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Spanish retailer Mercadona is to open a first supermarket in Portugal in July of next year. The company will open 10 stores during the second half of 2019, in the districts of Braga, Porto and...

12 December 2018

Romanian DIY market expects a 7.4% growth in 2018

The Romanian D.I.Y. market grew by 8.5% to a volume of €12.4 billion in 2017, according to estimates by the market research company PMR. For 2018 an increase of

12 December 2018

SPAIN : EL CORTE INGLES number one in online sales for Fashion

El Corte Ingles is the top online brand for fashion in Spain by turnover. Sales reaches €390 million in 2017, according to Statista and Ecommercedb.

10 December 2018

McArthurGlen will invest US$1.1 billion in center expansions

McArthurGlen Group, Europe’s leading owner, developer and manager of designer outlet villages, will invest US$1.1 billion in new centers. The investment program includes 4 new developments...

10 December 2018

Rituals Cosmetics to expand Internationally

The Dutch cosmetics brand reported a US$617.2 million turnover in 2017, an increase of 36% from 2016. Net profit increased by 24.6% from US$49.8 million in 2016 to US$62.1 million in 2017...

10 December 2018

Black Friday has become a regular part of the retail industry all over the world

According to an annual survey by McKinsey, the original Black Friday after Thanksgiving offered mega deals in stores and was developed by American brick-and-mortar retailers in the 1990’s...

10 December 2018

Future Malls: How URW invents the place to go

At the merger between Unibail-Rodamco and Westfield, Jean-Marie Tritant was appointed as President of the group in the United States. Global Retail News asked him for an analysis of the American...

10 December 2018

Future Malls: How URW invents the place to go

How should we define a future Mall and commercial partnerships in this new data era? Following the merger with Westfield in June 2017, Global Retail News asked Christophe Cuvillier, Group CEO of...

10 December 2018

Edgard Bonte at Auchan Retail

The Association Familiale Mulliez (AFM) that controls the Auchan Holding (1) appointed Edgard Bonte, (aged 48) as President of Auchan Retail. Shareholders are determined to halt the decline of...

13 November 2018

John Lyttle: to Pure-retailer Boohoo

The pure-players attract managers from Brick-and-mortar! The founders of Boohoo, a fashion site for Generation Z that breaks records with a 50% increase in turnover to US$519 million over the last...

13 November 2018

Steve Kessel, the Amazon Retail Star

Amazon opens its new store formula ‘Amazon 4-star’ in New York on September 27th. This shop works on the same principle as Amazon Books by selecting the most popular items (more than 4...

13 November 2018

In 2022, online sales of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods will reach 12%

Amazon, Alibaba and JD.Com are making noise in the industry. However, the share of e-commerce in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) is only at 7% of the global market of Foods and Consumers Goods...

13 November 2018

Lulu Group intends to open 4 hypermarkets in Egypt

U.A.E.-based retail giant Lulu Group is planning to invest US$500 million in Egypt over the next two years. According to a statement issued in Cairo, the company said it intends to build four new...

13 November 2018

Burger King eyes Africa

Burger King, the world’s second-biggest burger chain, is set to launch a string of restaurants in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. According to Daniel Schwartz, C.E.O. of Burger...

13 November 2018

A solar Photovoltaic rooftop for Mall of Africa

Located in Johannesburg, Mall of Africa, the biggest shopping mall on the continent (132,000 sq. m.) is set to unveil a world first in integrated renewable energy systems, with the largest rooftop...

13 November 2018

International Retailers turn to Israeli Startups to Fight the Amazon Giant

In October, two Israeli e-commerce start-ups were sold to foreign buyers for a combined US$250 million. Tapingo, which enables students to order meals on campus, was acquired by the U.S. company...

13 November 2018

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How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n

Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...

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