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Can Amazon do with fashion what it did with books ?
As Amazon.com became the world’s 6th biggest retailer by sales in 2016 (sales from the digital market place excluded), the core success of selling books will not be as straightforward when...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
Wojooh, THE CONCEPT OF THE MONTH
The Chalhoub Group, specialised in luxury brands expanding in the Middle East region, is making inroads in Latin America. It will roll out its beauty banner called “Wojooh” in Costa...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
Dune London sparkles this year
British footwear retailer, Dune London, recorded an increase in like-for-like retail sales of 5.2% for its full-year period to January 2018, despite a challenging retail environment in the U.K...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
Ikea is testing renting out and buying back furniture
In Japan, Ikea has undertaken a more sustainable business venture: renting out and buying back their own furniture. The new concept is an effort to become more environmentally-friendly. The...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
Zara opens its first click-and collect-store
Zara is opening a first store solely dedicated to click-and-collect orders at Westfield Stratford City in east London. The 200 sq.m GLA store is designed to support ordering and collection of...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
Kering bets on luxury
Eager to focus on its luxury labels of Gucci, which generated 70% of Kering’s total profit in 2017, the luxury giant aims to split off Puma through a share offer. This is valued at €5.8...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
Creative Space, the Concept of the Month
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News brief
26 February 2018
From the Expert
Three questions answered by Mrs Bonnet-Desplan, Associate Lawyer at Ernst & Young
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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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
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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...
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
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18 January 2018
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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
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
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...
- Retail
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- Retail tech
4 September 2026
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
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Before an IPO, Shein forced to reveal margin erosion in 2025 and impact of US tariff shock
Made public ahead of a Hong Kong listing planned for September, Shein’s financial documents, seen by mind Retail, confirm the shift experienced by the fast-fashion retailer. Despite a 8% sales...
- Retail
- Property and investors
- Analysis
21 August 2026
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O’Boticario rolls out AI diagnostics across 4,000 stores with Haut.ai
On August 18, Brazilian cosmetics retail chain O’Boticario (2025 GMV up by 6.7%) announced the deployment of skin analysis technology provided by Estonian start-up Haut.AI. It will be rolled...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
21 August 2026
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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
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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
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Walmart finally accepts in-store payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Sanctioned by financial markets after a sharp US slowdown in Q2, Walmart is reviewing a checkout strategy. Abandoning a rejection of technological giants, the group is rolling out Apple Pay and...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
24 August 2026
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Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026