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As Carrefour, Tesco and Picard are expanding their in-store restaurants, the Spanish chain Nostrum has invented a smart discount model, which combines food service and subscriptions. Sophie Baqué...

18 April 2017

Gautier furniture eyes Africa

The family furniture retailer Gautier, which sells 100% “Made in France” furniture,

18 April 2017

North America is keen for outlet centres

McArthurGlen is developing the 2nd phase of Designer Outlet near Vancouver Airport, offering more than 70 stores. Opening is expected in 2018.

18 April 2017

Ownership at a record low for U.S. “Millennials”

The homeownership rate among Millennials U.S.’s households

18 April 2017

Brazil : Casino suspends the sale of Via Varejo

GPA, the Brazilian branch of Casino, has suspended the sale of the Via Varejo

18 April 2017

More than 50% of Brazilian States posted G.D.P. growth in Q4 2016

If Brazil’s G.D.P. dropped by 0.9% in the 4th quarter 2016

18 April 2017

“Discount retailers should reinvent themselves”

The former CEO of Lidl, Karl-Heinz Holland, said that the discount retail sector is very different

18 April 2017

Immochan remains buoyant

In 2016, Immochan reported a revenue growth of 3.4% to €634 million (+0.7% like- for-like),

18 April 2017

Off-price and outlet channels are growing in Europe

In Europe, TJX Companies’ stores (which gather T.K.Maxx and HomeSense stores) are expected to reach 1,000 in the long term

18 April 2017

Kingfisher aims to become more global in 2017

In the year to January 2017, Kingfisher posted a turnover of €13.01 billion up by 8.7% excluding exchange rate fluctuations,

18 April 2017

Neinver targets the Netherlands

Having entered the Czech Republic last year in a joint venture with The Prague Outlet

18 April 2017

Non-food retail sales fall in the U.K

During the month of February 2017, physical retail sales grew by just 0.4% year-on-year in the U.K. in total.

18 April 2017

Wagamama up for sale?

Mr. Edi Truell, Founder of the “Duke Street” private equity firm, is working on a joint bid to purchase the successful British restaurant chain.

18 April 2017

Klépierre is not part of CAC40 anymore

In late March 2017, the retailer property developer Klépierre left the elite group of France’s 40 largest firms.

18 April 2017

HOW U.S. TEENAGERS REDUCE THEIR FASHION BUDGET

In the U.S.A., the volume of items being traded online has more than doubled since 2013. Whereas many fashion retailers such as

31 March 2017

A FOCUS ON THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ONLINE RETAILERS

If Amazon is leading the shift to online, many traditional stores are also seeing strong online growth. Based on the Deloitte’s survey, Global Retail News analysed the performances of the most...

30 March 2017

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