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GCC. The retail sector will grow by 4% annually
“In Saudi Arabia, the retail sector will rebound,” said Patrick Chalhoub, C.E.O. of the Chalhoub Group, during an interview with Arabian Business. “There is a real change in this...
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17 June 2019
Israel. How to outmanoeuvre Amazon
If Amazon has yet to confirm an intention to build a warehouse in Israel serving 9 million customers, the U.S. e-commerce giant is raising concerns amongst local store retailers. Amazon has been...
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17 June 2019
Tunisia. Carrefour aims to open a dedicated e-commerce warehouse
In Tunisia (with a population of 11.5 million), Carrefour aims to accelerate sales via e-commerce. The Group is planning a move from a pilot business model of in-store picking and delivery to...
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17 June 2019
Has online grocery in the U.S. become more popular?
Today, in the U.S.A., food retail represents also the biggest challenge and opportunity for e-commerce. According to a 2019 study from Coresight Research, 37% of U.S. consumers bought groceries...
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17 June 2019
U.S. Wayfair expands into “brick & mortar”
After numerous of pop-up stores in the U.S., the online home furnishing retailer Wayfair, (most of staff are Millennial profiles) announced a new 350 sq.m store this Autumn in the Natick Mall...
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17 June 2019
Brazilian giant Natura Cosmeticos grows with Avon
The British beauty company Avon is moving under a Brazilian flag. The Sao-Paulo based Natura Cosmeticos aims to purchase Avon (founded in 1886) for more than US$2 billion. With an all-stock offer...
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17 June 2019
Weight loss cure for Auchan Retail
Appointed in October 2018 as President of Auchan Retail, Edgard Bonte is in the midst of a radical restructure to reduce losses. As a global player in the grocery retail sector with a turnover of...
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17 June 2019
U.K. The retail property market is under pressure
The Romans called a “hectatomb” a sacrifice of at least 100 oxen. With Mothercare (60 store closures), Debenhams (50), Marks & Spencer (110), New Look (25), and now Boots (with...
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17 June 2019
Italy. The potential of retail parks
According to a Duff & Phelps study published at Mapic Italy (23rd and 24th May 2019), Italy has 914 shopping centers (78% of GLA sq.m) and 214 retail parks (16% of GLA sq.m). 44% of these were...
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17 June 2019
France. Leroy Merlin opens a cooking concept store
The D.I.Y. giant opened a 170 sq.m concept store in Nice at Malaussena Street. This is dedicated to the Delinia ID kitchen program. The store offers 140 models of facades and 27 kitchen handles...
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17 June 2019
Switzerland. 8 Decathlon stores planned
The French chain of sporting goods (with 16 units in Switzerland) announced 8 new openings by the end of the year, according to the development director of Decathlon Switzerland. This strategy is...
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17 June 2019
Germany. Rewe invests in catering
The supermarket chain Rewe bought Lekkerland. This wholesaler runs service stations, bakeries, restaurants (snacking and take-away meals) in 7 European countries. In 2018, the company generated an...
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17 June 2019
Specialised retail. The biggest players expand into 2nd hand businesses
If Decathlon was a trailblazer with the Trocathlon fairs dating back to 1982, a cohort of online and offline specialised retailers are now expanding second-hand businesses, creating a trend called...
17 June 2019
Germany. Hornbach in a media storm
Presenting annual results on May 27th, the C.E.O. of the D.I.Y. chain is reeling from media outrage caused by an advertising campaign. This potentially racist advert showed Asian women swooning...
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17 June 2019
Spain. Mikhail Fridman wins discounter Dia
The Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman succeeded in taking over the Dia discounter. Already the major shareholder, Fridman won the support of banks like Santander to avoid bankruptcy for Dia. The...
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17 June 2019
Sweden. Ikea accelerates mobile e-commerce
The Swedish group announced an upgraded new smartphone function to allow direct product orders within the app. Available for France and the Netherlands, this will launch at the end of 2019 in 8...
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17 June 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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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