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Chinese grocery market is expected to grow 32.6% by 2022
The Chinese grocery market is the largest grocery market in Asia. It is expected to grow significantly by 2022, preserving its status as Asian market leader. A report released by the international...
12 December 2018
Thor Equities opened 4 retail centres in Mexico
Thor Equities Group, (Mexico City-based Thor Urbana, Thor Equities Europe and Thor Equities North America), is launching 4 new projects in Mexico totalling approximately 650,000 sq.m in October...
12 December 2018
2018 Retail Reputation Report
For its annual study, Retail Reputation.com analysed 4.7 million online consumer posts on Google and Facebook, detailing in-store shopping experiences at 30,000 locations owned by 88 retail...
12 December 2018
Solid performance for Brazilian Natura & Co
The multi-brand and multi-channel group Natura &Co posted a 3rd quarter of solid performance. Consolidated sales rose 37.1% (reported sales) to reach US$837,9 million. Reported income more...
12 December 2018
Lowe’s will withdraw from Mexico
The American D.I.Y. retailer Lowe’s is looking to close retail operations over 13 stores in Mexico and 2 smaller U.S. businesses. The company has already shut 99 Orchard Supply stores in...
12 December 2018
Macy’s set to recover
The department store chain Macy’s reports fresh strong sales growth. Total sales grew 2.3% to US$5.4 billion and net income more than doubled to U$62 million from U$30 million the year...
12 December 2018
The North Face prefers mobile P.O.S. in prototype store
After a 12-month search for a site, outerwear specialist The North Face opened a 372 sq. prototype store in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. “We consider this as a retail laboratory. This...
12 December 2018
Brandless’ pop-up shop conveyed the brand’s mission
Brandless, a San Francisco-based start-up opened in November a “pop-up with purpose” store in New York City in the trendy Meatpacking District. Brandless sells “better for...
12 December 2018
Canada Goose transforms dressing room’s into freezers
The Toronto-based company is adding frigid rooms to some of its stores where shoppers can test the luxury coats in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit). A Montreal location...
12 December 2018
Ferrero opened a flagship in New-York
Italian group Ferrero opened a permanent Nutella Cafe in the heart of New York City in November. The cafe, the brand’s second in the US after its debut in Chicago last year, is designed to...
12 December 2018
Office Depot likes co-working spaces
The American office supply retailer is hoping to find another use for its 1,400 store locations by turning them into co-working spaces. The company is testing the concept through a Los Gatos...
12 December 2018
Retail start-up seeks to re-invent the department store
After the retail start-up ‘Neighborhood Goods’ secured a seed round of US$5.7million in May, it announced a first store from November in an open-air retail and restaurant development...
12 December 2018
United States. RH opens biggest store to date
Furniture and interior decor chain RH (previously Restoration Hardware) has placed a significant bet on physical retail with a luxurious new store in New York. The 8,362 sq. m. store is RH’s...
12 December 2018
Shopping Centres: Why the Polish Market is still attractive
“The strength of the Polish economy is underestimated, as is the Polish retail sector”, said Mr. Hadley Dean, C.E.O. of E.P.P., the largest property company in Poland, in an interview...
12 December 2018
Italy: The ‘AuchanSpeedy’ app tested in 7 supermarkets
In March, the French group Auchan Retail launched a mobile payment service called ‘AuchanSpeedy’, developed with Mastercard. It is now available in 2 ‘MyAuchan’ convenience...
12 December 2018
Supernova buys 10 shopping centers in Slovenia
In November, Austria property group Supernova strengthened its position in Central Europe. It bought 10 shopping malls for €116.6 million from Slovenian retailer Mercator Group. Mercator will...
12 December 2018
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