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Patrick Delcol, Head of Pan-European Retail at BNP Paribas Real Estate answers key questions for G.R.N.

12 December 2019

What is the “raison d’etre” of shopping centres in 2020, and after? At the Mapic conference held in November, GRN explored a sector in the midst of critical change.

12 December 2019

L’Occitane: Elemis investment pays back

The beauty retailer L’Occitane International (3,420 points of sales including 1,572 company-owned stores), announced net sales of € 727 million in the quarter to late...

10 December 2019

Voice recognition from. A future revolution for retail?

Voice dictation services are booming. Although 70% of voice requests to either Alexa and Siri are about weather, 30% of smart phone users also use voice dictation every day. (source: BDM media)...

26 November 2019

Who are the new Picard shareholders?

As discreet as influent, these individuals are unknown to the public but have a fair legacy of success as convenience store experts. Moez-Alexandre and Soraya Zouari, who own the eponymous Zouari...

14 November 2019

New M.D for Walmart U.S.A.

In the United States, Walmart announced the surprise departure of Greg Foran, who ran Walmart U.S.A. for the past five years, i.e. 4,769 stores excluding the Sam’s Club cash & carry...

14 November 2019

Hong Kong protests push city into recession

In September 2019, the chain of organic convenience stores JustGreen dropped the curtain in Hong Kong, after 11 years of business. InterContinental Hotels Group told investors that in Hong Kong...

14 November 2019

Do Chinese shoppers want sustainable fashion?

In China’s retail, trends generally spread very quickly. As Chinese consumers are used to be interested in the best deals on designer brands, will the next frontier be ethically sourced or...

14 November 2019

Uniqlo’s impressive Indian start

Japan’s biggest fashion brand is Uniqlo (a subsidiary of Fast Retailing, revenues of US$48.1 billion in 2018, up by 7.5%). The business opened a first store in India in October 2019 and...

14 November 2019

U.S. brands lose Chinese customers

Many international retailers miscalculated the consequences of a wave of Chinese patriotism in a country with a population exceeding 1 billion. According to a study from Brunswick Group of June...

14 November 2019

Metro AG and Costco in opposite moves in China

The German wholesale retailer Metro AG agreed to sell a majority stake in its Chinese operations to Wumei Technology, which owns 1,000 stores (under the Wumart brand notably) with annual sales of...

14 November 2019

Electro Man, The Concept of The Month

In Seoul, we visited the Electro Mart store in the Starfield Hanam Mall. Electro Mart is part of E-mart, South Korea’s largest diversified retailer (US$15.5 billion revenue in 2018, a rise...

14 November 2019

India’s new protectionist laws threatens Walmart

In India, Amazon and Walmart, owner of Flipkart, are in the target cross-hairs aimed by ‘Kiranas’, who are traditional family shops that sell a little of everything on every street...

14 November 2019

Eden Park aims to win an African bet

Following Setif and Oran, the menswear brand Eden Park (sales of €60 million in 2018, up by 3% year-on-year) opened on October 19, 2019, a 3rd Algerian store, near the newly opened Decathlon...

14 November 2019

Saudi Arabia bets on retail and tourism

Saudi Arabian unemployment passed 12% in late June 2019. This represents over a million people seeking work, including 30% of these aged between 25 and 29. In the current context of economic...

14 November 2019

Jumia on a tightrope

According to Standard & Poor’s, African e-commerce leader Jumia Technologies recorded a share price fall of 29% in September 2019. This follows, among other pressures, a Bloomberg...

14 November 2019

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