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Victoria’s Secret acquires Adore Me to restore image and return to growth
After a disappointing Q3, Victoria's Secret & Co. is revising forecastsdownwards at the start of the Christmas season. In order to strengthen future results, the lingerie group made a...
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5 December 2022
Amazon: 10,000 redundancies expected and disposals in India
After doubling employees between 2020 and 2022, Amazon is now taking a step back. On November 17th 2022, the e-commerce giant announced a staff reduction plan to balance slowing online...
5 December 2022
E-retail media: a market in the process of a formal structure
Booming since the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of advertising on e-commerce sites is accelerating in Europe and worldwide. Players are now organising the supply, demand and tools to make it...
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2 December 2022
Guillaume Motte takes over as head of Sephora Worldwide
While the beauty retailer returned to the 2019 levels of activity, Guillaume Motte will have to complete omnichannel and digital acceleration to defend against increased competition in the U.S.A.
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1 December 2022
TJX Companies: new C.F.O. for outlet giant
US outlet retailer TJX Co. appointed John Klinger as new C.F.O. His mission is to boost the high margin business, that already takes advantage of overstock issues.
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1 December 2022
Inclusion: Disabled people denounce the “self check-out
While in France, the "self check-out" system is denounced because it does not always allow people to pay in cash, in the USA, its inaccessibility for people with disabilities is criticised by...
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1 December 2022
Sanofi launches into express product delivery
Sanofi, the international pharmaceutical giant, acquired a stake in the drug delivery start-up Livmed’s on 22 November. Via its para-pharmacy subsidiary Sanofi Santé Grand Public...
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1 December 2022
Lawson hires remote salespeople to manage cashiering
In Japan,the convenience store chain Lawson (17,600 units and a turnover of US$417 million in 2021, up by 19%) opened a store almost entirely made up of avatars on 28 November to mark the launch...
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30 November 2022
Unibail Rodamco Westfield: “The challenge is to create a mix of retail and residential properties”
Unibail Rodamco, Europe's number one shopping centre operator, is continuing to make progress in residential property. Anne-Sophie Sancerre, Director of Operations for Southern Europe, discusses...
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28 November 2022
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...
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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...
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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.
25 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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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21 November 2022
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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29 October 2026
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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Eric Meulien, Al Futtaim: “The next step in our roadmap is to replace the in-store POS system”
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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12 October 2026
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Marketplaces: How Orange and Virgin Australia reinvent their value creation models
Looking to turn their audience into a commercial platform without having to carry the risk of holding stock, new verticals are entering the marketplace space, with new models designed to enhance...
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8 October 2026
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How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
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Cashback: Younited secures an exclusive contract with Bouygues Telecom
Following Orange and the launch of a marketplace, Bouygues Telecom is strengthening a customer loyalty strategy by focusing on purchasing power with a new cashback offer. For French fintech...
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16 October 2026