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Initially scheduled for January 1st, 2021, the implementation of the European directive from 2017, related to V.A.T. on e-commerce transactions, will be effective on July 1st. Marketplaces...

27 April 2021

Beauty. Yves Rocher pushes digital boundaries

From partnerships with marketplaces, focus on e-commerce growth, acceleration in social selling to considerations for physical stores, Yves Rocher is reviewing fundamentals. Mind Retail shares the...

16 April 2021

Which retail websites were the most globally visited in 2020 ?

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...

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...

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...

16 April 2021

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

15 April 2021

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How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n

Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...

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