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Venture capitalist’s appetite for fast-growing but lossmaking tech companies has not diminished. Headed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, Spain’s biggest delivery app Glovo...

14 January 2020

Will tech and Big Data be Saudi Arabia’s new oil replacement?

As part of the ‘Vision 2030’ strategy, the Kingdom is diversifying from a reliance on oil towards revenue from a technologically advanced economy. As a result, the Saudi telecoms...

14 January 2020

Ikea expands with a new Dubai flagship

In Dubai, a new Ikea store located near the Energy Metro Station over 35,000 sq.m G.L.A. opened in late 2019, in partnership with Al Futtaim. This is in the Festival Plaza shopping centre (Jebel...

14 January 2020

Algeria. Cevital C.E.O. released from prison

Since the resignation in April 2019 of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika due to popular pressure, Algeria’s justice system opened investigations against several businessmen who are linked to...

14 January 2020

Alshaya enters the booming wellness industry

The U.S.A. high-end gym concept Equinox Group is due to open in Dubai in 2020. With premium subscriptions ranging from US$150 to US$500 per month, Equinox is known for unlimited workout classes...

14 January 2020

Carrefour opens in Uganda

Majid Al Futtaim, owner of exclusive franchise rights to manage Carrefour in the Middle East and Africa, is pushing aggressive expansion. After announcing a future move into Uzbekistan in December...

14 January 2020

How URW brings news brands in its malls

Offering a DNVB (Digital Native Vertical Brand) store within a shopping mall is considered a must both for landlords and the new brand. Indeed, an offline presence may often mean offering lower...

14 January 2020

Brazil. H&M and VF Corp change suppliers to combat shrinking rainforest

The rate of deforestation in Brazil is at the highest level since 2008. As a result, retailers are exerting pressure on manufacturers to reduce land-clearing and provide transparent and...

14 January 2020

Cash & Carry. Assai expands outside Brazil in Colombia

Assai, the wholesale operation of G.P.A. (itself a subsidiary of the Casino Group), has published its latest revenue targets. C.E.O. Peter Estermann plans sales of US$7.5 billion for 2020 and...

14 January 2020

Brazil & U.S. Retailers use ‘dark stores’ for online orders

Brazil’s biggest grocery retailer Grupo Pao de Açucar (G.P.A) reported sales of €3.2 billion in the third quarter 2019, a rise of 9.5% year-on-year. The firm continues store...

14 January 2020

MUD JEANS, THE CONCEPT OF THE MONTH

Netherlands. Mud Jeans is a brand of “ethical” jeans created in 2012 with operations in 29 countries. It is sold in 300 multi-brand stores (concept stores, sustainable stores, etc.)...

14 January 2020

Luxury brands turn green

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

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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...

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