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Based in Hong Kong, Francesco Zancanaro is the Managing Director of the manufacturing company New Flame. He produces garment for retailers such as Fila, Bra N’ Things, Champion, and Boxeur.

22 March 2021

DIY. Britain’s Kingfisher soon in the Middle East

The B&Q retailer, dedicated to DIY professional customers and based in the U.K., has signed a franchise agreement with the Al Futtaim Group to sell in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

22 March 2021

Italy. E-commerce is progressing, except in the food sector

According to Mr. Fabrizio Valente, C.E.O. of the Milan-based retail consultancy Kikilab, the pace of adopting online retail in Italy has been different, depending on the category. In the non-food...

22 March 2021

Russia adopts facial recognition payment

In March 2021, Russia’s largest grocery retailer X5 launched a facial recognition payment system in partnership with Visa and the state-owned bank Sberbank.

22 March 2021

In the U.K., justification of sales area is under review

In the United Kingdom, the rise of e-commerce raises a painful question for the department store sector. Are very large flagships still relevant in the post-Covid era? John Lewis (42 department...

22 March 2021

How can Ikea reach the young generation ?

In the retail industry, are podcasts a relevant marketing tool? Can we really rely on this format to sell furniture without consumers seeing anything? The Swedish company Ikea is taking a gamble.

22 March 2021

Rental income rises for China’s luxury malls

The annual results of the major retail landlords show how much the closure of external borders benefited the luxury brands and retailers selling in China. It is the case for the Hong Kong-based...

22 March 2021

Beauty. Faced with higher Asian competition, A.S. Watson is eyeing the Middle East

The Asian drugstore retailer A.S. Watson aims to open 100 stores in the Middle East by 2025 via a franchising agreement with the Al Futtaim conglomerate. In China, the beauty market has reached a...

22 March 2021

The Korean e-commerce giant is eyeing the New York Stock Exchange

At the beginning of March 2021, the Korean e-commerce company Coupang went public in the U.S.A. with a valuation of US$109 billion. This is the largest stock market listing in the U.S. since...

22 March 2021

The Covis-19 crisis increases logistics costs

Retailers in Europe, Asia and the U.S.A. are being hit by a global shortage of sea containers. Although 180 million containers are available worldwide, the increase in exports from China to...

22 March 2021

Lego. What retail crisis?

For the Danish toy retailer Lego (678 stores in the end of December), 2020 was the year for breaking records. Boosted by successive lock downs worldwide and by Asia’s extreme dynamics...

22 March 2021

Saks Fifth Avenue sets up a dedicated online entity

In the United States, the Saks Fifth Avenue department stores (40 physical stores for an annual turnover of around US$1 billion) has just made a radical choice. They are splitting business into...

22 March 2021

USA. Best Buy prepares for a digital future

In the United States, the profitable home-appliances retailer Best Buy (comparable revenue up by 9.7% in 2020) published its latest quarterly results. For the quarter ending January 2021, Best Buy...

22 March 2021

Brazil’s coolest sneakers brand posts record sales

The sneakers manufacturer Cariuma, which incorporates natural and renewable materials such as bamboo and sugar cane into its products and promotes Brazilian manufacturing, said that it has been...

22 March 2021

Almost one fifth of U.S. retail sales are now online

This year, online sales are expected to grow by about 20% in the United States, according to the National Retail Federation. In November and December 2020, almost one fifth of retail sales in the...

22 March 2021

Gap is considering a departure from China

In the three months to January 2021, struggling fashion retailer Gap reported sales of US$4.42 billion, down by 5%. E-commerce accounted for 46% of its business. According to Bloomberg, the...

22 March 2021

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