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The Shenzhen-based retailer Belle International Holdings, which is the biggest women’s shoe retailer in China and operates more than 20,000 stores selling shoes, including Belle, Staccato...

16 July 2019

Alibaba. 100 Hema stores in China. No more

Miriam Forte, Director of Corporate Communication at Alibaba Group, told Global Retail News “We have no more than 100 Hema stores in China at the end of June 2019. We have no further news...

16 July 2019

A key focus on Chinese visitors visiting Europe

Guerlain has created a role called ‘Global Shopper Manager’ for Maria Rosaria Marguglio. Her mission is to boost the brand on Chinese social media like WeChat and Little Red Book. This...

16 July 2019

Tata dreams to be the new Zara in India

Tata Group, partner of Inditex SA (US$29 billion in 2018) for a decade and running 20 Zara stores, is building its own fashion chain, as fashionable as Zara but half price. Trent (US$306 million...

16 July 2019

MINISO Plans US$1 Billion IPO

All over the world, the decoration sector is gaining ground, driven by expanding 100% offline players, focused on low prices such as Action, Sostrene Grene, Hema, Flying Tiger, etc. In China...

16 July 2019

India. Go Sport aims to catch up with Decathlon

Go Sport, French sporting goods retailer (sales of €800 million in 2018, + 6% year-on-year), concluded a master-franchise agreement at the end of 2017 with the Indian Tablez Group (part of...

16 July 2019

Africa’s single market perspective boosts stores openings

“The 20th century was the century of Asia, the 21st will be Africa’s”, said Jacques Carles, President of the Centre of Luxury and Creation, during a conference Paris in June. For...

16 July 2019

African designer values haute couture garbage

Originally from Comoros, fashion designer Sakina M’Sa (whose brand is listed at the BHV, at the Front de Mode store in Paris with a turnover up by 67% in the year to March 2019) combines...

16 July 2019

Seddiqi hosts Gentle Monster in Middle East

South Korean sunglasses retailer Gentle Monster signed an agreement with the Dubai-based group Seddiqi Holding to open in the Middle East. On May 30, 2019, the first Emirati Gentle Monster store...

16 July 2019

Lesotho. Wool producers protest against Chinese monopoly

At the end of June 2019, several thousand goat farmers demonstrated in the Lesotho’s capital city (Maseru) to denounce a recent agreement that obliges them to sell all their wool and mohair...

16 July 2019

Employee activism. Wayfair workers protest

The fast-growing furniture retailer Wayfair (net sales of US$6.7 billion in 2018, up by 45%) faces adversity from their employees after the sale of US$200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to a...

16 July 2019

Nakheel Mall, Mall of the Month

The new soul of Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, Nakheel Mall is a premium lifestyle shopping, dining and entertainment destination by master developer Nakheel. It is set to open this year, and...

16 July 2019

Brazil. Casino sells home electrical business

As part of a large debt reduction plan and simplification strategy, Casino is restructuring its Latino assets. The retailer sold the 38.3% in its home electrical business called Via Varejo...

16 July 2019

Brazil. Magazine Luiza aims to build a Brazilian equivalent of WeChat

The non-food Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza (162 stores, 33 million app downloads) has big ambitions for the online footwear retailer Netshoes, which it has just bought after winning a fierce...

16 July 2019

Amazon increases inventory capacity in the U.S.

“Amazon’s quest for same-day and one-day delivery quest means that product warehouses are moving closer and closer to customers”, said Andre Pharand, Global Managing Director...

16 July 2019

How far will Facebook move into retail and e-commerce?

All over the world, the Facebook Group is developing payment options directly on apps, including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram. Since March 2019 in the U.S.A., the group has been testing an...

16 July 2019

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In the State of New York, unprecedented legislation has come into force requiring retailers using personalised pricing algorithms to inform consumers. While the NRF is seeking to counter its...

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