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Dixons Carphone (DC.L), the troubled British electricals and mobile phone retailer is on track to make full year profit targets due to sales of new televisions during the soccer World Cup this...

8 October 2018

EPP see great potential for shopping centres in Poland

Previously known as Echo Polska Properties, the property firm EPP grew net income by 45% to €66m in the six months to the end of June. There had been strong performances from shopping...

8 October 2018

An experimental MediaMarktSaturn store in Innsbruck

Electronics giant MediaMarktSaturn has adopted a ‘Silicon Valley’ style. “We were viewed as a dinosaur”, said the Chief Innovation Officer at the Tech. conference in...

8 October 2018

Birchbox : 1.5 millions beauty boxes in UK

One of the success stories of subscription economy in UK is the American based subscription beauty box brand, Birchbox, which has reported a record year for growth in 2017 with

8 October 2018

UK : Success story for subscription services

To survive in an economy moving away from ownership, retailers may need to build in subscriptions to future-proof their business. In the UK today, there are more than 58 million people using...

8 October 2018

Lidl launch new loyalty app

In digital age, with growing interaction with consumers, retailers are looking to find innovative new ways to build rewards programs and inspire customer loyalty. Sephora or Starbucks for instance...

8 October 2018

El Corte Inglés and Repsol boost Supercor Stop & Go

A year after a strategic agreement, the oil company Repsol and El Corte Inglés, Spain’s leading department store retailer, announce that

8 October 2018

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield see a rise in profits

Paris-based property firm Unibail-Rodamco officially completed the acquisition of Westfield earlier this year. Profits rose by

8 October 2018

Media Expert will open a store in Galeria Pólnocna (Warsaw)

The Polish shopping center Galeria Pólnocna, owned by GTC, will host retailer Media Expert. This is the largest transaction since opening in September 2017. The deal cements a

8 October 2018

A no-deal Brexit could cost retailers US$12 billion

The U.K. officially leaves membership of the European Union in 6 months, either with a negotiated separation or with a “no deal” exit. Research by Barclays Bank predicts that grocers...

8 October 2018

Tesco launch new discount chain Jack’s

With Jack’s as Tesco’s new discount supermarket, the giant hopes to take on German discount rivals Aldi and Lidl, promising to serve British food at low prices. The first Jack’s...

8 October 2018

M-Commerce: key figures in the world

“No parking. No business”, used to say trailblazers of the retailing business. We may discover that no mobile services results in no customers. A recent study published by the Mobile...

8 October 2018

New technologies for Cashless and no Cashier stores

With Amazon Go, the biggest group of E-commerce in the world introduced a new store concept where consumers simply arrive, take products and leave. The group opened a 3rd Amazon Go September 5th...

8 October 2018

Generation Z brings new challenges for Retail

How can retailers and brands engage with “Gen Zens”? This generation (teenagers aged less than 18) will represent 32% of the global population by 2019, but without the same spending profile as...

8 October 2018

JD Sports announce new U.S.A. expansion

The British sports and fashion group JD Sports Fashion Plc hits record growth with aggressive plans for expansion in the U.S.A., Europe and Asia. In 2017, the chain benefited a current trend for...

8 October 2018

48% of online shoppers still pay in cash in Poland

According to a study conducted by the research firm Kantar TNS, 48% of the respondents who shop online

8 October 2018

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How Upsellr boosts conversion at Les Mousquetaires and targets traditional PIMs

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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

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

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026

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