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For the last 12 months, the German giant of online fashion Zalando (sales of €4.5 billion in 2017, up by 25% with 23 million customers and 200 million monthly visitors), has been rejuvenating...

2 June 2018

How JD.com built a Chinese empire

Just like Alibaba was the biggest attraction of the NRF in New York in early 2018, the Chinese online and offline retailer JD.com created the buzz during the World Retail Congress held in April...

28 May 2018

A U.S. footwear retailer enters Europe

The “Flip Flop Shop” chain from the U.S.A. (specialising in flip-flops and summer shoes) has opened a 1st European store in Barcelona via a master-franchising agreement with Shades...

28 May 2018

Starbucks focuses on coffee

In May 2018, Starbucks signed a US$7.15 billion deal with Nestlé, which will sell its packaged coffee in supermarkets and grocery stores. For Starbucks, this consumer packaged-goods...

28 May 2018

Maisons du Monde makes inroads in the U.S

The French furniture retailer Maisons du Monde (with 38% of sales from outside France and 21% online) confirmed buying 70% of the U.S. retailer Modani. Modani is a small but profitable retailer...

28 May 2018

Wal-Mart to sell 80% of its Brazilian business ?

According to Valor International, Wal-Mart said it was considering options for its Brazilian retail business. It could sell an 80%-stake to the private equity firm Advent International for a value...

28 May 2018

Brazil. Natura pursues a digital makeover

With sales of US$3.1 billion in 2017, Natura is updating the sales value proposition for its 1.7 million sales reps (including 1.2 million in Brazil and 500,000 in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Peru...

28 May 2018

Kohl’s / Amazon. A working partnershiP

In late 2017, Kohl’s signed a partnership with Amazon for the firm to operate Amazon sales and return services within the Chicago and L.A. department stores. According to a study from Gordon...

28 May 2018

India. Uniqlo picks up Delhi for its first store

The Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo (Fast Retailing) is recruiting for the launch of a 1st store in New Delhi for autumn 2019, making India its 22nd market worldwide. In early May, it registered...

25 May 2018

Bio c’Bon pursues a Japan push

The France-based organic retailer Bio c’ Bon has opened a 2nd store in Tokyo in partnership with Aeon, via a joint-venture agreement. The organic store will be located in aka Meguro. A 1st...

25 May 2018

Ikea’s first Indian store will debut in July

Six years after having received the permission to open fully-owned stores in India, Ikea will open its first local store In Hyderabad in July 2018, covering 37,000 sq.m GLA in the Hi-tech City...

25 May 2018

Malongo makes inroads in the Philippines

The coffee retailer Malongo signed a franchise agreement with Noble House to roll out its coffee shops in the Philippines. The first unit will open in August 2018 in Manila, covering

25 May 2018

A spinoff for China’s n°1 footwear retailer

In China, Belle International, the country’s largest women’s footwear retailer with about 20,000 stores in China, is to spin off its sportswear retail business division. Hillhouse...

25 May 2018

India : Wal-Mart invests US$ 16 billion in the e-retailer Flipkart

As Walmart scales back in Brazil and in the U.K. the world’ largest retailer by sales has just signed a US$16 billion deal for 77% of Flipkart, India’s fast-growing e-merchant. The...

25 May 2018

A first luxury outlet mall expected in Thailand

The shopping mall developer Central Pattana (CPN) will invest US$158 million to build Thailand’s 1st luxury outlet shopping centre. Called Central Village, it will be located near...

25 May 2018

Sales record for Yves Saint Laurent Beauté on Tmall

YSL Beauté (owned by L’Oréal, as is Lancome and Kiehl) registered a record for the most sales by a cosmetics brand during its first day on Tmall. Over 24 hours, sales reached...

25 May 2018

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