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The Canadian sportswear retailer Lululemon (US$3.3 billion in 2018 revenue, + 24%) bets on the experiential with many sports sessions in store. The retailer demonstrates this once again with its...

12 December 2019

Patagonia opens a 2nd hand pop-up store

In the U.S. city of Boulder, Colorado, the outdoor retailer Patagonia opened a pop-up store in mid-November 2019.As the brand is well-established for its durability, this store sells exclusively...

12 December 2019

How Home Depot wins with trade contractors

Involved in a successful strategic shift, The Home Depot (2,290 stores) reported last quarter sales continued a rising trend, an increase of 3.5% in Q3 to US$27.2 billion, for a net income of...

12 December 2019

Simon Property invests in digital

U.S. mall owner Simon Property Group (revenue of US$5.7 billion in 2018, up by 2% year-on-year) announced a partnership with Rue Gilt Groupe, operating flash-sale e-commerce websites Rue La La and...

12 December 2019

Majid Al Futtaim brings Carrefour into Uzbekistan

M.A.F. holds the exclusive franchise rights for 285 Carrefour stores in the Gulf and will expand the brand into Uzbekistan for the 1st time. Two hypermarkets and five supermarkets are planned over...

12 December 2019

A Saudi-Brazilian investment for food manufacturing

Following President Jair Bolsonaro’s visit in October 2019, the Saudi Kingdom is working with Brazil as an international trading partner. The Brazilian giant BRF, controlled by Abilio Diniz...

12 December 2019

Tunisia accelerates “click & collect” services

In Tunis, the Azur City shopping centre (42,000 sq.m GLA, investment of €64 million) was inaugurated in November 2019. This offers a Geant Casino hypermarket of 10,000 sq.m GLA with a...

12 December 2019

Lulu Group investment cancelled by Indian administration

In November 2019, the U.A.E.-based Lulu Group International published a government cancellation of a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.). This was issued by the new government of Andhra Pradesh...

12 December 2019

Leroy Merlin keeps expanding in Johannesburg

Leroy Merlin‘s 3rd South African store is expected to open in the first quarter of 2020 in Boksburg, Johannesburg. So far, the D.I.Y. retailer is concentrating on South Africa’s...

12 December 2019

Online player Jumia closes in Tanzania and Cameroon

Once dubbed the “unicorn of African e-commerce”, Jumia Technologies (owned by Rocket Internet) shows worrying signs of fatigue. In November 2019, the e-retailer announced a suspension...

12 December 2019

How does expansion of “food & beverage” impact mall’s rental income?

In Europe, consumers go out to eat for 20% of all meals. But so far, “Food & Beverage” retailers occupy between 12% and 19% of the sq.m GLA of European shopping centers. According...

12 December 2019

Voice recognition. Casino signs with Vivoka

“If Siri (Apple), Alexa (Amazon) and Google Home are well established, I wouldn’t be surprised if a Chinese company win the battle for digital voice assistants,” said William...

12 December 2019

The U.S. gem Tiffany moves under the LVMH flag

In late November 2019, the world’s biggest luxury retailer LVMH (sales of €46.8 billion in 2018 for a net margin of €6.4 billion at 14% of sales) secured a massive deal to purchase...

12 December 2019

Ikea too decides to quit Amazon

With a sales target of US$238 billion this year with a staff of 750,000, “Amazon is a company functioning at a scale that was previously left to government,” said Thomas Perriello...

12 December 2019

Discount. Action now valued €10 billion

With 1,473 stores in seven European countries and a staff of 46,000 employees, the Dutch retailer Action (turnover of €4.2 billion in 2018, up by 5.4% in the 10 months tao late October 2019)...

12 December 2019

With Greenweez, Carrefour aims to become Europe’s n°1 organic e-retailer

The organic market is gaining customer traction, both online and in physical stores. Greenweez.com, a Carrefour subsidiary which specialises in online grocery, is moving pawns into Europe. Sophie...

12 December 2019

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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...

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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...

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

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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...

12 March 2026

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