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Which retail websites were the most globally visited in 2020 ?
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16 April 2021
Arbonne is a digital sales spearhead for Yves Rocher
In 2018, Yves Rocher acquired California-based natural cosmetics company Arbonne International. Although takeover values were not published, this was the largest takeover in the history of the...
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16 April 2021
Retail Property. Which business measures should be in commercial leases?
For today’s landlords, traditional K.P.I.’s (such as footfall, occupancy rate, effort rates) are no longer sufficient. Many examine what reliable data and commercial calculations can...
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16 April 2021
Retailers and tenants clash over the very notion of turnover
In the United States and in Europe, variable rents are dividing retailers and landlords. It is increasingly difficult to distinguish between online and in-store sales. This involves solving a...
D.I.Y. competition battle lines are moving in Russia
Whilst digitalisation of the D.I.Y. sector is a major challenge, particularly in the B-to-B sector, the battle lines are moving in the less competitive but potentially profitable markets of...
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16 April 2021
Why Sushi Shop company favours own delivery
For Sushi Shop (part of Amrest Group since 2018), the Covid-19 health crisis offered an opportunity. The Japanese-style restaurant chain has been able to absorb the shift in customer demand for...
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16 April 2021
FOR LULULEMON AND CALM, WELLNESS BECOMES A MARKETING ARGUMENT
In the United States, retailers are increasingly banking on health and mental well-being as the ultimate remedy in a context of repeated Covid-19 restrictions and widespread depression. Peloton...
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16 April 2021
Canada. What is the forecast for post Covid-19 store traffic?
In Canada, current traffic in shopping streets has decreased compared to the period before the health crisis, moving down by up to 30%. “According to current projections across retailers and...
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16 April 2021
Carrefour buys former Walmart stores in Brazil
Carrefour has made an offer to takeover Grupo Big, which operates 387 grocery stores in Brazil. The offer values the company (Brazil’s third-largest food retailer with sales of US$4.51...
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16 April 2021
Chip Bergh at the helm of Levi Strauss
More digital, multi-functional physical stores, stronger customer relations and taking a step back from a wholesale business model… These are the convictions of Chip Bergh, Chief Executive...
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16 April 2021
Ikea converges Communication and Offer
The world’s largest furniture retailer Ikea (turnover of €39.6 billion in the fiscal year ended in August 2020, down by 4% in total and by 10% on a same-store basis) recruited Mr. Linus...
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16 April 2021
Carrefour aims to be Europe’s n°1 organic grocer
From €35 million in turnover in 2017, the revenue of the organic and eco-responsible pure-player Greenweez has just exceeded €100 million in 2020. Sales jumped by almost 60% in one year...
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15 April 2021
Payment. Will Floa Bank be taken over by BNP Paribas?
According to Les Echos, BNP Paribas is in a good position to buy Floa Bank (ex-Casino Bank) and integrate expertise for fractional payments, a major trend in e-commerce. Floa is also a specialist...
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15 April 2021
Kingfisher. “Old jeans are more useful on your roof than in your wardrobe”
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...
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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...
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2 April 2021
Our mind news
While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...
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19 September 2026
While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...
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18 September 2026
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
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ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
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Walmart finally accepts in-store payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Sanctioned by financial markets after a sharp US slowdown in Q2, Walmart is reviewing a checkout strategy. Abandoning a rejection of technological giants, the group is rolling out Apple Pay and...
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24 August 2026
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Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
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Lidl’s owner continues cloud services offensive
With €2.2 billion in cloud revenue and growth 3 times faster than the rest of the business, Schwarz Group continues a technological shift. Between investments in its own data centres, buyouts in...
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1 September 2026