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USA. Google and Citigroup impose vaccination
In the USA, it is up to the management of large companies to decide on mandatory vaccination. Some companies are sending unvaccinated employees to work from home whilst others take a rigid line.
18 January 2022
How will people pay in 2022?
Hervé Denis, Head of Flow, Offer, Trade, Innovation & Data Payments Department at Crédit Mutuel Arkéa.
13 January 2022
“Independent retailers are not the best experts in use of data”
By Philippe Sence, President of the digital transformation commission at IREF, Federation of European Franchise and Partnership Networks. IREF represents all forms of independent collaborative...
13 January 2022
Patrick Raffort, FG2A : “There is a true complementarity between insurance and retail”
Patrick Raffort, President of the FG2A* is also Head of Insurance at Orange. He explains how insurance products have become a new frontier for many retail companies.
13 January 2022
“77% of retailers want to increase the drive-to-store portion of their advertising investment”
By Sandrine Prefaut, Managing Director of S4M in France. Operating in 10 countries (USA, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Benelux, Asia-Pacific region…), S4M is an international “drive to...
13 January 2022
Nykaa, the Indian pure player to watch in 2022
By Gautam Chowdhury and Imtiaz Batkoo, respectively C.E.O. and Senior Vice President of Bangalore-based consulting firm RXG Business Consulting. They decode for Mind Retail the business model of...
USA. “Inflation and logistics challenges put increased pressure on retailers to manage costs”
Amanda Lai, Consulting Senior Manager / Food Retail Practice Leader, McMillanDoolittle in Chicago
13 January 2022
Poland. “As price competition rises, we expect a wave of M&A and withdrawals from the market”
Agnieszka Gornicka, C.E.O. Inquiry Market Research, a Warsaw-based retail research and consulting firm.
13 January 2022
Marketplaces. Mercado Libre strengthens leadership
Marketplaces are a real growth driver for e-commerce within Latin America, notably for Mercado Libre company from Argentina.
12 January 2022
JD.com launches 4 robot stores in the Netherlands
For its entry on the European market, the Chinese company JD.com announced on January 10th, 2022, the imminent opening of four stores in the Netherlands. They will be located in Utrecht...
12 January 2022
Why American Eagle is buying logistics companies
At the end of December, the fashion retailer completed the acquisition of Quiet Logistics. This major investment of US$360 million (in cash) represents 8% of market capitalisation.
11 January 2022
After a record year, FBD opens 500th store in Saudi Arabia
Custom kitchen franchisor FBD is riding the global momentum of interior renovation. The group opened a new Ixina outlet in Saudi Arabia in November 2021 to reach 500 stores worldwide (including...
11 January 2022
Mexico. Grupo Elektra accepts payments in Bitcoin
Present in both food distribution and banking, the diversified Elektra group is innovating with a new program offering 20% discount to customers shopping in Bitcoin in December 2021.
11 January 2022
U.S.A. What if Covid didn’t accelerate online growth?
A study by Marketplace Pulse debunks a common misconception that e-commerce growth in the U.S.A. is due to Covid-19. Whilst lockdown has given e-commerce a boost in 2020 (up by 14.7% vs. 11%...
11 January 2022
Amazon wants to expand. Is Mercadona feeling lucky?
After taking over Whole Foods Market in 2017, Amazon is looking at several potential physical retail targets.
11 January 2022
Auchan in the process of buying Carrefour?
Thanks to several investment funds, the Mulliez (AFM) may present a cash offer to get their hands on Carrefour.
11 January 2022
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