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Started in 2012 by Jonathan Cherki, Contentsquare is a French data optimisation specialist firm. It provides data analysis services to retailers about how their customers behave. Clients such as...

8 July 2019

Highlights from World Retail Congress 2019

For three whole days in May 2019, we attended the World Retail Congress at the RAI in Amsterdam. Retailers from all the world joined heads, insights and ideas on how to approach and adapt...

20 June 2019

Brian Cornell associates stores and e-commerce

Brian Cornell, C.E.O of Target as the 2nd biggest U.S. retailer after Wal-Mart, was honoured on May 22nd. For his 5 years at the head of the group, this veteran of the industry (he previously...

17 June 2019

A digital leader becomes n°2 of Inditex

Carlos Crespo, aged 48, is a technological profile of very high level. Mr. Pablo Isla appointed him to assist him in the position of M.D of Inditex Group. Crespo has been a pillar within the...

17 June 2019

Jing Leng, Aikucun. “We roll out the Uber model for fashion outlets and end-of-line”

The outlet sector was dominated by outlet centres and private sale websites. In China, the young online retailer Aikucun is disrupting this industry via a highly effective strategy. Sophie Baqué...

17 June 2019

Intersport et Decathlon redefine their strategies

In China, mergers between retailers and tech players keep mushrooming. The Finnish giant Amer Sports (owner of Salomon, Wilson, Atomic…) is merging with Anta and Tencent. According to our...

17 June 2019

A guided tour of Aldi’s first Chinese store

While many grocery retailers are struggling to find a safe financial balance in China, discounters are about to start their offensive. All these players have chosen Shanghai as a springboard. The...

17 June 2019

Centrepoint expands from India to Saudi Arabia

Centrepoint, textile brand of the Indian giant Landmark, aims to open 18 new stores in the Gulf by June 2020, expanding to a total of 160 units. The multi-brand store concept named Centrepoint...

17 June 2019

Young Saudis favour international retailers

Alkohair Fashion Retail is one of the leading franchise operators in Saudi Arabia. In 2018, they operated 1,750 stores across 13 countries. The firm represents over 75 brands such as Zara...

17 June 2019

GCC. The retail sector will grow by 4% annually

“In Saudi Arabia, the retail sector will rebound,” said Patrick Chalhoub, C.E.O. of the Chalhoub Group, during an interview with Arabian Business. “There is a real change in this...

17 June 2019

Israel. How to outmanoeuvre Amazon

If Amazon has yet to confirm an intention to build a warehouse in Israel serving 9 million customers, the U.S. e-commerce giant is raising concerns amongst local store retailers. Amazon has been...

17 June 2019

Tunisia. Carrefour aims to open a dedicated e-commerce warehouse

In Tunisia (with a population of 11.5 million), Carrefour aims to accelerate sales via e-commerce. The Group is planning a move from a pilot business model of in-store picking and delivery to...

17 June 2019

Has online grocery in the U.S. become more popular?

Today, in the U.S.A., food retail represents also the biggest challenge and opportunity for e-commerce. According to a 2019 study from Coresight Research, 37% of U.S. consumers bought groceries...

17 June 2019

U.S. Wayfair expands into “brick & mortar”

After numerous of pop-up stores in the U.S., the online home furnishing retailer Wayfair, (most of staff are Millennial profiles) announced a new 350 sq.m store this Autumn in the Natick Mall...

17 June 2019

Brazilian giant Natura Cosmeticos grows with Avon

The British beauty company Avon is moving under a Brazilian flag. The Sao-Paulo based Natura Cosmeticos aims to purchase Avon (founded in 1886) for more than US$2 billion. With an all-stock offer...

17 June 2019

Weight loss cure for Auchan Retail

Appointed in October 2018 as President of Auchan Retail, Edgard Bonte is in the midst of a radical restructure to reduce losses. As a global player in the grocery retail sector with a turnover of...

17 June 2019

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