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Purchasing power, consumer volatility, rising digital acquisition costs… At a time when retail is being shaken by a host of challenges, loyalty is once again becoming an essential lever for...

12 June 2023

USA. Victoria’s Secret goes digital with Amazon

While Victoria’s Secret already offers beauty products on Amazon, on June 6, 2023, the company announced that it would also be adding 4,000 new fashion items to the platform, including...

9 June 2023

Carrefour arrives in Israel and promises low prices

On 9th May, Carrefour announced services for Israel with the opening of an e-commerce site and 50 franchised stores, partnered with the Yenot Bitan subsidiary of the Israeli group...

9 June 2023

Uber extends retail media offering to France

From June 2023, Uber will be making a new advertising product available to retailers and brands in France: Sponsored Item, which will enable brands of F.M.C.G. products to run ads on the Uber Eats...

8 June 2023

UAE. Majid Al Futtaim strengthens Blue Rewards loyalty app

On 5th June 2023, the Al Futtaim group announced the addition of new features to its “Blue” application (2.1 million users). Since the launch of the loyalty programme in June...

7 June 2023

India. Metro sells to Reliance Retail for €320 million

On May 11, 2023, Metro AG announced a sale of Indian wholesale operations to Reliance Retail for €320 million. Assuming constant exchange rates, the German cash & carry specialist expects...

6 June 2023

E-commerce: Asos, the object of desire for Alibaba

According to the Sunday Times, Turkish pure-player Trendyol, controlled by Alibaba, made an offer to buy Asos for US$1.24 billion in December 2022. Established by Morgan Stanley...

6 June 2023

Hong Kong: Chanel to open a 19,000 sq.m beauty flagship

After opening 39 beauty stores in 2022, Chanel signed a commercial lease for a 19,000 sq.m space in Hong Kong (at a monthly rent of US$383,000). Covering two floors in the Capitol Centre at...

6 June 2023

DIY: Home Depot and Lowe’s reduce annual forecasts

Affected by a fall in discretionary spending, The Home Depot (2022 sales of US$160 billion, net margin of 10.9% of sales) is not optimistic for the current financial year. Instead of stagnating as...

5 June 2023

[op-ed] How European retailers are getting prepared for the new-generation Chinese tourists ?

Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, Managing Director at International Association of Department Stores, explains the current retail strategies after the reopening of the Chinese borders in January 2023...

2 June 2023

Reusable dishes: French anti-waste law constraining fast-food chains

On 31st May 2023, France's fast-food retailers had to present action plans to the government for adopting reusable tableware for on-the-spot consumption. While the legislation is not yet binding...

2 June 2023

E-commerce: Walmart reduces plastic and packaging

On June, 2023 Walmart (Q1 2023 sales of US$152.3 billion, up by 7.6%, net margin down to 1% of revenue) announced a program to save 2,000 tons of plastic in the USA this year. For the e-commerce...

2 June 2023

Vietnam: Diptyque opens a first physical store with Tam Son

Last month, Vietnamese group Tam Son International added Diptyque and Tory Burch to a portfolio of franchised brands, which includes Hermès, Rimowa, Sandro, Patek Philippe and others. The...

1 June 2023

Carrefour to cut up to 1,500 head office jobs

Carrefour's strategy for reducing staff has two aims. The first is to increase the leased stores (by the end of June, 25% of French hypermarkets will be leased and more than 50% of Carrefour...

1 June 2023

Unibail Rodamco Westfield sells assets in Florida and France

With 1st quarter results showing an increase in mall vacancies in both the U.S.A. and in Europe, URW continues to clean up a balance sheet amid a tightening credit market.

31 May 2023

GDPR : Meta fined €1.2 billion

The Irish Data Protection Agency (DPC) announced on May 22nd a record fine of €1.2 billion against the Meta company for transferring European users’ data to servers in the United...

26 May 2023

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Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

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19 March 2026

Already in POC, Klarna launches long-term credit in Germany, the UK and France

Swedish fintech Klarna is expanding long-term financing in Germany and the UK, with an imminent launch, followed by France, where POCs are already underway with major e-retailers. The BNPL...

18 March 2026

Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

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13 March 2026

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Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

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Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income

Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...

24 February 2026

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19 March 2026

The SaaS licence model falters in the face of AI automation

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