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In China and Germany, malls adopt digital technology
The news has gone unnoticed in the wider press, but for retailers, this gives important signposts about the future of the outlet centres. In July 2019, China’s largest outlet operator called...
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10 September 2019
The expert’s eye – 3 questions from Global Retail News for Jean-Christophe Brindeau, Managing Director of CFAO RETAIL
You worked for 15 years in international positions for the Casino Guichard Group in South America and the Indian Ocean. How was the retail business changed by the growth of e-commerce during the...
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10 September 2019
1999-2019. Twenty years of retail…and the future?
In 2019, retailers and their customers have become more connected and global than ever. For this special 20-year edition of Global Retail News, we interviewed some of the world’s most influent...
Kantar. Online grocery market share will double in 5 years
The latest report from Kantar estimates the current size of the e-commerce food market and a future evolution over the next 5 years. Growth will be driven by the Asian countries moving far ahead...
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10 September 2019
Otto Ambagtsheer. from travel retail to outlets
Via Outlets, the specialist of outlet centres operating 11 brand villages across 9 European countries, has just promoted Otto Ambagtsheer from C.O.O to C.E.O. Otto Ambagtsheer joined Via Outlets...
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16 July 2019
Carrefour takes a step back, Wal-Mart accelerates
In China, the race for ultra-fast delivery has defeated Carrefour. This pressure continues to disrupt across the entire landscape of large food retailers. Carrefour has been selling into China for...
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16 July 2019
What strategy for Costco-China?
As Metro is selling its Chinese assets and Wal-Mart expands its premium Sam’s Club banner, Costco is about to make inroads there. It will open its first wholesale store in Shanghai...
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16 July 2019
Takashimaya department stores will exit China
One day after the Carrefour announcement, the Chinese exit of the Japanese department store operator, in late August 2019, almost went unnoticed. Opened in 2012, its Chinese department store...
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16 July 2019
China’s biggest women’s shoe retailer has submitted a listing application
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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16 July 2019
Our mind news
While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...
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19 September 2026
While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...
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18 September 2026
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
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ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
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Walmart finally accepts in-store payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Sanctioned by financial markets after a sharp US slowdown in Q2, Walmart is reviewing a checkout strategy. Abandoning a rejection of technological giants, the group is rolling out Apple Pay and...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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24 August 2026
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Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
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Lidl’s owner continues cloud services offensive
With €2.2 billion in cloud revenue and growth 3 times faster than the rest of the business, Schwarz Group continues a technological shift. Between investments in its own data centres, buyouts in...
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1 September 2026