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Following the 2.3% increase of the Chinese economy in 2020, will the 6% target be reached this year?

22 October 2021

Supply chain. Retailers wait for a return to normal business

What impact will the current supply chain disruption have on store out-of-stock and sales as the Christmas season approaches?

22 October 2021

With Dunnhumby, Walmart launches a new retail media platform

The world's biggest retailer by sales wants to increase data value, extracted from 150 million weekly visitors. It picked Dunnhumby to deliver this highly strategic subject.

22 October 2021

Quick Commerce bets on partners and franchise to keep accelerating

The Quick Commerce companies adjust business models. Some move towards franchise, others adopt fast lease signatures or optimise suppliers in partnership with Carrefour or Casino. Mind Retail...

22 October 2021

The inventor of Apple Stores, believes in “Commerce at Home”

Ron Johnson. This is the story of a modern retail guru (in 2001, Johnson helped Steve Jobs create the first Apple Store) who predicts the advent of what he calls “Commerce at Home” in...

15 October 2021

Grégoire Borgoltz, Picnic : “We impose a delivery routine, and it works”

Active in the Netherlands, Germany and France, the online retailer Picnic has just raised €600 million from the fund created by Bill and Melinda Gates. Thanks to a high ticket, mutualized routes...

15 October 2021

Fast Retailing expects a return to normal in H1 2022

In the fiscal year ending August 2021, Fast Retailing, including Uniqlo, Gu, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse Tam Princesses and Theory, reported sales of US$18.7 billion (at current exchange...

15 October 2021

“Traffic is not coming back to the hypermarkets: it’s all gone online”

Thomas Pocher, an E.Leclerc associate in France, is the originator of the “pedestrian drive-through” format. As Carrefour and Auchan accelerate offers with this format, he looks back at the recent...

15 October 2021

Ikea. “We’re going to open a fully automated click & collect counter”

With 30% of sales online, Ingka is betting on automation to gain momentum and improve customer experience with more flexibility.

15 October 2021

Faguo. “Train’s carbon impact is slightly higher than a boat”

Following the annual carbon annual survey for 2020, the footwear retailer Faguo changed tune in terms of promoting supply transport.

15 October 2021

Benetton moves manufacturing closer to Europe

Faced with logistical disruptions due to the global economic recovery and factory closures in Vietnam, Benetton has decided to rely less on Asia.

15 October 2021

Marjane launches express delivery in Morocco

In early October 2021, Morocco’s biggest retailer Marjane launched 1-hour delivery in Casablanca.

11 October 2021

Qatar. Lulu Hypermarket deploys bulk offering

In the end of September 2021, the grocery retailer LuLu Hypermarket (US$7.4 billion turnover in 2019) opened its 15th store in Qatar (Abu Sidra shopping centre in Muaither, sales area of 24,000...

11 October 2021

Miniso opens a flagship store in Dubai.

Located within the Dubai Mall, a new 390 sq.m Miniso store opened in late September 2021. This is the 25th Miniso store in the United Arab Emirates. Miniso is also listed on Noon’s...

11 October 2021

Wholesale. Sokowatch wants to conquer Africa

While Rocket Internet withdrew from Jumia’s capital in 2020, the Sokowatch e-commerce platform is offering a more efficient way of sourcing merchandises to local convenience stores.

11 October 2021

Noon raises US$2 billion to win the online race

In the Gulf, the battle for online sales is raging. The Noon marketplace (4 million daily users) is to receive US$2 billion over the next three to four years from investors including the...

11 October 2021

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