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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

Slower growth & data activation, new retail challenges in the Middle East

In a region where retail leaders have strong financial reserves, talking about restructuration or cost optimisation has long been taboo in the Middle East. “It is now time for a...

16 April 2019

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According to our sources, the young start-up Hymalaia is continuing development in retail with 4 new retailers currently in POC and an imminent fundraising. We examine the details.

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Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation

The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...

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French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...

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Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

4 December 2025

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Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

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Italian Golden Goose set for Chinese ownership

A year after the French children’s clothing brand Bonpoint was acquired by Chinese group Youngor, Italian luxury brand Golden Goose is next. British fund Permira (already owner of Hugo...

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Pierre Brousseau (FDJ United Ventures): “For 2026, we are positioning ourselves in a more rational and offensive again VC market”

What is the total amount of assets under management at FDJ United Ventures?FDJ United Ventures was launched in 2015. We invest in European start-ups supported by La Française des Jeux (FDJ...

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