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Aldi opens a compact urban format for London
The German discounter Aldi is piloting a smaller size store (600 sq.m) under a new banner called Aldi Local. This walk-in store is between a convenient grocery store and a typical Aldi supermarket...
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16 April 2019
Primark launches beauty treatments for the Birmingham flagship
The building of the world’s largest Primark store is almost completed in Birmingham (the store will cover almost 15,000 sq.m GLA). Located just 2.5 hours from London, it is scheduled to open...
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16 April 2019
In Luxemburg, Auchan Retail aims to achieve financial balance for “click & collect”
The “click & collect” business of grocery orders for Auchan Retail in Luxembourg, which has been active for 7 years, remained loss-making in 2018 via four “click &...
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16 April 2019
Normal sets the stage for an entertaining and humorous shopping experience with at treasure hunting aspect within the beauty industry
Within the beauty sector, the discount retailer Normal sets the stage for a successful retail format based on the idea of permanent low prices. Our reporter Cecilie Bahr met Torben Mouritsen...
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16 April 2019
Financial Times reveals new retail nuggets
The British daily newspaper Financial Times published a 3rd annual study to measure (in partnership with Statista) a ranking of the European 1,000 fastest-growing firms. This ranking by turnover...
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16 April 2019
Under Armour seeks international recovery
The U.S. sporting brand Under Armour, known as the indefatigable challenger of Adidas, is focussing on international expansion as a spearhead to financial recovery, following a restructuring in...
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16 April 2019
Lidl poaches an Aldi’s calibre
This is both an innovative job creation and an audacious poaching of a top-level executive. In early March 2019, Lidl appointed the trouble-shooter Roman Heini, former Aldi’s international...
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18 March 2019
Miguel Povedano transforms Carrefour in the Gulf
In Dubai, Miguel Povedano, Chief Operating Officer of Majid Al Futtaim, is part of those who are rejuvenating Carrefour from the inside. And for a good reason: The Executive is imbued with the...
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18 March 2019
Carrefour and Auchan about to withdraw from China?
In the grocery retail sector, recent partnerships signed between Chinese and European retailers increasingly look like business rescue operations rather than long-term strategic...
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18 March 2019
JD tests “travel retail”
In early 2019, China’s online retailer JD opened an innovative pop-up store at Beijing international airport (terminal 3), which will sell beauty-to-go products, clothing, mobile...
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18 March 2019
Vietnam lures global retailers
Driven by an economy up by 7% in 2018 (which should not reduce in 2019) a large customer base / population (the 3rd biggest in the Asean countries) and a retail market up by 13% in 2018 (to US$143...
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18 March 2019
Singapore. Revenue record for The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
In 2018, the mall posted sales of US$179 million, up by 7% via a 95.4% rate of occupancy. Despite a relatively flat retail market in the city state, tenants’ sales jumped by 19% to US$20,422...
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18 March 2019
Records! A brand posted sales of €1.5 million in one day on Tmall
This is the Embryolisse dermo-cosmetics brand during the 11/11 event on the Tmall digital marketplace. “It recorded sales of €1.5 million with just one product”, said an expert of...
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18 March 2019
Decathlon overdue in China
The world’s largest sporting goods retailer Decathlon reduced Chinese expansion by 50% in 2018. Sales volumes fell amidst an otherwise very dynamic Chinese sporting goods market. The Group...
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18 March 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