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Sustainability is gaining ground into high-end fashion. Luxury brands were very poor in providing information about challenges of sustainable development to their customers. Today, they are...

14 January 2020

Mall of the Netherlands, The Mall of The Month

Located within the Randstad, economic centre of the Netherlands gathering Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam i.e. 8.2 million inhabitants, The Mall of The Netherlands is due to fully open...

14 January 2020

Kids’ furniture. Ikea & Co. face the maker movement

In Europe like in the U.S.A., retailers of children’s furniture and toys such as Ikea, Williams-Sonoma, Ashley Furniture or Kidkraft have been facing a rising trend. As many of...

14 January 2020

China woos European Union to boost commercial cooperation

While China and the United States have been in a trade war for 19 months, Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the European Union (E.U.) to respect the principles of a market economy and to create a...

14 January 2020

Real estate. When retail owners shift to housing

If many declining retail assets are not easy to transform into residential or offices – as restructuring costs can be high – more and more players such as Intu and...

14 January 2020

G.R.N. posed key questions for Maxence Dislaire, C.E.O. of Improveeze

G.R.N: Improveeze has around 20 retail customers like King Jouets and Maxi Toys. What is your omnichannel vision?M.D.: I describe this as ‘phygital’, where omnichannel sales happen in...

14 January 2020

Phygital. Return to basic principals

After emerging as a disruptive new business, digital is transforming core retail business. What are the technologies which allow more operational efficiency in stores? Looking of ‘phygital’...

14 January 2020

“Do Not Sell My Info”, the new U.S.A. customer protection law

In California, U.S. retailers have to comply with the new privacy law (the C.C.P.A. or California Consumer Privacy Act) effective from January 1st, 2020. Similar to European laws, this helps...

6 January 2020

Ted Baker in free fall in 2019

As Ted Baker (€705 million revenue in the fiscal year to January 2019) disclosed falling sales and controversy over the valuation of inventory, key executives announce resignation. Indeed...

12 December 2019

Amazon: incubator of retail C.E.O.s?

The Internet giant Amazon continues to grow online retail sales, reaching 38% of all U.S. retail e-commerce sales in 2019, according to eMarketer (data to June 2019). Meanwhile, the Seattle giant...

12 December 2019

Amazon partners with Pinduodo, China’s online engine

Amazon partners with Pinduodo, China’s online engine. Having shut down in April the Chinese marketplace hosting 3rd party domestic merchants to focus on imported goods, Amazon’s...

12 December 2019

Thai giant Central Group aims to raise up to US$1.5 billion

By the end of January, Central Group aims to list its retail entity on the Thai Stock Exchange, with the I.P.O. of Central Retail Corp. raising as much as US$1.5 billion. In November the brokers...

12 December 2019

Ikea opens a 2nd store in Indonesia

In November 2019, Ikea opened a 2nd store in Sentul City, Bogor, West Java. It is a relatively small store for Ikea, with only 15,350 sq.m. GLA It does not include a warehouse as a conversion of a...

12 December 2019

Ocado signs a first deal in Asia

After Carrefour closed Chinese operations earlier this year, the British e-retailer Ocado signed a first Asian deal in early December. It will launch into Japan, in partnership with the Aeon...

12 December 2019

Outlet. Thai brand villages attract global investment

In November 2019, Thailand’s largest property developer Central Pattana (CPN) and Japanese property developer Mitsubishi Estate created a joint venture with a 70% – 30% split regarding...

12 December 2019

El Palacio de Hierro offers tailored-made experience

El Palacio de Hierro, upscale chain of department stores in Mexico, unveiled a 16.000 sq. m store in Veracruz. This 1st hybrid store mixes “digital buying with the real”, said C.E.O...

12 December 2019

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According to our sources, the young start-up Hymalaia is continuing development in retail with 4 new retailers currently in POC and an imminent fundraising. We examine the details.

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Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation

The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...

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Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII

French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...

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Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

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On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...

12 December 2025

With Grand Frais, Apollo makes a first move into European grocery retail

Through an agreement to acquire 70% of the operator of Grand Frais, the US investment fund Apollo aims to double stores and evolve a model that has so far been entirely focused on physical retail...

19 December 2025

Italian Golden Goose set for Chinese ownership

A year after the French children’s clothing brand Bonpoint was acquired by Chinese group Youngor, Italian luxury brand Golden Goose is next. British fund Permira (already owner of Hugo...

9 December 2025

Pierre Brousseau (FDJ United Ventures): “For 2026, we are positioning ourselves in a more rational and offensive again VC market”

What is the total amount of assets under management at FDJ United Ventures?FDJ United Ventures was launched in 2015. We invest in European start-ups supported by La Française des Jeux (FDJ...

12 December 2025