, it makes sense to go there from time to time to see what they offer. But it’s not worth long travelling.
The assortment is similar to what you can find in the middle rows of Lidl. Lots of random cheap stuff from screws and nails to ski thermal shirts.