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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

Sophie Bambuck to rescue Everlane’s reputation

Michael Preysman, Founder of Everlane, will need the talents of Sophie Bambuck, whom he has hired from the world’s giant Nike as the Marketing Director.

22 March 2021

Ryan Cohen bets on Gamestop against Amazon

Can the young and brilliant billionaire Ryan Cohen, who managed to beat Amazon in the “pet food” sector with his Chewy brand, achieve the same goal with GameStop, the video game and...

22 March 2021

Use case. Jacadi makes its digital shift

In the global market for children apparel, the French retailer Jacadi is innovating all ways. In 2021 for the first time, the high-end fashion brand will record more sales abroad than in the...

22 March 2021

A cultural revolution for retailers in China

In China, the digital shift is forcing high-end brands and retailers to innovate at breakneck speed. They have to change their state of minds, taking a step back from former arrogant postures to...

22 March 2021

Luckin Coffee : The so-called “Chinese Starbucks” goes bankrupt in the U.S.A.

After being fined US$180 million by the U.S. Financial Markets Authority for falsifying accounts, Luckin Coffee filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S.A. in early February 2021. This decision...

26 February 2021

“Farewell Hong Kong, hello China”.

From April 2021, the VF Corp retailer (owner of Supreme, Timberland, Vans and The North Face) will move the Hong Kong headquarters to Shanghai. A second operational hub, dedicated to Asia, will be...

26 February 2021

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Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

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A year after the French children’s clothing brand Bonpoint was acquired by Chinese group Youngor, Italian luxury brand Golden Goose is next. British fund Permira (already owner of Hugo...

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