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Algorithms. Data science. Robotics. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps retailers to handle a vast amount of challenges, including optimisation of supply-chain management in real time, delivery...

16 January 2019

Mary Dillon, The power of beauty for ULTA

In U.S.A. Fortune magazine’s Most Powerful Women list, Mary Dillon personifies the newcomers in retail. Ranked at 45th beside Judith Mc Cenna (Wal-Mart International), Ann-Marie Campbell and...

12 December 2018

Pablo Isla (Zara) prized by Harvard

A retailer on top of business leadership? Inditex C.E.O.’s Pablo Isla, working since 2005 with Amancio Ortega, (founder of the Spanish fashion group) was named Harvard Business...

12 December 2018

A new face for Victoria’s Secret

Victoria’s Secret has boosted demand for sexy but affordable women’s lingerie. Created in 1977 by Roy Raymond for men to buy lingerie for their partners, the brand is now an icon of...

12 December 2018

New drivers for the most expensive high streets: technology, food and … less retail

Causeway Bay replaced Fifth Avenue in New York in the top 10 most expensive retail streets in the world, according to the Cushman & Wakefield 2018 report. In the future, retail will likely...

12 December 2018

U.A.E.: Call for Amazon and Souq.com boycott on social media

Angry at the Washington Post’s coverage of the Saudi Kingdom following Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, Saudis are calling for a boycott of Amazon.com because of shared ownership with U.S.A...

12 December 2018

Mr. Bricolage first store in Ivory Coast

In October the D.I.Y. French group opened a first store in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Covering 5,600 sq. m. with 1,800 sq. m. parking, it offers 16,000 ‘skus’ provided by 84 firms from...

12 December 2018

Rwanda welcomes Alibaba

The Chinese group Alibaba launched ‘eWTP Africa’, the regional version of its global e-commerce platform in Kigali, capital of Rwanda. Jack Ma confirmed that the choice of this part of...

12 December 2018

The Dubai Mall celebrates a 10th birthday

Emaar Malls’ flagship, The Dubai Mall has host a month-long extravaganza of events in November to celebrate a 10th birthday. The Dubai Mall welcomed more than 80 million annual visitors for...

12 December 2018

MENA: Brick-and-mortar retailers invest in ecommerce

In 2017, e-commerce in the Middle East and North Africa (M.E.N.A.) reached US$8.3 billion, with an annual growth rate of 25%. It is forecast to hit US$28.5bn by 2022. 80% of products available...

12 December 2018

Weylandts new store setting standards in Africa for future developments

African furniture and homeware chain Weylandts opened a first store in Port Elizabeth in the South African province Eastern Cape. Over 1,300 sq. m., the store is designed to showcase the...

12 December 2018

Korea: 7-Eleven tests lockers in 100 stores next year

South Korea’s 7-Eleven is offering unmanned locker space services at 2 stores in Seoul. The convenience store plans 10 new locker services by the end of 2018, wishing to judge customer...

12 December 2018

Japanese retailer Uniqlo in Thailand

The Japanese retailer has announced that it will open its first store in Vietnam towards the end of 2019. Uniqlo’s arrival is set to intensify the competition between foreign brands like...

12 December 2018

Expansion of the luggage specialist, The Tumi-brands

Samsonite International global sales for the third quarter rose by 5.2% to US$945.2 million. Sales in Asia rose by 7.2% to US$324.2 million. The company reports that Asian sales growth was...

12 December 2018

Ikea wants to reduce India’s pollution by turning waste into products

The Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea wants to turn straw, which India’s farmers normally burn, into products. Some of the pollution over India’s big cities appears from the burning...

12 December 2018

New dynamic for foreign retailers in India

The Swedish giant Ikea is not the only retailer to recently launch in India. American Bath & Body Works, Disney Store, American Eagle outfitters, Italian Berlutti, Koeran Kioda, Chinese...

12 December 2018

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