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Mango moves to 5th Avenue
Mango (€1.84 billion in sales in 2020 including 42% online) will open in the first half of 2022 a 2,100-sq.m and three-level flagship store in Manhattan (711 Fifth Avenue).
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28 January 2022
Consumer reviews. Fashion Nova pays a US$-4.2 million settlement to FTC
On January 26th, 2022, U.S. retailer Fashion Nova (US$ 615 million in 2020) has payed US$ 4.2 million to the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC, the California-based company used...
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28 January 2022
Shopify and JD.com launch in the Chinese market
On January 18th, the Canadian firm Shopify, which provides retailers with software to build and operate an e-commerce site, concluded a major agreement with the Chinese JD.com.
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27 January 2022
Decathlon: managerial audacity follows a strategy
Barbara Martin Coppola (aged 45) will take over as C.E.O. at Decathlon in March 2022. A telecoms engineer by training (critical in the race in digital transformation), the former C.D.O. of...
27 January 2022
Wang Ning, Chinese toy specialist, lands in London with Pop Mart
Aged 35, Mr. Wang Ning made his fortune with an improbable bet: selling toys (figurines and dolls) in surprise bags. In 2020, his company Pop Mart recorded a turnover of US$382 million, up by 49%...
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27 January 2022
Wholesale. Metro AG explores the future of its Indian subsidiary
In India, the German Metro AG is weakened by the brazen disruption of the pure-players JioMart (Reliance Retail) and Udaan.
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27 January 2022
Israel. The start-up Placer.ai raises US$100 million
Founded in 2018, the Israeli start-up which specialises in traffic data over commercial areas was valued at US$1 billion after a funding round on January 12th, 2022.
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26 January 2022
Good Food Holdings. “We are in the early stages of selecting dark stores”
In the U.S.A., supermarket chain Good Food Holdings operates 51 stores. According to C.E.O. Neil Stern, inflation, staff shortage and higher wages encourage retailers to automate operations.
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26 January 2022
Retail Media. Tesco and Best Buy opt for an omnichannel approach
Faced with both development of e-commerce and restrictions on third-party tracking cookies on mobile technology, retailers continue to develop their own solutions to monetise transactional data.
20 January 2022
Exotec raises US$ 335 million to double in 12 months
Robotics is gaining momentum in retail. The manufacturer of automation solutions for warehouses Exotec (300 employees, €100 million turnover expected in 2021) has raised US$335 million from...
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20 January 2022
Bed Bath & Beyond is closing 37 stores
In the USA, a market more saturated than the European commercial sq.m, expansion strategies have ceased, reflecting a big shift of investments towards technology and e-commerce.
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20 January 2022
Inclusion. In the Netherlands, Ikea is committed to refugees
While the theme of diversity and inclusion was one of the main focuses of NRF 2022, Ikea plans to train 70 people with a refugee background in the Netherlands by way of a three-month paid work...
20 January 2022
U.S.A. Companies request a national framework for use of online data
In the United States, the IAB, which represents advertising technology providers, the ANA, which federates the main advertisers, and several dozen chambers of commerce from different states, sent...
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20 January 2022
Property. “Quick commerce” is driving up prices in London.
A booming online food delivery sector has caused commercial property rental values to soar in London. As Getir, Gorillas and Zapp multiply networks of “dark stores”, prices per sq.m...
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20 January 2022
“Spain is now the 4th European country in terms of e-commerce sales”
By Magda Espuga, co-founder of Kiss Retail. Based in Barcelona, this strategy consulting firm specialises in the transformation and optimisation of retail concepts. Kiss Retail includes customers...
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19 January 2022
China. Duty free sales soar on Hainan Island
The tropical island of Hainan, which has become one of the only vacation destinations for the Chinese since 2020, is experiencing an extraordinary growth in duty free sales.
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18 January 2022
Our mind news
While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...
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19 September 2026
While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...
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18 September 2026
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026