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In the US, Amazon has confirmed that Affirm’s “Buy Now, Pay Later” payment option, currently under test, will be offered more widely on its website in the coming months. The...

3 September 2021

Xi Jinping’s announcements send luxury stocks tumbling

Will the display of luxury brands become taboo among Chinese wealthiest class? Since August 17, the stock prices of LVMH, Kering and Richemont remain at half-mast.

3 September 2021

Innovation. Alibaba digitises a warehouse club format

From China to the U.S.A., the paying membership wholesale retail format is finally going digital.

3 September 2021

Amazon prepares its non-food roadmap

With its project of stores dedicated to fashion and technical products, the U.S. pure-player wants to build another model, resolutely omnichannel.

26 August 2021

Ikea Shanghai. Concept of the Month

After a test in Poland, Ikea tests in Shanghai the end of the arrowed in-store route. Mind Retail decodes this new concept.

26 August 2021

In search of cash, Carrefour sells Taiwan

To finance its digital transformation, Carrefour will sell Taiwanese business. It thus leaves Asia for good.

26 August 2021

In China, Sephora is partnering more closely with JD

By the end of 2021, the offerings of all Sephora‘s Chinese stores will be available online, both on the JD.com platforms and on JDDJ (JD Dao Jia), its online grocery supermarket whose range...

26 August 2021

Forever 21 is back in China

The U.S. label specialized in teen fashion, which was acquired last year by property-owners Simon Property, Brookfield and Authentic Brands in an unusual move, is now returning to China under a...

26 August 2021

Property. The health crisis creates opportunities for Central Retail

At the end of August 2021, Thailand’s largest retailer by sales Central Retail acquired a majority stake in the property-owner company Siam Future Development, for US$400 million.

26 August 2021

Governance tussle at Lidl?

Who will take over from Dieter Schwarz, the 81-year-old founder of the Schwarz Group, which became the world’s third-largest retailer by sales last year ? The question arises following the...

30 July 2021

Retail Media, at the heart of a new collaboration between retailers and brands

Following the Publicis Retail Morning conference held in Paris, Mind Retail synthesizes the stakes of retail data in an Essential format: market panorama, key figures, recent announcements...

30 July 2021

To boost digital, Sephora relies on Zalando and Feelunique

After partnering with Zalando at the end of June 2021, the LVMH subsidiary acquired the British pure-player Feelunique.

27 July 2021

Cookies and consent. A new K.P.I. for online sales

Faced with privacy restrictions on saving cookies in computers, the monitoring of accurate customer consent is moving from the legal teams to Comex levels.

23 July 2021

Wholesale. Costco tests delivery with Uber

In Texas, the wholesale retailer Costco (sales of US$163 billion in 2020, up 9%) started in July 2021 a test of same-day deliveries for Web orders, in partnership with the Uber Technologies.

23 July 2021

Why Nordstrom invests in Asos

Listing exclusive brands, using stores for online returns and reliance on an expanding retailer... Mind Retail decodes this new partnership.

21 July 2021

Zhang Wenzhong (Wumart) back in the spotlight

He’s a returnee! While another Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, the flamboyant boss of Alibaba, continues his desert crossing, Zhang Wenzhong, founder of the food retailer Wumart, is back in...

9 July 2021

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