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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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20 December 2016
Best Buy continues online acceleration
In the quarter to October 2016, the home electrical retailer Best Buy posted online sales up by 24% year-on-year, via increased traffic and higher average ticket. Online sales reached US$881...
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20 December 2016
Adidas puts Reebok under pressure in the U.S.
The newly appointed C.E.O. of Adidas Kasper Rorsted, known to investors for his ability to reduce costs and improve margins, is tightening the screw on Reebok, whose profitability is lower than...
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20 December 2016
Discount fashion retailers are booming in Brazil
Whereas many high-end fashion retailers are shrinking in Brazil, the low-cost fashion chain Kiabi (sales of €1.8 billion in 2015 up by 6.7%) confirmed its future foray in the largest economy...
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20 December 2016
Kingfisher posts a solid growth again…
In the quarter to October 2016, the sales of D.I.Y. retailer Kingfisher reached €3.29 billion, up by 1.8% on a comparable basis. The Screwfix chain targeting professional clients continued to...
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20 December 2016
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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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