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The Romans called a “hectatomb” a sacrifice of at least 100 oxen. With Mothercare (60 store closures), Debenhams (50), Marks & Spencer (110), New Look (25), and now Boots (with...

17 June 2019

Italy. The potential of retail parks

According to a Duff & Phelps study published at Mapic Italy (23rd and 24th May 2019), Italy has 914 shopping centers (78% of GLA sq.m) and 214 retail parks (16% of GLA sq.m). 44% of these were...

17 June 2019

France. Leroy Merlin opens a cooking concept store

The D.I.Y. giant opened a 170 sq.m concept store in Nice at Malaussena Street. This is dedicated to the Delinia ID kitchen program. The store offers 140 models of facades and 27 kitchen handles...

17 June 2019

Switzerland. 8 Decathlon stores planned

The French chain of sporting goods (with 16 units in Switzerland) announced 8 new openings by the end of the year, according to the development director of Decathlon Switzerland. This strategy is...

17 June 2019

Germany. Rewe invests in catering

The supermarket chain Rewe bought Lekkerland. This wholesaler runs service stations, bakeries, restaurants (snacking and take-away meals) in 7 European countries. In 2018, the company generated an...

17 June 2019

Specialised retail. The biggest players expand into 2nd hand businesses

If Decathlon was a trailblazer with the Trocathlon fairs dating back to 1982, a cohort of online and offline specialised retailers are now expanding second-hand businesses, creating a trend called...

17 June 2019

Germany. Hornbach in a media storm

Presenting annual results on May 27th, the C.E.O. of the D.I.Y. chain is reeling from media outrage caused by an advertising campaign. This potentially racist advert showed Asian women swooning...

17 June 2019

Spain. Mikhail Fridman wins discounter Dia

The Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman succeeded in taking over the Dia discounter. Already the major shareholder, Fridman won the support of banks like Santander to avoid bankruptcy for Dia. The...

17 June 2019

Sweden. Ikea accelerates mobile e-commerce

The Swedish group announced an upgraded new smartphone function to allow direct product orders within the app. Available for France and the Netherlands, this will launch at the end of 2019 in 8...

17 June 2019

Department stores. Printemps flirts with new territories

Acquired in 2013 by Qatari investors for €1.6 billion, the Printemps Group is expanding again in foreign markets. By 2021 a very large department store covering more than 30,000 sq.m GLA will...

17 June 2019

In Berlin, H&M tries a “Big Data” collection

After poor results of 2018, with a turnover of €23.65 billion and a fall in new profit by 13%, the world’s second largest fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz promised to...

17 June 2019

FASHION. Is sustainable activism a new fashion style?

Will tomorrow’s fashion be necessarily connected to the planet? For many designer labels, born on the internet, with radical positions, the answer is already “Yes!” For historical and more...

17 June 2019

Fashion. Are socially conscious brands leading the way?

For traditional retailers, combining sustainability and profitability is a headache. Sophie Baqué met Mathieu Sauleau, Operational Director at Vilebrequin to understand how the swimsuit...

17 June 2019

Jeremy King. from Wal-MarT to Pinterest

Jeremy King, Chief Technology Officer at Wal-Mart, abruptly left the world’s largest retailer by sales after eight years to join the Pinterest social network, which claims itself as...

21 May 2019

Denmark. Bestseller Group mourns their family

This is a sad world. Anders Holch Povlsen (owner of the fashion retailer Bestseller) and his wife lost three of their four children in the attacks that struck Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, on April...

21 May 2019

Jumia still in the red with a loss exceeding revenue

In 2018, the Jumia’s marketplace (owned by Rocket Internet) posted revenue of €130 million (+38% from 2017) but increased losses to €170 million (from €165 million in 2018)...

21 May 2019

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