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With ‘Bring Back Your Jeans’, created in 2013, the D.I.Y. retailer Castorama continues to integrate into the circular economy. The aim of the initiative is to recycle old clothes and...

15 April 2021

In China, Pinduoduo overtakes Alibaba

The Nasdaq-listed online platform Pinduoduo (Tencent) is growing a competitive audience in China’s e-commerce market. The company reported 788.4 million annual active users in 2020, ahead of...

15 April 2021

Deliveroo, Uber Eats… What value is shared between retailers and platforms?

With the Covid-19 crisis, delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, Deliveroo or Just East are experiencing extraordinary business growth. In France, these accounted for 30% of the out-of-home...

2 April 2021

USA. A boost for autonomous delivery

In the U.S.A., the restaurant chain Chipotle that specialises in Mexican food has invested in the start-up Nuro, which supplies autonomous delivery vehicles. This undisclosed investment is part of...

2 April 2021

Is relocation a realistic option ?

A talk with Sébastien Breteau, C.E.O. of the QIMA company specialized in industrial audits.

22 March 2021

Fashion. How to accelerate the Time to Market ?

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

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