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Against the backdrop of a slowdown in the core B2C business, particularly in the digital space, Decathlon detailed a shift towards professional customers at mind Retail Day. Over the next 2 years...

21 June 2024

By focusing e-commerce in stores, Target reduces inventory by US$2 billion

After experiencing inventory difficulties following the pandemic, Target reviewed its strategy, particularly its e-commerce roadmap. Here is a look at the operating results of the world's 5th...

20 June 2024

Yoox-Net-A-Porter bids farewell to China under pressure from competitors

On June 14, Switzerland’s Richemont (2023 sales of €20.62 billion, up by 3.3%), owner of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, etc., announced the closure of the Yoox Net A Porter (YNAP)...

20 June 2024

Galeries Lafayette returns to 2019 sales levels

Galeries Lafayette celebrates a 130th anniversary this year. After returning to pre-Covid sales levels, the department store chain is forecasting revenue of €3.85 billion this year. Despite an...

17 June 2024

E.Leclerc to activate e-retail media in 300 petrol stations

While revenue of e-retail media grew by 24 % last year in France to €1.11 billion and continues to gain share in the advertising market (12% after 9% in 2023), E.Leclerc is accelerating...

17 June 2024

Amanda Medina, Etam: “We now have real expertise on Instagram”

With nearly 1.3 million followers on Instagram, Etam stands out for a social media strategy that's close to its audience, focused on collaborations and interaction. Amanda Medina, Head of Social...

12 June 2024

Leroy Merlin halves Board and starts a vast redundancy plan

Leroy Merlin (GMV 2023 of €9.93 billion in France up by 1.3% year-on-year) announced the loss of about 500 jobs in France, representing around 1.8% of the group’s workforce. The timing...

12 June 2024

Fast fashion giant Shein tries circularity

Following a launch in the U.S.A. in 2022, the second-hand clothing resale platform Shein Exchange, was launched in France on June 3. Available from the mobile app, it offers only clothing...

11 June 2024

Casino subsidiary suspends stablecoin issuance

“As part of the entry into force of the European MiCA regulation (June 30, editor note) and in accordance with its compliance commitment, Lugh, issuer of the stablecoin euro, announces the...

7 June 2024

Adeo measures omnichannel performance of e-retail media campaigns

Omnichannel performance measurement, in-store advertising activation... After launching its Web advertising activity a year ago, Adeo DIY retailer is moving towards an omnichannel model. At the...

7 June 2024

Ikea launches a recruitment campaign for a new store on Roblox

On June 24, Ikea launched a first metaverse store in the UK. Recruited between June 14 and 18, the 10 store advisors on Roblox (“The Co-Worker Game”, developed by Swedish gaming...

6 June 2024

Benetton Co-Founder to step down as Chairman amid allegations of fraud

On May 25, in Italy, Luciano Benetton, Co-Founder of the eponymous Italian fashion retailer (sales of €1.09 billion in 2023 up by 8.5%, after a 19%-uplift in 2022), announced his intention to...

6 June 2024

Dealt raises €6 million in Series A to foster services and circularity

Formerly Mon super Voisin, Dealt, a specialist in white-label services for retailers, has announced a €6 million round of funding to accelerate expansion in France and Europe. C.E.O. Mickael...

6 June 2024

OneStock raises US$72 million to boost connectivity

On May 21, 2024, US fund Summit Partners (RELEX, Akeneo, Klaviyo, Optimove, Later and Mi9 Retail) announced a US$72 million investment in French OMS provider OneStock (100 clients including Yves...

31 May 2024

Retail media: PayPal creates an advertising division headed by an ex-Uber

PayPal (427 million active accounts in Q1 2024, for 6.5 billion transactions) is to launch an advertising sales platform, PayPal Ads. Based on users’ transactional and behavioural data...

31 May 2024

China: Shunned by Gen Z, Pandora fails to recover

Although very dynamic in the U.S.A. and in Europe, Danish retailer Pandora (sales of US$4.11 billion in 2023, up by 6%like-for-like, followed by a rise of 11% in Q1 2024 at US$980 million) is...

31 May 2024

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