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In November, the world’s 1st GapFit store (clothes for women, men and children) opened in Jumeirah Beach. This 90 sq.m store is run by Al Tayer Group, which also runs Gap stores in the Gulf.

20 December 2016

Kiabi is now active in Congo…

On December 8, the fashion retailer Kiabi has opened a 1st store in Brazzaville (1,250 sq.m) in Grand Fleuve mall, in partnership with Mercure International of Monaco.

20 December 2016

Which are the world’s most expensive High Streets?

After years of tremendous growth, the world’s highest rental values have reached a plateau in 2016. How can they recover growth again?

20 December 2016

U.A.E. Emaar’s owner wants to create an Arabic Amazon

Eager to tap the small but growing online sales market in the Arabian Gulf (sales of US$5.3 billion in 2015), Emirati businessman Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties, has launched Noon...

20 December 2016

China faces a million-baby boom…

As the one-child policy was relaxed in October 2015, allowing couples to have 2 children, the government announces that the birth rate will grow by 5.7% in 2016.

20 December 2016

Malaysia will house Asia’s biggest outlet centre…

The 2nd construction phase of the Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA has started in Sepang, near Kuala Lumpur airport. Developers are Mitsui Fudosan from Japan and the public firm Malaysia Airports Holdings...

20 December 2016

Esprit will sell online in India…

The fashion retailer Esprit has signed an exclusive partnership with online fashion retailer Myntra (owned by Flipkart, India’s largest online retailer by sales). Esprit will sell its women...

20 December 2016

Can Aldi succeed in China?

According to an Aldi’s spokeswoman in Australia, the German discount retailer will make inroads in China in the 1st half 2017, starting with a website selling ambient products and beverages...

20 December 2016

China is the 1st market for connected appliances…

According to Euromonitor, China will account for half of the world’s market of connected appliances this year, with 15 million units sold out of 30 million in total.

20 December 2016

Fashion retailers refine their strategy

For Etam Group (women’s fashion and lingerie, more than €1.3 billion in sales in 2015), the Chinese business model

20 December 2016

Yum wants to invest in delivery

The fast-food operator Yum-China (7,300 KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in China, more than US$8 billion in sales last year) has changed owner last month and is now controlled by new Asian...

20 December 2016

Jamie’s Italian restaurant lands in Thailand

The Italian restaurant chain Jamie’s opened its 1st outlet in Thailand, within the newly revamped Siam Discovery in Bangkok. This offers 184 covers and the working kitchen is in full view...

20 December 2016

Triming the fat at Hong Kong flagships…

As retail sales decreased by 0.6% in Hong Kong in the first nine months of 2016, Abercrombie & Fitch will close its flagship on Pedder Street (2,380 sq.m on four-storeys) located in the...

20 December 2016

Dyson aims to make inroads in India

The U.K. home electrical retailer Dyson Group plans to open fully owned stores in India before June 2017, to sell an innovative range of vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, hair and hand dryers, LED...

20 December 2016

Rent the Runway, The Concept of the month

“Look at the dress I rented at Neiman Marcus!” Neil Stern, Senior Partner at McMillan Doolittle, explains this amazing U.S. innovation.

20 December 2016

Can McDonald’s recover via table service?

Following a pilot at more than 500 McDonald’s restaurants in California, Florida and New York, table service increased the number of visitors and the average spending grew from US$5 to US$6...

20 December 2016

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