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Located in posh Frederiksberg, a fashionable part of Copenhagen, Denmark, with excellent shopping opportunities and green spaces, Creative Space is an original retail concept covering 186 sq.m in...

26 February 2018

Swiss shoe maker Bally under Chinese flag

So far, Chinese used to be among the world’s biggest consumers of luxury products. They are now direct investors into luxury firms. The fashion group Shandong Ruyi (owner of Sandro, Maje...

26 February 2018

Textile. Turkish investors advance their players into Africa

In early February 2018, the Turkish investor Ayka Textile signed a major investment project to develop the textile industry in Burkina Faso, West Africa’s largest cotton producer. The...

26 February 2018

From the Expert

Three questions answered by Mrs Bonnet-Desplan, Associate Lawyer at Ernst & Young

26 February 2018

How attractive is a city for successful retail sales ?

Redevco (€7.5 billion retail portfolio with assets in 11 countries) ranked 825 European cities in 25 countries for a “City Attractiveness” study. This quantified the...

26 February 2018

China. A major deal between malls and online giants

The largest omnichannel deal so far has just taken place in China in January 2018. From a European scale perspective, it is as if Amazon and Facebook both invested in Unibail-Rodamco / Westfield...

26 February 2018

“Who’s the boss” new grocery brand is expected in Spain and Brazil

After the wave of retail private labels, a new brand created by consumers has launched in Europe. Sophie Baqué met Nicolas Chabanne, co-founder of “Who’s the boss” and partner Gilles Tisserand...

16 February 2018

“We are the boss”

Whilst consumer mistrust has spread across traditional business and the associated inaccurate content of goods, this has sparked new and exciting initiatives in the form of “niche” brands. These...

16 February 2018

Non-compete clauses shape retail

In Europe, “non-compete” clauses are increasingly prevalent in the highly competitive fashion and beauty sectors. “Prada and LVMH are among the strictest firms in this field with...

18 January 2018

A new C.E.O. at Neiman Marcus

C.E.O. Karen Katz (aged 60) will retire in February 2017 but remain on the Board. Katz worked at the high-end department stores since 1985 and was C.E.O. since 2010. Geoffroy van Raemdonck (aged...

18 January 2018

Galeries Lafayette shuffles Directors

Eager to fuel global growth, France’s largest department store chain Galeries Lafayette (GL) promoted Philippe Pedone from C.F.O. (since 2012) to the head of the International Development. A...

18 January 2018

In China, the Hema Fresh supermarkets owned by Alibaba (22 stores in 2017) remain the most advanced omnichannel grocery retailer worldwide. Depending on stores, between 50% and 70% of turnover is...

18 January 2018

M&A. Bally soon to fly a Chinese flag ?

In China, the textile manufacturer Shandong Ruyi Group continues an acquisition spree of high-end Western fashion retailers. Talks are advanced with the Swiss footwear retailer Bally International...

18 January 2018

China’s G.D.P. to grow by 7% in 2017

According to the October’s key Communist Party congress, China’s economy is expected to grow by near to 7% in 2017. Beijing expects to target growth at around 6.5% in 2018. However...

18 January 2018

H&M will launch on Tmall China

In Spring 2018, H&M will sell its fashion and home products on Tmall, the Alibaba’s platform. The Monki fashion brand, also owned by H&M, is already sold on Tmall. The Swedish...

18 January 2018

Chinese don’t put water into their wine

In 2016, China became the world’s 5th largest wine market with 17.3 million hectolitres drunk, after the U.S. (31.8 million), France (27), Italy (22.5) and Germany (20.2). In China, the...

18 January 2018

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