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Polyester, nylon, acrylic… According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the fashion industry needs to address how more than a half a million metric tons of microfibers...

21 May 2019

Red. From “clicks” to a physical store

In Shanghai, Global Retail News visited the Red store, a physical version of the eponymous fast-growing website. This concept is totally focussed on customer satisfaction. It was a struggle not to...

21 May 2019

Massimo Volpe, FIRA : “Does it make sense to protect all the data with GDPR if it impacts innovation?”

Sophie Baqué discussed with Mr. Massimo Volpe, President of the Federation of International Retail Associations (FIRA*), during the C.I.R.I.S. conference held in Shanghai in April 2019.

21 May 2019

Adrien Fabry, Phoceis: “Without a long-term project and a budget exceeding €100,000, do not plan to sell via social e-commerce in China”

A further route to sell into China with online retail is social commerce, led by WeChat (Tencent Group). This all-purpose app includes a messaging system, a social network, an online sales...

21 May 2019

“Alibaba truly shares a lot of data with retailers and brands”

Eager to enter China’s more competitive retail market, many brands and retailers now launch online first, opening a store on the Tmall marketplace (Alibaba). G.R.N. investigated the process.

21 May 2019

China. The triumph of ‘New Retail’

Exciting and frightening, ‘New retail’ is everywhere in Shanghai. Alongside the C.I.R.I.S. conference, Global Retail News met the Vice Presidents of Alibaba at their Hangzhou HQ, together with an...

21 May 2019

“Freedom, Equality, Glossier”

A brand now valued at US$1.2 billion, with US$100 million raised during a Series D in March 2019. 1.9 million followers on Instagram. This is, in a few figures, the Glossier empire started in 2014...

16 April 2019

Schwarz Group opens the door to a new generation

“If I would start my life again, I would do the same thing and work with the same shareholder.” The retail passion keeps animating Klaus Gehrig, who has been heading the 2nd biggest...

16 April 2019

Build a Bear travels from the U.S. to India

In March 2019, the U.S. brand of customisable stuffed animals (sold in 500 stores) launched in India, via a corner at the Bangalore Toys’R’Us store in the Phoenix Marketcity mall. 20...

16 April 2019

Metro AG sells Chinese assets

The German retailer Metro AG, which owns 95 wholesale stores in China plus properties in Beijing and Shanghai has started to dispose of local operations in a deal estimated at €1.8 billion...

16 April 2019

Luckin Coffee, The Concept of the Month

Shanghai. In China, the “food & beverages” sector has been booming on the last two years with new concepts focused at 100% on delivery. In the coffee sector, the Luckin Coffee...

16 April 2019

Farfetch platform wants to list Chinese luxury fashion brands

The Farfetch market place (which sells 3,200 luxury brands in 190 countries) is already established in facilitating international expansion for high-end fashion brands. It is about to make a major...

16 April 2019

Ocado enters Australia with Coles supermarkets.

After Bon Preu, Kroger, Monoprix and Sobey’s, the Australian grocer Coles signed an agreement with the British grocery pure-player Ocado. It aims to double its delivery capacity of online...

16 April 2019

Galeries Lafayette banking on Chinese customers

The Galeries Lafayette Group (sales of €4.5 billion in 2017) twice made headlines with strategic news in March 2019. The Group opened 2 stores. The first is over 6,500 sq.m GLA in Paris on...

16 April 2019

Lulu Group plans to open 32 new hypermarkets this year

Involved in a sustained expansion strategy, the Emirati Lulu Group (revenue of US$8.1 billion in the last fiscal year via 152 stores plus a property business) plans to open 32 hypermarkets in 2019...

16 April 2019

Jumia plans a listing for the New York Stock Exchange

On March 12, 2019, the African market place Jumia filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange. The timing and size of...

16 April 2019

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