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In 2017, the U.S. lingerie retailer plans to sell products on Tmall, Alibaba’s online marketplace. “We look at China as a 2nd home market with a potential equal to the U.S.,”...

12 January 2017

Fashion retailer Jennyfer lands in Guatemala

In December, the discount retailer Jennyfer opened its 1st stores in the capital of Guatemala, in Oakland Mall and Naranjo Mall. They cover 198 sq.m GLA and 190 sq.m GLA respectively. Jennyfer...

12 January 2017

56% of Russians regret the fall of Soviet Union

According to a poll conducted by the Levada Centre Institute in November 2016 for 1,600 people in 134 Russian cities, 56% of the polled people regretted the collapse of the U.S.S.R. 28% felt no...

12 January 2017

The British retailer Tesco enters East Africa

Tesco made a debut in Kenya via the F&F fashion chain. The first store opened in December 2016 in The Hub (Karen vicinity in Nairobi), where Majid Al Futtaim already operates a Carrefour...

12 January 2017

Koton launches a 1st German store

The Turkish fashion retailer Koton has opened a first German store in Hamburg, within the Vattenfall retail space (developed by Centrum) located on Spitalerstrasse, where annual retail rents for...

12 January 2017

A female C.E.O. Boosts sales

According to a study of 800 Italian firms by Luca Flabbi,

12 January 2017

MARKA CHIEF RESIGNS

Marka Group, the Dubai-listed retailer, announced the resignation of C.E.O. Nick Peel in late December 2016. Marka operates the 3 branches of Marka Sports,

12 January 2017

Marks and Spencer Chairman to step down

At Marks&Spencer, 2016 has been the year of radical changes. After the resignation of C.E.O. Marc Bolland and the arrival of Steve Rowe in January, the British retailer has announced that...

12 January 2017

Can Malaysia solve retail oversupply

Moving to reduce the glut of retail space in Malaysia, the Retail Chain Association (300 retailers operating over 20,000 stores in the country) requested that the government temporarily freeze the...

12 January 2017

Ikea aims to modernise Indian retailing practices

By the end of 2017, the world’s largest home furnishing retailer Ikea will inaugurate its 1st Indian store in Hyderabad (in Telangana State, created in 2014 from Andhra Pradesh) and a few...

12 January 2017

House of Fraser plants a flag on China

After an eight month delay, without details of the investment, the British chain House of Fraser has opened a 1st Chinese department store in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province in Eastern China.

12 January 2017

Retail sales plummet in India

In India, an array of retailers predicts a sales drop of two-digits over the next few months. For Vivek Bali, Business Director of Sephora in India, sales of the chain of beauty stores could drop...

12 January 2017

MOROCCO MALL, THE MALL OF THE MONTH

In Casablanca, the owner of Morocco Mall has a vertical business strategy. We investigate how this mall keeps attracting tenants, despite mixed results.

12 January 2017

DECATHLON MAKES INROADS IN IVORY COAST

The Decathlon sporting goods retailer (turnover of €9.1 billion in 2015) has made its foray in Ivory Coast on December 10, 2016, in the city of Abidjan. The store has a sales area of 1,200...

12 January 2017

SHOPRITE AND STEINHOFF MAY CREATE AN AFRICAN RETAIL GIANT

The South African giant Steinhoff International Holdings is hungry for acquisitions. After taking over the British discount retailer Poundland and U.S. specialty retailer Mattress Firm (the...

12 January 2017

SELLING EDUCATION BOOTS REVENUE FOR U.S. MALLS

In the U.S.A., landlords are looking for new tenants to engage shoppers with new creative offerings, including teaching new skills in a casual atmosphere. Such new services generates more...

12 January 2017

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