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Greece. Supermarkets forced to offer a low-price basket 
With inflation at 12% in October 2022, above the Eurozone average of 10.7%, Greek consumers have seen their spending soar.The Greek government has guaranteed, from 2 November until the end of...
28 November 2022
Sélim Chidiac (L’azurde): “Online, 20% of customers use the Tabby split payment solution”
Sélim Chidiac, C.E.O. of the L'azurde jewellery group, which has historically focused on wholesale, presents his strategic directions for increasing direct distribution. This includes deployment...
28 November 2022
ManoMano launches a Black Friday for professional clients
The D.I.Y. marketplace ManoMano launched Prodays, a promotional event for professional customers to run from 22nd to 28th November, 2022.
Robotic manufacturing: denim specialist Unspun opens in Hong Kong
Unspun, the American brand of "zero waste" jeans based on a silhouette scanning technology and a 3D weaving technique, opens its first physical store in Asia.
25 November 2022
U.S.A.: Retailers’ stocks levels continued to rise in Q3 2022
Eager to attract Black Friday shoppers and streamline older inventories, U.S. retailers are competing via promotional pressure. In the U.S., inventories of the S&P 500 companies reached...
25 November 2022
To compete with Cdiscount, Mirakl launches a retail media offer
Mirakl, the software publisher which specializes in marketplaces with clients such as Boots and Leroy Merlin, will launch in April 2023 an e-retail media solution. The Mirakl Ads...
21 November 2022
Kiabi to open soon 70 corners in Auchan hypermarkets
Kiabi unveiled their strategic roadmap for 2023. This includes expanding products for children and babies, launching the new marketplace in Spain and Italy and massively rolling out “corners” at...
21 November 2022
Etam adopts an innovative technology to dye fabrics on demand
The lingerie retailer Etam (whose brands include Undiz and Etam, with 85% of the range from Asia and 15% from Europe) aims for a more reactive supply chain. The underwear retailer takes...
18 November 2022
Confidential. Carrefour hypermarket offer soon available on Uber Eats
After having successfully regained market share and customers for physical stores, Carrefour is investing with Uber Eats to rebuild e-commerce. 
Carrefour and Publicis will create a joint venture for retail media
Carrefour and Publicis Groupe announced on Tuesday 8th November a joint venture to develop the retail media market for Latin America and Europe. This combine the platform dedicated to the...
9 November 2022
Pre-orders, on-demand manufacturing, planning are all innovations in a supply chain
Eco-responsibility, control of unsold goods and cautious investment are all part of a supply chain as the linchpin of retail. However, as the core of issues includes rising costs, geopolitical...
South Korea: Ocado signs with Lotte Group to open robotic warehouses
UK-based Ocado signed a deal with Lotte Shopping (Lotte Group’s retail subsidiary) to build robotic warehouses but no value was announced. The South Korean giant, with more than 1,000 stores...
7 November 2022
[Amazon Results] At nearly US$10 billion, advertising outpaces subscriptions for US giant
For the first time, Amazon's advertising revenue exceeded subscriptions revenue in Q3 2022. The services to third-party merchants, the second largest business unit, and AWS remained very dynamic...
4 November 2022
Banyan wants to bridge the first-party data gap between retailers and fintechs
The American company Banyan is developing a platform that enables retailers to feed their purchase data to financial players, in order to enrich services and applications through dedicated...
4 November 2022
Simon Property partners with Alibaba to accelerate live shopping
To strengthen business with Chinese consumers, the U.S. mall owner Simon Property unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Alibaba, via "live shopping" sessions. The launch is scheduled for...
3 November 2022
Japan. Shein opens its first permanent store to boost omnichannel
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein (valued at €91 billion in April 2022) will open a first permanent store in Tokyo on 13 November. 
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