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At Walmart (sales of US$559 billion in 2020 up by 6.7%), the value of Web orders picked up in store via a “curbside pick-up” service increased from US$7.2 billion in 2018 to US$20.4...

3 February 2022

Shein plans an I.P.O. in New York

According to Reuters, Chinese fashion pure-player Shein (sales of US$15.7 billion in 2021, with the U.S.A. as its largest market) has hired Bank of America, Goldman...

3 February 2022

Amazon Style : Concept of the Month

After setting the "Just Walk Out" technology as a standard for cashier-free grocery stores, Amazon intends to disrupt fashion retail with Amazon Style. This technology-infused store concept is...

2 February 2022

NRF: Observations from the Retail Big Show 2022

Fabrice Haiat, C.E.O. of Yoobic, and Guillaume Rio, Director of Technology Trends at Echangeur BNP Paribas PF, covered the NRF in New York. Where the 2022 show was disrupted by Covid-19, they...

1 February 2022

George Yates, Back Market : “In 16 markets, our main challenge is to ensure that supply keeps pace with demand”

Only six months after previous fundraising, the second-hand marketplace Back Market (specialising in electrical products), raised €450 million and reached a valuation of €5.1 billion. George...

31 January 2022

Netherlands. Hema wants to sell to companies

The potential of B2B is of interest to many retailers. If professional customers are at the heart of Ankorstore’s business model (GMV grew by 950% in 2021 compared to 2020), they are also of...

31 January 2022

Cyber-attacks: time to mobilise defences!

Stores deprived of their VSEs, merchant sites rendered inoperable by malicious software. How to fight against cyber hackers who are taking full advantage of the boom in e-commerce? How to...

28 January 2022

Ingka Centres invests in a 7th mall in China

After 3 mall openings last year in China, the subsidiary of Ingka Group (whose turnover reached €37.4 billion as of August 31, 2021, up by 6%) is continuing expansion and announced the...

28 January 2022

Victoria’s Secret cedes control of China

On Jan. 25, 2022, Victoria’s Secret (VS) announced a joint venture in China, 49% owned by Chinese rival Regina Miracle and 51% owned by the company.

28 January 2022

Mango moves to 5th Avenue

Mango (€1.84 billion in sales in 2020 including 42% online) will open in the first half of 2022 a 2,100-sq.m and three-level flagship store in Manhattan (711 Fifth Avenue).

28 January 2022

Consumer reviews. Fashion Nova pays a US$-4.2 million settlement to FTC

On January 26th, 2022, U.S. retailer Fashion Nova (US$ 615 million in 2020) has payed US$ 4.2 million to the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC, the California-based company used...

28 January 2022

Shopify and JD.com launch in the Chinese market

On January 18th, the Canadian firm Shopify, which provides retailers with software to build and operate an e-commerce site, concluded a major agreement with the Chinese JD.com.

27 January 2022

Decathlon: managerial audacity follows a strategy

Barbara Martin Coppola (aged 45) will take over as C.E.O. at Decathlon in March 2022. A telecoms engineer by training (critical in the race in digital transformation), the former C.D.O. of...

27 January 2022

Wang Ning, Chinese toy specialist, lands in London with Pop Mart

Aged 35, Mr. Wang Ning made his fortune with an improbable bet: selling toys (figurines and dolls) in surprise bags. In 2020, his company Pop Mart recorded a turnover of US$382 million, up by 49%...

27 January 2022

Wholesale. Metro AG explores the future of its Indian subsidiary

In India, the German Metro AG is weakened by the brazen disruption of the pure-players JioMart (Reliance Retail) and Udaan.

27 January 2022

Israel. The start-up Placer.ai raises US$100 million

Founded in 2018, the Israeli start-up which specialises in traffic data over commercial areas was valued at US$1 billion after a funding round on January 12th, 2022.

26 January 2022

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