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Already selling in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg, the IT specialist LDLC.com has opened a first store in Barcelona over 600 sq.m., with a second

8 October 2018

Ikea believe in self-driving cars

The future of self-driving cars has taken hold at Ikea. According to the furniture retailer, cars will become real mobile spaces, where passengers can have fun or work during a trip. The Swedish...

8 October 2018

Combination of the two largest German department stores

Two of the largest German department store chains, Karstadt and Galeria Kaufhof, are merging. The purpose of the merge is to strengthen the chains’ position in the competition against...

8 October 2018

Turkey: Government call for use of Turkish lira in property sales

As many of the shopping mall investments in Turkey were financed with US$ or € loans, the owners have seen their debt burden rise with recent volatility in the exchange rate. The Turkish lira...

8 October 2018

Casino’s Monoprix chain agree to sell groceries via Amazon

Casino’s Monoprix chain agree to sell groceries via Amazon. U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon and French food retailer Casino announce that groceries sourced from Monoprix would be available in...

8 October 2018

MARVIN ELLISON réveille Lowe’s

L’ex-PDG de J.C. Penney est un homme pressé. En juillet, Marvin Ellison endossait le costume de C.E.O. chez Lowe’s. Depuis, il n’a pas perdu de temps pour sortir de sa...

11 September 2018

C.B.R.E. Inc reorganises around 3 new units

One of the world’s largest managers of retail property re-structures as 3 global businesses. Mike Lafitte is promoted to Global C.E.O., Advisory Services, with responsibility for leasing...

11 September 2018

Calvin McDonald is Lululemon’s C.E.O

Married with four children, Canadian Calvin McDonald is the new Chief Executive Officer of Lululemon Athletica, the yoga-inspired athletic clothing group. McDonald served for 5 years as President...

11 September 2018

Outlet retailing is booming in Europe

According to “European Outlet Shopping”, the 2nd annual report by Pragma Consulting (formerly FSP), the European outlet industry continues to deliver impressive growth. Despite the growth of...

11 September 2018

South Africa: Furniture and decor retailer Block and Chisel opens an in-store café

The firm has opened The Block Café at the store in the Diep River suburb in Cape Town, with a simple menu, including toasties and domestic Fairtrade coffee. The dining area is a mixture of...

11 September 2018

South Africa experiences weakest growth since October 2017

South African retail sales for June 2018 grew by 2.9% year-on-year, excluding the effects of inflation, showing the rate of growth has fallen for the third month. The total retail sales growth...

11 September 2018

Saudi Arabia sets deadline for health drive in food services

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (S.F.D.A.) has ruled that restaurants, cafés and all other food facilities in the kingdom have until December 31st 2018 to comply with

11 September 2018

Dubai Square: A giant shopping mall in the United Arab Emirates

A new retail project announced by Dubai Holding and Emaar Properties is under way. Dubai Square is a new retail metropolis built in Dubai Creek Harbour along the historic Dubai Creek. With over...

11 September 2018

Discount retailer Don Quijote looking for expansion

The Japanese retailer Don Quijote Holdings Co. has expressed interest in the Wal-Mart Inc’s Seiyu supermarket unit although there is no formal sale process. With this announcement, and sales...

11 September 2018

Uniqlo Southeast Asia network will double

The Japanese clothing giant Fast Retailing said it plans massive expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The Uniqlo Southeast Asia and Oceania store network is set to double by 2022 to

11 September 2018

Overall retail space will grow in Thailand

The Thai Retailers Association (TRA) recently predicted that Thailand’s retail industry in 2018 would grow between

11 September 2018

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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...

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This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...

27 August 2026

With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era

With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...

9 September 2026

Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences

From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...

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Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop

While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...

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