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To fuel growth, the Danish jeweller Pandora (sales of €3.1 billion in 2017 up by 15% in local currency) aims to modernise and diversify all designs and to add another 200 new stores this...

19 March 2018

Eataly to make inroads in the U.K.

The Italian food retailer signed a lease of 3,900 sq.m (sales area) on the ground and first floors (landlord British Land) to open a store-restaurant within the Broadgate pedestrian vicinity in...

19 March 2018

Birchbox is fully omnichannel

The U.S. beauty retailer Birchbox, which sells customised beauty boxes via a subscription scheme, recorded 200,000 French subscribers in the end of 2017. In its first European store in Paris since...

19 March 2018

Redevco invests in Madrid

The Dutch investor Redevco, specialising in city centre property, took over 70% of the Parque Corredor shopping mall (123,000 sq.m GLA) from the Sareb fund (Aermont). The deal value was €140...

19 March 2018

Ingvar Kamprad. The passing of the Ikea legend

In 1943, (aged 17), Ingvar Kamprad created a mail-order company called Ikea, selling a range of goods from watches to pens, and he added furniture in 1948. Ingvar Kamprad, born on March 1926, in...

27 February 2018

From Gucci to Geox

Geox has poached an expert in luxury goods to lead its brand of quality shoes. Matteo Mascazzini became C.E.O. of the Italian retailer on February 1st, replacing Gregorio Borgo, who is leaving the...

27 February 2018

Wal-Mart. New international head

On February 1, Judith McKenna succeeded David Cheesewright as C.E.O. of Wal-Mart’s international business, without revealing the reasons for the change. McKenna has worked at Wal-Mart for...

27 February 2018

Amazon is now the 6th largest global retailer

The 21st edition of the “Global Powers of Retailing” survey from Deloitte showcases how the 250 largest retailers performed in 2016. U.S. firms, headed by Wal-Mart, remain the big gorillas...

27 February 2018

China decreases import tax on F.M.C.G. products

Multinationals such as Nestlé and Danone have good prospects in China in 2018, as import tariffs on 187 categories of consumer goods fell from an average 17.3% to

27 February 2018

Luxury retail sales soar in China

According to McKinsey & Co, China accounted for 75% of luxury spending growth in the 8 years to 2016. China will account for 44 % of the luxury global market by 2025.

27 February 2018

Major takeover for Walgreens Boots in China

The world’s largest drugstore retailer, also the 5th biggest retailer by sales worldwide, will invest

27 February 2018

Galeries Lafayette downsize in China

By the end of 2018, a 2nd Galeries Lafayette’s Chinese unit will open in Shanghai within the Pudong Mall, a mall under construction located on Pudong Nan Road (between Shangcheng Road and...

27 February 2018

Vietnam is now an awaking Asian dragon

In 2017, Vietnam’s retail sales grew by 10.9% year-on-year to US$129.6 billion, driven by a rising middle class, an influx of international retailers and a 6.3% G.D.P. growth in 2017. In the...

27 February 2018

Alibaba / Tencent. The race is on to lead Chinese grocers

Eager to tackle groceries as the last frontier in e-commerce, almost all grocery retailers active in China have teamed up with Internet giants. In mid-January 2018, Carrefour-China announced an...

27 February 2018

Is Indian demand for luxury taking off ?

The Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra has embarked on building a retail empire, opening an array of individual stores in Europe and India. His first store covering 1,395 sq.m GLA called...

27 February 2018

Dyson is growing in China

Having launched in China in 2013 via wholesale agreements and online, Dyson is accelerating its retail footprint. In May 2017, the British premier home electrical retailer opened a first...

27 February 2018

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