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Like the U.S., China has too many malls
Like the U.S.A., China has too many malls (4,600 in total) and not enough people to shop there, said CBRE. In Q1 2017, retail vacancy in second-tier cities reached worrying levels in some Chinese...
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27 July 2017
India has the potential to grow like China
“Beauty and fashion are still underpenetrated categories in India, said Bijou Kurien, Board Member of L-Capital Asia to Womens’ Wear Daily.
- Retail
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27 July 2017
Thierry Garnier’s top three priorities for Carrefour-China
During a conference at the Viva Technology conference gathering start-ups, seamless integration of mobile technology appeared as a top priority for the C.E.O. of Carrefour China, Mr Thierry...
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26 July 2017
Can retailers overcome counterfeiting in Iran ?
Although Tehran’s citizens offer the highest per capita consumer spending in the Middle East, with US$4,700 per person inhabitant in 2016, counterfeiting remains a threat to foreign...
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26 July 2017
Carrefour gains the Middle East
In late June 2017, the Dubai-based conglomerate of Majid Al Futtaim
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26 July 2017
Brazil is L’Occitane’s growth engine.
In the fiscal year to March 2017, L’Occitane posted a €132 million margin.
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26 July 2017
Brazil. Via Varejo is still for sale.
In Brazil, G.P.A. has decided to adjust financial
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26 July 2017
Primark lands in New York
As fashion retailers are closing at a record pace, Primark
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26 July 2017
Is this the final big mall in the U.S.?
As retailers reduce expansion, this 80,110-sq.m mall (opened in 2014) in Sarasota,
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26 July 2017
What future for Instacart?
This delivery start-up Instacart, founded by a former Amazon engineer, sees dramatic implications with the
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26 July 2017
Nike did not need Amazon… until now
After having refused to sell via Amazon alongside its own retail channels, the sporting goods retailer Nike (sales of US$34.4 billion in the fiscal year to May 2017, up by 6%) has decided that it...
26 July 2017
Grocery retailers under pressure with the Amazon-Whole Foods deal
According to analysts, Amazon is likely take over Whole Foods Market (sales of US$16 billion in 2016 via 477 stores) despite six others potential suitors having made rival offers since April 2017...
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26 July 2017
Etam rebounds its Chinese cards.Etam is involved in a drastic program of “shop-in-shop” closures in China
It closed 281 “corners” in department stores in 2016 and 59 in Q1 2017.
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26 July 2017
Auchan increases Ukrainian footprint
In late June 2017, Auchan Retail confirmed the purchase of the 9 supermarkets from Karavan.
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26 July 2017
Percassi launches a “Vegan” restaurant
Percassi Food & Beverage, food branch of the eponymous group opened “Soulgreen”
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26 July 2017
Will Starbucks succeed in the land of espresso?
In 2018 the very first Italian Starbucks will open in Milan on 2,400 sq.m
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26 July 2017
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Operating in 18 countries and managing brands such as Ikea, Zara and Marks & Spencer, Emirati group Al-Futtaim (2025 revenue: US$9.7 billion, up by 6%) has a unique vantage point from which to...
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Marketplaces: How Orange and Virgin Australia reinvent their value creation models
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How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n
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