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The German Xplace regulates flow to access the store, relieving the burden on employees and reassuring customers. Sensors record the number of people entering and leaving the market in real time...

20 May 2020

“Do you provide luxury or accessibility? Of course, we offer both!”

For the luxury sector, should retailers raise margins by winning more customers with trinkets at accessible prices, or raise prices on emblematic bag models? The answer to both prompts appears to...

20 May 2020

Ikea. What projects are active in China and the U.S.?

The world’s leading furniture retailer Ikea unveiled principal strategies for China, where it operates 30 stores and 3 shopping centres in Beijing, Wuxi and Wuhan. In the Beijing mall...

20 May 2020

GDP per country

In the first quarter of 2020, GDP fell by 6.8% in China. It also fell by 5.8% in France, 5.2% in Spain, 4.8% in the USA and 3.8% in Germany. In the Eurozone, its decline reached -3,8 %.

20 May 2020

Luxury market

According to Bain & Co. the luxury market (personal goods) is expected to decline between -20% and -35% this year. The McKinsey firm predicts a decline of between -35% and -39% for...

20 May 2020

Growth in e-commerce sales

According to the latest ACI Worldwide study in early May 2020, e-commerce sales jumped by 209% in April 2020 compared to April 2019. “Hundreds of millions of consumers around the world have...

20 May 2020

Global GDP

According to the I.M.F., the Covid-19-related recession is expected to be deeper than the financial crisis of 2008-09. World G.D.P. is expected to decline by 3% in 2020, compared to -0.1% in 2009.

20 May 2020

Department stores. What prospects and strategies?

According to several department store managers interviewed by our editors, the return to normal should not take place before 2021. At a time when certain groups such as J.C.Penney and Neiman...

20 May 2020

Retail. The West delays whilst the East is innovating

From Hong Kong to the Emirates, the retail of tomorrow is being invented in the Far East. Where business has reopened, retailers and property companies are charting a new course. Business...

20 May 2020

Mark Thomson, Zebra : “Self-scanning and contactless payment is now booming in Europe”

Zebra delivers software and solutions that helps retailers to elevate customers’ shopping experience, to track and manage inventory and to improve supply chain efficiency. Sophie Baqué discussed...

5 May 2020

Ebay poaches a Walmart’s online expert as C.E.O.

On April 27th, Jamie Iannone, (a seasoned executive of traditional retail) will take appointment as C.E.O. of Ebay, a pioneer of the Silicon Valley online industry. Iannone is a Princeton and...

20 April 2020

Galeries Lafayette reshuffles its buying team

In March 2019, Galeries Lafayette inaugurated a new flagship on the Champs Élysées, highly focused on luxury and designers’ brands. A year later, the Group’s management...

20 April 2020

Levi’s and VF Corp. Time for acquisitions

As stores have been closed for a month, retailers have activated a large array of possible actions to stem losses and find the necessary working capital. These include offering employees partial...

20 April 2020

Petit Bateau. “E-commerce keeps us afloat”

At the end of 2019, children's clothing retailer Petit Bateau (Rocher Group, turnover of €2.5 billion in 2019) operated 441 stores in 60 countries. 50% of turnover in 2019 was generated outside...

20 April 2020

Why is e-commerce unable to deliver on time?

“I didn’t think I would ever say this. Paradoxically, we are trying to slow down our online business,” said the Director of a specialised retailer. From Europe to the U.S...

20 April 2020

SPECIALISED RETAIL. STRATEGIC business interventions in force

Delaying collections, shifting online, operating smarter promotions. Fashion and accessory retailers share their strategic choices.

20 April 2020

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Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

In a proliferation of AI start-ups, how can investors distinguish those that bring true innovation and in which they should invest? For what valuation metrics? In retail and payment, what types of...

19 March 2026

Already in POC, Klarna launches long-term credit in Germany, the UK and France

Swedish fintech Klarna is expanding long-term financing in Germany and the UK, with an imminent launch, followed by France, where POCs are already underway with major e-retailers. The BNPL...

18 March 2026

Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

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13 March 2026

After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

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The SaaS licence model falters in the face of AI automation

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